A Beautiful Snowy Woodland Walk

We enjoy taking our dogs, Max and Poppy, on mini adventures in the woods. Would you like to join us on a beautiful snowy woodland walk?

Over the weekend, we enjoyed our real first snowfall here in Scituate. The kind of snow that is just so pretty to look at – really giant, big flakes – but not too dangerous. We decided to bundle up and take the dogs with us. We drove over to Marshfield and had the entire woods to ourselves. It was so magical!

Join Us on the Trail

We parked at Union Street Woodland and walked into Nelson Memorial Forest. There’s a great parking lot there and everything is well signposted. We were the only ones there which was really lovely.

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I know many of you ask for sources so my winter coat is from Outside In in Cohasset and is by Rab. It’s an English company and so warm. They actually have it on Amazon if you don’t live locally. The hat is handmade and I got it two years ago at Wellesley Market. My winter boots are these by Sorel. I’ve had them for a few years.

The Quiet of Snow

It was so quiet and peaceful. Did you know snow absorbs sound and that’s why it seems more quiet during or just after snowfall. Light fluffy snow can absorb up to 60% of sound. Being out in Nature and experiencing the quiet beauty was just what we all needed.

So much to explore.

Down By The Water

I love trails that combine woodlands and water views. We meandered down trails.

We walked down a steep incline to the North River. Our friends live just opposite and it’s amazing how different this river looks in winter in comparison to the blue skies of summer. A little bit grayer but just as pretty.

Our Sweet Poppy

Our sweet Poppy is now 14 and she adores going on walks but can’t always walk as far as she used to. She has arthritis and is on medicine that’s really helping her. Once a month I take her to the vet for Librela and it it’s truly a miracle cure. It takes away the inflammation and helps her with pain. So we’re so happy we can take her on more adventures now because she’s still a young girl at heart!

Conor was one when we adopted Poppy so she’s really grown up with the kids. We keep trying to prepare ourselves because we just don’t know how much longer we’ll have her for.

More Trails We Love

Some other favorites to walk are:

• Norris Reservation in Norwell – in warmer weather we like packing a picnic to eat in the boat house. In the winter the boardwalks along the pond are gorgeous to walk on with the snow.
• Wheelright Park in Cohasset – we used to go there a lot when the boys were little. There was a place we always told them the Gruffalo lived in there, it was a favorite childhood book of their’s.
• Hatch Lot in Norwell
• Wampatuck – we love riding our bikes in here especially the entrance by the train station in Cohasset.

Are you local? Where do you love to walk. We’d love to learn about more trails.

Let’s Keep in Touch

I hope you enjoyed a peek at our average Saturday with the dogs plus the beautiful snow. I’m going to try and share more posts like this incorporating little adventures we go on. People are requesting more posts like this.

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