Talcott Mountain Mini-Hike

May 18th, 2013

Earlier this summer went hiking and explored some of Connecticut's natural beauty. Reese heard of a place called Talcott Mountain from a friend from work and it was surprisingly close to where we lived, (in Bloomfield, CT). Since it was only about 10 minutes away we decided to make a day trip to the mountain and check it out. 

It ended up being a very beautiful mountain and it wasn't a very difficult hike. We saw a few other people, one was a mother and daughter who were about 10 minutes ahead of us. The daughter was about 3 years old and strapped to the back of the mom in one of those child backpack things..she ended up letting the child walk from about half way up. It was a steep, but short hike, it took about 15 minutes to reach the top.

The view was really pretty but the edges of the mountain were a bit dangerous, you had to be really careful not to get too close to the edge.. I was shocked to see that they were not fenced off since it was probably about 100 or so ft to the bottom.. a deadly drop off.. and the gravel was also quite loose. So unsafe.

We explored the top of the mountain for an hour, choosing different trails and searching for animals. We ended up seeing a bird that was singing a really interesting song, a few squirrels, and a very large woodpecker. 

On our drive back to the apartment, we passed our favourite local market. It was full of fruits, veggies and other homemade treats like jams and baked goods. We had visited the market the previous week and bought a jar of delicious homemade strawberry rhubarb jam and a couple fresh honey sticks that came from a nearby bee farm. Both were amazing and I’m looking forward to going back someday! 

enjoying our honey sticks