While I was on break this past week, I went on a trail ride at a state park near my home in MA called Pearl Hill. The specific trail I took was one I hadn’t gone on before and crested at an unnamed hill near Rattlesnake hill.
While the area overall is pretty similar to Vermont’s ecology and overall landscape, there are a few clear differences. For one, due to the temperature difference, there were a few deciduous trees that still had leaves and a few of the said leaves were still bright green. As I got into the higher elevation parts of the park, the leaf litter decreased and lead way to a lot more pine needles scattered along the ground. At the pond near the parking lot, just a little bit of ice had started to form, marking the beginning of the true winter to come across all of New England.
