Waterfall #wednesdaywalk

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Waterfall #wednesdaywalk
![Waterfall](https://images.ecency.com/DQmWDV1Hm1tTnbPhNavv7yyNaRUhbNT3mYuT7g4QzBoE6Z2/1_waterfall.jpg)

We got out for a short hike along a new trail in our area.  The Salisbury Mills trail is a new trail on 70 acres of forested land that is a part of the Middlebury Area Land Trust.  What a great place for a #wednesdaywalk hosted by @tattoodjay. 

![The Bridge](https://images.ecency.com/DQmeFZpvic5hcto9YwfsgCXdGi5KCDoAXkBPtCZ39bURBWV/1_bridge.jpg)

The trail is being built by volunteers.  This cool new bridge goes to a small area with a fire ring and a couple of benches.  The locals are confused by the bridge seemingly to nowhere.  It would have been nice for the bridge to actually cross the stream ๐Ÿค” 

![Hydroelectric dam pipe](https://images.ecency.com/DQmbaph4d31rJzejNmKf7os6xjunLbfPaZYGTujMJKfCZe8/1_the_pipe.jpg)

The waterfall is roaring continuously this year with all the rain.  The waterfall is the spillway over a small hydroelectric dam.  The dam feeds a large pipe approximately 5 ft in diameter that runs down to a hydroelectric power plant.

![the Trail](https://images.ecency.com/DQmVuJg4xEHAKGow576SoLFj3mKpXVESwUagZ3tAJ2pRfwe/1_trail.jpg)

The trail runs through a mixed forest - lots of maple, oak, beech, aspen in this section.  White pine in other areas.

![Eft](https://images.ecency.com/DQmahchgidhGzresXVXZ58ezudbQQWZBQrhG7MefVsUYJnp/1_fellow_traveller.jpg)

We didn't see any other people on our hike but we weren't alone.  This eft was in a hurry going somewhere.

![Mill ruins](https://images.ecency.com/DQmcEX4SGFnPu85sKjzfwTNjrGC6UgfZ4J6UTQrAFhXXGTj/1_ruins.jpg)

The trail is named for the ruins of several mills along the stream.  The stream is  actually the Leicester river.

![the Way home](https://images.ecency.com/DQmRKxcHKu3SBdWTrosPD5Qsvm1tR9mKb5MYJRkA71mmUqi/1_way_home.jpg)

I think the trail is actually a loop but we always walk back along the top of the hydroelectric plant water pipe.  Its wide enough to be an easy walk.  Hope you enjoyed our #wednesdaywalk ๐Ÿ™‚ 
Here's a link to @tattoodjay post from today that explains Wednesdaywalk
[wednesdaywalk explained](https://ecency.com/hive-155530/@tattoodjay/wednesday-walk-sunrise-at-fort-tabor-beach)

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