A small group of walkers met at Fighting Rock Corner at the intersection of Wilson Road, Bell Rock and Blossom Roads in Fall River on August 20, 2011 for a five-mile heart-healthy walk through the City's Bioreserve. The group followed the Mowry Path along the footsteps of Weetamoe and King Philip, across Rattlesnake Brook to view the remains of Dr. Nathan Durfee's 18th Century water-powered mill next to his pond. The group then returned on the esker trail left by the Laurentide Glaciation back across Queen Gutter Brook to the starting point at Fighting Rock Corner. Green Futures, a non-profit educational and advocacy organization of people who share a concern for the protection of the shared environment, organizes walks every month. For more information, contact info@greenfutures.org (Photos courtesy of Roger and Liz Garant) 
 

(Top row, left) One of the walkers stands in the fern forest to show height of ferns. (Top row, center and right) Walk leader Roger Garant looks through a wall in the ruins of Dr. Nathan Durfee's 18th Century mill that the walkers passed along the Mowry Trail. (Middle row, left and right) Walkers climb down some granite ledge on the way to the summit of Hog's Rock. (Middle row, center) Walkers cross the plank bridge at Rattlesnake Brook where it flows from Dr. Durfee's Mill Pond. (Bottom row, left) Roger checks out a geocache site found along the trail. (Bottom row, center) Walks stop along Bell Rock Road to look at the frogs in Mill Brook Swamp. (Bottom row, right) Walkers pause on top of Hog's Rock as rain clouds build in the background.