Hell Hollow

| October 13, 2014

Hell Hollow

7.6 miles; voluntown, ct i had originally posted this hike as an event at the providence county hiking club, but only one other hiker turned up, making this a two-blogger hike. i could take the easy way out and outsource this entire post to my friend at trails and walks in ri, but i won’t. […]

Lyme Preserves

| October 12, 2014

Lyme Preserves

4 miles; lyme, ct the town of lyme, connecticut, has a wealth of open space, with not only 2 state forests, but 20 (yes, two-oh) preserves of varying sizes owned by the lyme land trust. there’s one really nice swath of land that consists of 5 contiguous properties with a a trail system throughout all five […]

Maxwell Mayes Wildlife Refuge

| October 5, 2014

Maxwell Mayes Wildlife Refuge

4 miles; coventry, ri lovely day with my usual suspect friends on this audubon society preserve. we usually hike on wednesday mornings, and since i’ve been working i miss their company. there were large swathes of blueberry foliage turning red. and in another spot, there was an entire hillside covered with hay-scented fern turning gold. […]