auntie | December 30, 2013
4.39 miles; hopkinton, ri after a post on facebook piqued my curiosity, i decided to see how far i could go up the old railroad bed from the main part of black farm. i got as far as the border of the wildlife management area, but once i got home again, i looked at a map […]
auntie | December 28, 2013
2.42 miles; tiverton, ri the fort part of fort barton is an old revolutionary war redoubt. the woods part is typical southeastern new england woods with a mix of beech, holly, and oak containing several trails. and there’s an observation tower, too, which gives a commanding view of the sakonnet river between portsmouth and tiverton. […]
auntie | December 27, 2013
2.56 miles; charlestown, ri this trail sounded so promising! close to home, old king’s highway crossing, cellar holes, beaver dams… and it was such a bust. i’m going to assume that the hopkinton land trust was unable to get or retain an easement for the tomaquag trail, so instead of a lollipop loop, this became […]
auntie | December 22, 2013
2.8 miles; westerly, ri another 50+ degree day in december in new england, so another quick trip out. i haven’t been on riverwood since august of 2012, and it’s not a good place to visit in the summer. in the winter, however, it’s another story. the bones of the place are evident, from massive rock […]
auntie | December 21, 2013
2.71 miles; charlestown, ri this is the trail that heads towards schoolhouse pond in charlestown from the vin gormley trail. i had no idea it was so long or so “technical” (apparently it’s a big mountain biking trail). it even had a “rainbow” bridge on a boardwalk, which i declined to try out. it’s a […]
auntie | December 4, 2013
4.59 miles; voluntown, ct so i had some fears that the ankle break would make me too timid to ever try challenging terrain again. today’s hike put that fear to rest killed it dead and buried it. this was a very challenging and scary hike that yes, i had done solo several times before the break, […]
