By Marty Basch Special to the Valley News We returned to the woods with pep in our steps and were rewarded with the rush of chilled spring run-off cascading down the mountain, the distant drumming of ruffed grouse and a stellar horizon dominated by the northern Presidentials. There was a rambling woods walk, a side-trip to a picturesque pond and a welcoming hemlock grove oozing enchantment. But there were also …