First we camped out at Camp Acton in Acton, MA. The campground was a nice spot in the woods with only a few sites. We were the only ones camping out overnight. But in the evening, a search & rescue team came to the campground to practice with their dogs. They were friendly to the scouts and it was neat to see their methods including having a scout go out in the woods and then showing how their dog can find them.
Then on Patriot’s Day, we hiked 20 miles starting in Concord square to Somerville retracing the road the Minutemen fought the British after the battle at Concord in 1775. The hike was organized by the boy scout troop in Concord and there were over 100 scouts on the hike. We started with a breakfast at the Concord Scout House and then musket salute by the Concord minutemen. We followed Battle Road and went through the towns of Concord, Lexington, Arlington, Cambridge and Somerville. We stopped at Old North Bridge, Jason Russell House, and Lexington Green, and met with reenactors and park rangers. We stopped for ice cream in downtown Lexington and had a hot lunch at the Menotomy Grill in Arlington. The hiking was on a variety of paths including gravel roads in the park, bike trails and sidewalks. The trail ended at Prospect Hill Tower in Somerville where we met another reenactor and got doughnuts. From there, we took an MBTA bus to North Station and then a train back to our cars in Concord.
