Hiking Farringtons Park in Connecticut

Thanks for stopping by to check out our adventure through Farringtons Park in Connecticut during the winter. It most certainly was a cold day just after we had a crazy 56 degree heat wave come through and melt all the snow.

After reaching about 6 degrees the night before we bundled up and made sure the cold wouldn’t get the best of us.

OK IT WAS FREEZING

Blaze was the lucky recipient of a new form of puppy torture called trying to keep his feet warm. He didn’t really enjoy us putting toddler socks on his feet, but I believe it did help him keep his paws a bit warmer in the colder temperatures. The guy isn’t exactly covered in fat so we definitely piled the layers on him during this 20 degree hike.

FUN TRAILS

Besides the very cold temperatures and the wind chill not helping things, it was actually a quite beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky and it was very easy to see the trails after the snow melted. The trails themselves are amazingly marked in this park, but at least in the winter time you have the pond and the creek to go off of to know where you are.

GORGEOUS POND

Speaking of the pond, it was gorgeous on this freezing day. It definitely made the hike more enjoyable being able to glance over at it when thinking about turning around to the quickly heated truck.

FROZEN OBSTACLES

This little obstacle almost had us heading home for the day. The pups (Blaze) had no desire whatsoever to cross this very long slippery sheet of ice. It was MOSTLY frozen, but as I found out being the guinea pig, that it did not support 200 lbs. I still manage to weigh more than Deanna and Blaze put together, so it was a good stress test for what was about to happen.

DOG FRIENDLY, WHEN NOT FROZEN

Prince Blaze got his scared stubborn silly self carried across the slippery trail. Luckily Deanna has some pretty good balance as she cleared this obstacle with no issues. There were a couple more spots along our hike that were covered with some ice, but nothing like this frozen wetland. The hardest part of our day hike was over.

FIREPLACE

I still am not sure whether or not this is a fireplace leftover from a house (that is my initial guess) or whether this really was designed to be an outdoor fire pit. It just looks so cleanly preserved around the edges that I am not positive either way. If you are from this area and know a bit more of the history, feel free to leave some comments below!

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DEAD ENDS

As I mentioned in the video, the first trail did happen to be a dead end…BUT we got really close to the pond and got to see how beautiful it was up close and personal.

Again, I would not recommend EVER crossing or stepping on a frozen pond unless you are very experienced or have prior knowledge that it is safe. I knew for a fact on this day (based on our little experience with Blaze) we were not stepping on that pond any time soon.

THE HARVEST SKILLET!

Quick in-article ad! Or something like that. As Deanna mentioned in the video, we are doing this Whole30 Elimination Diet currently. If you want a bit more information on this diet you can check out her food blog at www.theHarvestSkillet.com.

FROZEN TRAILS

The rest of the trail was pretty fun as well. We probably only hiked 2-3 miles total on this cold day due to the fact that our dog would start to whimper every time I stopped to film a bit. Can’t blame the pups too much though as we can only do so much to bundle him up.

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Turns out, on the way back after taking a few short trails, Blaze wasn’t as scared of that big sheet of ice anymore. Guess it just took a shameful carry to make him realize that. 🙂

OTHER NEARBY HIKES

Wonder Lake State Park

Bear Mountain Reservation

Seth Low Pierrepont State Park

Ives Trail

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