A much sunnier and nicer walk, and the first walk I took this year in nothing but a t-shirt. Also the longest roadside walk I've taken since I began posting, a round-trip length exceeding five miles. I parked at the post office in Cornwallville, then walked uphill from there to cover Moores Road and its short spur Flinn Road. These were the last two roads south of NY-145 I had yet to walk, and they were very low-traffic, though not nearly as rural as Brand Hollow was. This was also my last walk in Cornwallville, which has by far become my favorite portion of town, so it was a bit bittersweet in that regard.
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| Tall spruce trees line Flinn Road outside an abandoned resort. |
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| Looking northwest from Flinn Road, with the earliest color of spring visible in the forest. |
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| Two juniper trees guard a windswept hillside up Flinn Road. |
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| A lake overlooks the valleys to the north on Moores Road. |
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| Houses atop a clear hill high up the mountain, at Moores Road's eastern end. |
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| Mounts Hayden, Nebo, and Pisgah overlook a burned-out house and trailer. |
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| Looking southwest on Moores Road, towards Ginseng Mountain. |
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| Field and forest. This section of Moores Road is the closest road to the summit of Ginseng Mountain. |
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| Looking northwest. Moores Road affords incredible views of the valley as it descends northward. |
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| A view from just down the road from above, looking more northeasterly. |
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| Forest interrupts maintained fields along Moores' steepest section. |
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| A lone trailer sits before the northward reaches of Mount Zoar. |
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| View northeast from farther down the road. I thought he sunlit background and shadowed foreground provided a nice contrast. |
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| Windham High Peak and Mount Zoar overlook a lake low on Moores Road. |
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| Hemlock forest lined the road along its approach to Sutton Road down the mountain. |
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| Prominent view of mounts Hayden, Nebo, and Pisgah from Sutton Road as I headed back to the parking spot. |
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| Old mown cornfields along Sutton Road. I through the patterns in the field looked interesting. |
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| Open fields along Sutton Road, near its junction with CR-20 in Cornwallville. |
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