Big Mount Misery Loop

| November 30, 2012

Big Mount Misery Loop

8.56 miles   ★★½ i had so much fun doing the (almost) 8-mile vin gormley trail on monday that i decided to do another 8-miler, this time in the pachaug state forest. well, i found out there’s a big difference between (almost) 8 miles on a flat, well-traveled footpath and 8 1/2 miles on what were […]

Camp Yawgoog & the Narragansett Trail

| November 28, 2012

Camp Yawgoog & the Narragansett Trail

2:48 miles   ★½ this would have been a beautiful hike, but the weather didn’t cooperate. there was a wet snow clinging to everything, and it made the going slippery and miserable. we ended up aborting it early. i only added the 1/2-star because i wasn’t the one in front. we hope to do this again […]

Vin Gormley Trail

| November 26, 2012

Vin Gormley Trail

7.88 miles   ★★★★½ the first time i walked this, i didn’t get very far. i got kind of lost and turned around after less than 2 miles. [i also obviously hadn’t gotten the hang of this whole blogging thing, either!] the second time i walked this we were much more ambitious, but i had a […]

Hudson and Breakheart Brook Trails

| November 24, 2012

Hudson and Breakheart Brook Trails

3.74 miles   ★★★★½ pretty day for a pretty hike up the john b. hudson trail to breakheart pond, then back down the west bank of breakheart brook. i think this is the prettiest trail i’ve seen in arcadia. did some scouting to see if there was a brook crossing north of frosty hollow pond… no […]

Carolina WMA South

| November 20, 2012

Carolina WMA South

3.19 miles   ★★★★ ever have this happen? you see something, and it’s so unexpected that at first you don’t quite even register what it is? that happened to me today while i was getting ready to hike on carolina (this time i’m sure) south. i’m diddling around in the back of my car getting my […]

The Grills

| November 19, 2012

The Grills

4.6 miles   ★★★★ wow, first time back here in ages. the storm did huge damage here, including taking out a bridge. almost. it was still sorta there, albeit kind of twisted, so i crossed it anyway. ran into a couple of hunters, too. i still really like this property, and it looks like work has […]