Vermont's First State Park has a nice and (relatively) easy hike with a mild 1300 ft elevation gain, that ends in a fire tower with a beautiful 360° view of Washington County and surrounding areas. Isn't that Canada up there somewhere?
It is the Spruce Mountain hike that strolls 4.4 miles there and back.
I'll let you read the sign, but what it doesn't tell you is that the trail actually concludes at the fire tower located in Groton State Forest. Two for the price of one. Click on the post title: Spruce Mountain Fire Tower and it will take you to a Google map topographic cutout of the trail and part of the forest.
Click on the photograph and you'll see that it's functionally almost spring here, a sad state for New England, because we count on a good snow fall to help boost the economy in these parts. The resorts still have runs open, but a good snow fall would be considerably more enjoyable (for them and for me.)
Up at the tower base, Brad brought a friend's dog (not pictured), and we chatted about living in local Plainfield. He just recently moved back into town; I guess he missed the solitude. You'll find a lot of people like that here.
This one's for you Matt; see, I actually do meet people when I travel.
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