My friend Amber and I and a few others went hiking at Sleeping Giant State Park again today.  We had much better weather this time around but not as much time, so we didn’t make it all the way to the observation tower but still got some great views.  We hiked the blue trail again, which is the hardest trail in the park.  We actually ran a part of it.  Tomorrow we’re gonna try a new place, and I’m sure I’ll bring my camera along again.

If you drive down Townsend Ave. and stop at East Shore Park, Nathan Hale Park, or Lighthouse Point Park, you’ll get some pretty nice views of New Haven Harbor.  The best time to go is probably around sunset.   There’s paved walkways so you can go out for a walk along the water.  Seems fairly safe as well.

I was down that way last night for my friend Jennifer’s wedding.  It was a lot of fun, as weddings usually are.  And I was lucky because I got to see a few friends that I haven’t seen in a long time.  Some of them moved out of state and others I just don’t get to see that often for various different reasons.  I even spotted a kid wearing a kilt and found out it was a Troop 3 scout who had bought it while on the troop’s recent trip to Scotland.

More pictures in the "Newest Pics" album.

I’ll be buying this.  I know I’m just rehashing info that’s already out there, but here’s the press release:

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My friend Amber and I went out for some intense hiking today at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden.  It was insanely hot and I was an idiot who wore jeans so I felt like I was near death the whole time.  Before I had left I took a look out the window and it looked like it was cloudy and cool so I thought I would be fine, but I was quite wrong.  But hey, I survived.

If you aren’t familiar with the park, the reason it’s called Sleeping Giant is because from a distance the hill actually looks like a tree covered sleeping giant.  We took the blue trail which goes up along the "head" to the "chin" and then over to the observation tower.  It was a good 2 hour hike I think.  Good times.  More pictures in the "Newest Pics" album.

My brother Kevin, who recently wrote about his trip to Europe on this website, has started his own blog at http://seanhenri.com/kevin.  It’ll be a good way for his friends and family to keep up with what he’s been up to while he’s away at college.  He may eventually get his own domain name but for now he’ll be keeping it low-key.  He’ll be posting on a fairly regular basis with his photos, thoughts, and possibly some music.  Go check it out.