Foliage season can’t already be over. This year was the best in a long time, so many bright colorful trees. I want more! It can’t be over!! I WON’T LET IT!!! As pointless as this attitude sounds, it led directly to my hike today. Wistfully reading the foliage reports, I discovered that south central Connecticut still had peak color. This part of the region turns later than the rest, and holds on to it longer. Normally, even here color is fading by Halloween, another sign of just how remarkable this year has been foliage wise. Southern Connecticut is a longish drive, but certainly doable as a day trip. Once I knew the region, I needed a hike. This part of the state contains taprock ridges, narrow north-south hills carved by glaciers. The obvious target was the
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