Throwback Adventure – Willard Brook State Park – Massachusetts

I will have sections of my blog that I will title “Throwback Adventure”, and will plan on posting them every Thursday. These are journeys we have taken before I started the blog, but are well worth sharing. Many of these Throwback Adventures will include our Buster, who was known for his crazy tail, his happy howl, and his zest for life. We miss him dearly…he is forever in our hearts!

Willard Brook State Park is a publicly owned Park between the towns of Ashby and Townsend, Massachusetts. It is 2,597 acres and includes a fast-running brook, and Trapp Falls. It has a swimming pond, numerous trails, and opportunities for camping and picnicking.

Shadow, Buster and I had many, many Adventures to Willard Brook State Park, a lovely local State Park. We have been in every season and with many others throughout the years. I even visited as a kid, went on a date, and took our 2014 Christmas photographs at this fabulous location. Willard Brook Park is a special place with lots of memories. The Park has many trails, a fresh brook for dips and sips, sticks for lots of dog chewing, and many places to relax and play. We have also enjoyed spending time near the tiny Trapp Falls, definitely a seasonal waterfall. One of our preferred hikes has been the trail along the Brook as it is quite scenic and also has provided many opportunities to cool down. The park has several simple, but scenic bridge which as you may guess I have enjoyed photographing. I have put together too many photographs below from many different visits over the last eight years. We will have to get there again as I do not believe Wilma has been there yet. A beautiful local Park to explore! (Rating: 4).

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Throwback Adventure – Pearl Hill State Park – Massachusetts

In July 2011 Buster, Shadow, My Mom, and I Adventured to Pearl Hill State Park in Townsend, Massachusetts. Pearl Hill State Park is a 1000 acre Park that is popular for camping, biking, hiking, and swimming. There is a seasonal fee to enter the park.

We had a green-filled Adventure to Pearl Hill State Park on a sunny summer day. I believe we may have visited the Park on one other occasion but this is the only one that I was able to locate photographs. We enjoyed the trails, found a pond, snapped many family photographs and enjoyed catching up and exploring. In the majority of my years in Florida I worked in a school district so would drive up in the summer with Shadow and Buster to visit family. We were glad we could Adventure to Pearl Hill State Park (Throwback Adventures will not always be rated).

Weekly Video/Photo

If you regularly follow my blog, and the weekly/video photo I would recommend skipping on to paragraph three, specific to this week’s video/photo. I have decided to add a weekly video/photo section to my blog. This blog will display a video or photo, usually highlighting an Adventure, while I might also sneak in some that are humorous, adorable, or just other fun dog moments.

So if you have followed my blog from the beginning you will know that I adopted Shadow as a puppy, and about a year later adopted Buster as a puppy. We had many wonderful years together before experiencing the devastating loss of Buster at just seven. It took a long time for our hearts to heal, but almost a year later we welcomed little Wilma into our world.

So my feature video today is a photograph from a Winter moment with Shadow and Buster, many years ago. I have not yet blogged about this park/waterfall, but it is from Trapp Falls, in Townsend, Massachusetts. The Falls is small, and even smaller in the Winter, but still a special local spot. This photograph is a great moment capturing an Adventure as both Shadow and Buster peer back at the Falls. Synchronized, scenic, perfection, all captured in this shot of my handsome boys. We sure do love our Adventures! Glad Buster was able to enjoy many special moments too!

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