With sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s and 80s expected this weekend, the Connecticut Forest and Park Association is encouraging everyone to get outdoors and participate in one of the 258 Connecticut Trails Day Weekend events happening Saturday and Sunday throughout the state.
The events coincide with National Trails Day, and run the gamut from hikes that incorporate yoga, to biking and canoeing adventures, to a Scrabble-themed geocache hike on the Newtown property of James Brunot, the man who invented Scrabble.
Eric Hammerling, executive director of the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, said that of the many hikes this weekend that incorporate history, hikers who trek the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary route in Andover will be joined by a special guest.
"This year," Hammerling said, "one of the historic descendants of [Comte de] Rochambeau, Eric Rochambeau, is going to be coming here from France to participate in some of the events happening along that route, and will be talking about Revolutionary War history, as well as taking in some beautiful walks along the way."
Hikers will accompany Rochambeau along a part of the trail that once was a historic road, and will stop at a former tavern where Rochambeau's ancestor stayed after meeting with George Washington.
According to Hammerling, Connecticut hosts more trail events than any other state. To find out more about the Connecticut Trails Day Weekend, go to the Connecticut Forest and Park Association's website.
