Taconic Crest Trail & Tri-State Marker
Where: MA-VT-NY Tri-state marker via Taconic Crest Trail When: 19 November 2020 With: Solo Massachusetts has four tri-state junctions, spots where the border of the state meets the borders of two other states. One is at the bottom of the Connecticut River (MA-VT-NH). The rest are marked by large stone monuments. I've already visited two others - MA-RI-CT and MA-CT-NY - so today was my opportunity to get the last one (MA-VT-NY). I woke up at 6:00AM and was out the door by 6:30. My previous two marker visits were somewhat eventful. One featured a 22 mile mountain bike ride and ended with a call to my wife for a ride home. The other included an encounter with a rare timber rattlesnake in the middle of the trail. This one had no such adventure. A 2.5 hour drive to the trailhead, then a fairly straightforward trail walk to the marker, and lots of solitude. I was the only car in the parking area at Petersburg Pass today. I signed in at the trail register (the wrong one, it turns out......