Beautiful day for a short romp on the South Taconic and Mt. Frissell trails. An easy whack off of Mt Frissell to visit Mt Ashley. The mountain laurel was a bit scratchy on bare legs and surprisingly found numerous piles of moose droppings. To finish my day I headed over to the mighty Old Croken in the Drowned Land Swamp Conservation Area. The summit trail is basically an old road that provides a nice punchy climb to a bench for your viewing pleasure of the Harlem Valley and Taconic ridge. A short walk in the woods brings you to the summit pole. Spotted my first wild columbine of the season in full bloom.