Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area - Van Lone Hill Loop
To start off, let me first say that this hike turned out to be much longer than I anticipated. What I thought would be an 8 to 9 miler at most was a nearly 14-mile trek, after all was said and done. This was a direct result of me choosing to add a leg of additional trail to an already sizable loop described and detailed in a local Central New York hiker's guide book. But I'm definitely not complaining - it was a terrific, if not, at times, exhausting long walk that likely made for some decent physical conditioning. I completed this hike at the onset of the month of May with a good friend of mine who also enjoys the outdoors and the Finger Lakes region, in particular. He was also looking for fresh wild, edible mushrooms like morels (which are legal and can be added to foods). We did not find any, however, but the six hours we hiked through some deep forests of Connecticut Hill WMA were enjoyable and yielded some scenic photos, I believe. Recall from an earlie