1893
June 21     
 Say brook to Andora, Conn.

Forenoon cloudy clear: the late afternoon and
evening oppressively hot with scarce a breath of air.

We left the Ferry this morning and at Say brook Junction
took a train up the valley Railroad for Hartford. The
banks of the river nearly to Middletown were essentially
similar to those about Say brook the country being
exceedingly hilly and as a [?] rocky with cedar pastures,
swamps, and marshes bordering the creeks. Beyond
Middletown in fact before we reached that city the change
began - the hills receded from the river and a broad,
fertile river bottom covered with cultivated farms and
essentially similar to the region about Springfield, Mass.
extended all the way to Hartford.

We dined at Hartford and took the 12.10 train
for Vernon where we left our things at the station
and took a long walk following a road that led up
one hill and finally turning into a wood path,
which took us down a slope into an extensive woods
of chestnut,oaks &  birches. Here we spent an hour
or more lying on the ground under the trees. It was
exceedingly hot & the birds did not sing at all fully
but we heard a number of species all of common
birds.

Returning to the train we next walked down the
railroad to a deep ravine with hemlocks & oaks on the
sides. After spending another hour half we went
back to the station and took the 6.45 train
for Andora which we had decided would be
a better place to stay than Vernon