https://davidkspencer.github.io/witheagerfeet-blog/tags/southbridge/ Recent content in Southbridge on With Eager Feet Hugo en-us Sun, 21 Sep 2014 20:07:19 +0000 https://davidkspencer.github.io/witheagerfeet-blog/2014/09/westville-dam-sturbridge-and-southbridge/ Sun, 21 Sep 2014 20:07:19 +0000 https://davidkspencer.github.io/witheagerfeet-blog/2014/09/westville-dam-sturbridge-and-southbridge/ <p>A surprise hike took us to <a href="http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/WestvilleLake.aspx">Westville Dam</a> today with a friend and his family (after gorging on a breakfast buffet in honor of his 37th birthday).  There were six of us who burned off the breakfast calories at a recreational area which I’d previously done some biking at.</p> <p>We did a three mile loop which starts at the parking area, follows a rail trail’s wide easy grade, then crosses a dam and follows some steep peaks and valleys before looping back.  The trail crosses between Sturbridge and Southbridge and follows along a recreational area where people picnic in the summer months.  It also borders a popular spring fly-fishing location (noted for later…).</p>