The highly underrated view from Jennings Peak After driving slightly over an hour to see our dear friends, our youngest's BFF's family, we decided to try to stay close by and do a somewhat low-key hike. We did a bit of Internet searching and settled on Drakes Brook which was a very short drive from where we were staying. When you are online looking for hikes (let's say on a site like AllTrails), it can be very different when you arrive to the actual trailhead and are trying to figure out how the person writing the post strung together the "Moderate 5 mile loop." My husband likes to go online and (try to) figure out the route in advance. I do think it is good to have something of an idea of what certain trails are like. But sometimes I can't figure out what they are talking about and just like to string a hike together on the fly. We arrived at Drakes Brook and saw this sign. Drakes Brook trail is an out and back (Sandwich Mountain Trail would be...
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