The Wilbraham Hiking Club is a new group geared toward enjoying one of the things that is so great about this town: its proximity to great hiking spots. Of course I was thrilled about hiking not only the Alton's Way trail in the McDonald Nature Preserve, but also the White Cedar Swamp trails. This area is Wilbraham's best kept secret, and it's great to see that others are enjoying these beautiful woods, fields, and wetlands.
Something new: someone built a little "boardwalk/bridge" to span the brook in the back of the Memorial School.
Ahead is the pine grove where the Cedar Ridge housing development will eventually stop its march toward the marsh. It is believed that the developer can't build beyond beyond this stand of pines in order to stay 600 feet away from the wetlands of the White Cedar Swamp, but who knows? In any case, this outstanding vista, with the pine grove in the middle (below) will be lost forever when the buildings are built in the foreground.
