Opening Day Letterbox, Mansfield Hollow Park, Mansfield , Ct. (
Tolland County)

Rated : Easy

Planted by: Leader of the Pack and the Cowboy 4/10/01

Visit Mansfield Hollow Park, the picnic area is off Bassetts Bridge
road in Mansfield Center. Not at the dam itself and not the boat
launch. There is a little parking lot near the road. Walking into the
park to find a perfect fishing spot we headed up the paved road past
the ball fields. At the junction we turned right and walked by an old
fashioned water pump. Then on past latrines and other park
amenities. Staight ahead was a park gate they scooted around the end
carrying all the fishing gear and a nice picnic lunch. Down an
incline we went ,there were two huge logs to the right and a lonesome
picnic table. We went a little to the left, there were several
choices we took the main path which was in the middle. We dropped
down a gravel and sand incline ( actually the cowboy dumped his bike
here and was proud to get up and go on ). We went just a bit more
straight and could see the blue waters of the lake glistening in the
distance. As we started down the trail toward the water we saw a tree
broken off at about 4 feet and the tall spire now resting pointing to
the water. Here we stopped to scratch by rock and dirt to see if we
could find some worms. The early bird catches the worms I told him
and we were rewaded. It was a wonderful spot to stop although we were
quick to take care of things as this is a busy park and others could
come by at any moment. Opening Day was a great fishing adventure. We
went back the way we came but could have walked on and to the waters
edge and around ( Rt. ) to the boat launch then up the road to the
car.