Many, many thanks to Brooke Thomas for joining the Fifth grade class once again for our hike up Brushy Mountain! The weather was perfect, the company was good, and nature was bountiful in sharing its treasures with us. We traveled about 4 miles of distance, but we also traveled back in time, from the period of time when parts of what is now Leverett were linked with North Africa, to the time of the dinosaurs, to the glacier era, to the formation of Lake Hitchcock and the creation of Rattlesnake Gutter and its caves!

We visited the Glazier and Pike homesteads, found their old wells, and had lunch among the artifacts.  We sang in the Mill Pond and followed the former M and M trail (no sign of M&Ms, sadly… we think the birds must have eaten them all).

Thank you to the homeowners and private property owners who allowed us to cross their land. Thanks to Sheffra, Charley, and Mr. E as well!  It was a grand hike!