{"id":2848,"date":"2015-12-07T13:18:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T18:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2015-12-07T13:18:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T18:18:16","slug":"wright-reservoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=2848","title":{"rendered":"Wright Reservoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our favorite places to walk is Hurricane Hill in Hartford. This fall, we were notified that the dam on Wright Reservoir was unsafe and that they would have to drain it.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2842\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Wright-Res.-sign-0239.jpg\" alt=\"Sign at entrance to the park.\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Wright-Res.-sign-0239.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Wright-Res.-sign-0239-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Wright-Res.-sign-0239-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sign at entrance to the park.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>When we walked there yesterday, the water was already down about 3 feet and you could see where they had repaired the spillway.<figure id=\"attachment_2841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2841\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pump-house-0240.jpg\" alt=\"Pump house\" width=\"600\" height=\"484\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pump-house-0240.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pump-house-0240-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/pump-house-0240-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pump house<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2840\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/new-construction-0264.jpg\" alt=\"Repaired spillway\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/new-construction-0264.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/new-construction-0264-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/new-construction-0264-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Repaired spillway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was a cold, foggy day. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foggy-shore-0284.jpg\" alt=\"foggy shore-0284\" width=\"497\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foggy-shore-0284.jpg 497w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foggy-shore-0284-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/foggy-shore-0284-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The weather prediction was for sunny in the 50&#8217;s, but the fog did not lift until 2:30 and the temperature didn&#8217;t hit 40. It was cold enough that ice stuck on branches didn&#8217;t melt.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2843\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/butterfly-0254.jpg\" alt=\"Ice butterfly\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/butterfly-0254.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/butterfly-0254-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/butterfly-0254-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ice butterfly<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2845\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/frosty-pine-0261.jpg\" alt=\"Frosty pine\" width=\"600\" height=\"514\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/frosty-pine-0261.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/frosty-pine-0261-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/frosty-pine-0261-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frosty pine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>But the mallards didn&#8217;t appear to mind.<figure id=\"attachment_2846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2846\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mallards-0249.jpg\" alt=\"Mallards in front of the muddy shore\" width=\"600\" height=\"585\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mallards-0249.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mallards-0249-150x146.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mallards-0249-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mallards in front of the muddy shore<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2847\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mallards-0270.jpg\" alt=\"Mallards blowing bubbles(?)\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mallards-0270.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mallards-0270-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mallards-0270-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mallards blowing bubbles(?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our favorite places to walk is Hurricane Hill in Hartford. This fall, we were notified that the dam on Wright Reservoir was unsafe and that they would have to drain it. 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