This Land is My Land....

D-man and I took a little field trip yesterday while big brother was in preschool. My dad had found some information about some of the land that our ancestors lived on--things that are literally a stone's throw from our front door.

So we set out to 1079 Trapelo Road, built around 1770, and kept in the family until not that long ago (with a great backyard and well-maintained structure, we'd be happy to claim it now!). Here is a side/rear view of the house with my cutie--









Next we headed to Bow Street, but were disappointed when we encountered this:


I think we may need some permission to try to find some foundation remains further down the trail.....





Then on to Shady Pond Conservation Area (formerly known as the Sam Stearns Woodlot--famous for good hunting, apparently). It is quite a large area and very beautiful even pre-spring, but kind of hard to access. We did our best....


I even climbed a "small" hill to get some photos from the top. Did well carrying the camera and the toddler through untouched-for-months territory until the last step from the bottom. D-man thought it was funny--me, not so much. Luckily nobody was around.

We had a great time exploring and thinking how cool it is that we live so close to where our family lived 7 and 8 generations ago--and that our street is named after them!