I did my first century of 2021, and my 13th consecutive monthly, two days ago. Being half way through the month already, I jumped on one of the few days in the forecast with temps above freezing. (The sun was predicted to come out, but it never did.)
I did a big square loop around the Quabbin Reservoir which is the large body of water you can see on my map. It's Boston's water supply and was created in 1938 when they took four towns/seven villages by eminent domain and dammed the Swift river (see the Goodnaugh Dike in one of my photos). So we have this huge, heavily regulated and patrolled watershed preserve in the middle of the state. It's an interesting history. My grandfather used to live in the flooded town of Dana.
It's such a blessing to have the time and space to do this.
Inside one of the Quabbin Gates, somewhere in the town of Ware, MA
Looking north from the bottom of the Quabbin.
Sometimes I think those of us doing centuries in these conditions should get extra credit; like a metric should count.
In a supermarket parking lot
If it was daylight, you would see the French King Bridge in the background.
See you in February!