The Old Connecticut Path a colonial era path over Indian Trails from Cambridge, MA to Hartford, CT. Started out with sleet and overcast conditions with slushy snow on top of an iced over dirt road. Went past several cellar holes with interesting stone wells and running springs.
Came by an iced over pond and brook and then to a hillock with extensive stone walls inundating the landscape. We decided to march down another wagon road towards the sound of a river on the other side of a ravine. We got down to rivers edge and I was amazed to find such a hard flowing river and what looks to be prime fishing habitat!
We followed a wide wagon road along the river for quite some ways and having crossed a brook with old stone abutments on either sides of it. We decided to continue on in a direction back towards the area in which we parked taking a chance of looping our way back. At least 3 inches of snow still covered the ground in this deep hollow and freshets overflowing with runoff snowmelt made it wet and slippery in places.
We did find the remains of the old stone bridge over the Bigelow Brook and the Indian Stepping Stones. An amazing spot! We followed this path which continued onwards towards Massachusetts on the other side of the river.
Climbed a steep rise to a few modern homes tucked away in the deep woods and made it back to the car in a perfect loop.
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