"mad dogs and Englishmen"(What, again?)

The hayfields at the former Wiacek Farm were due for a haircut, but had not yet been hayed. Since a section of the Paugussett Trail currently skirts the edge of some of the field, hikers found it a struggle walking the several hundred yards through the tall hay and the resulting pollen dust. On another one of those hot, humid days, Shelton Trail Committee members Jim and Richard set out to clear a path through the hay.

Jim and the Gator are swallowed up in the hayfield

There's enough hayseed gathered on the Gator to start a new farm!

Jim clears weeds from the access to the Wiacek Farm

Hiking the Paugussett through the Wiacek section just became a bit easier