From the Lafayette Road parking lot. My plan was to take the Yellow Trail to Green to Red and back to Yellow. On the return trip Yellow to the Ridge Trail back to the parking lot. At least, that was the plan.

I took a trail that I thought was the Blue Trail because it had blue markings. Somehow I thought I missed the Green Trail. This (Blue?) trail had to many other intersecting old dirt bike trails and was not properly marked. Then I saw red markings which confused me. I positioned my map with the sun and it did not make sense. As a result, I turned around making my way back.

Upon reaching the Yellow Trail I realised I took the South Trail. I re-examined the map and I noticed the thin dotted line on the map was the South Trail. Hmm, odd how I did not see this before. Well, it was getting late and I trekked back by salvaging the original plan by taking the Ridge Trail . The Ridge Trail is about a half mile long, narrow and crooked.

During my short walk I liked the Ridge Trail best. The South Trail markings could be better and made my walk slightly disappointing. Perhaps getting rid of older red marking and using ‘white’ instead of ‘blue’ to mark the trail would have made navigating the trail better. Although, I should have paid more attention to details on the map and trails.

I found Weetamoe Woods best for hiking then for birding or butterfly watching. Will I make a return visit despite the mishap? Yes!

*No photos of this trail . So here is a photo of a flower instead

**Off site information on Weetamoe Woods and a trail map.

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