Top Ten Hikes of 2015

| December 29, 2015

Top Ten Hikes of 2015

okay peeps, time for my top ten favorite hikes of 2015. this time, there are several entries that are comprised of multiple hikes. and one of those isn’t really fair because it took place in another whole country. but since it’s my blog i can put what i want here, right? number 10—goldstar bridge this […]

Bates Loop Trail, Tillinghast

| December 25, 2015

Bates Loop Trail, Tillinghast

3.5 miles; West Greenwich, RI merry christmas to all my readers, by the way. i hope it was just as good as your expectations. hm, that could be either good or bad, actually… this is both a new and new-to-me trail at tillinghast. very pretty. it goes through some interesting spots, including the old bates homestead […]

Champlin Glacier Park

| December 21, 2015

Champlin Glacier Park

2.6 miles; Westerly, RI today was a winter solstice hike with a friend to this small westerly land trust property. i haven’t been here since early february of 2012, and probably wouldn’t have come back on my own. the trails are quite lovely, but besides being short mileage, you’re walking through people’s back yards the whole time. […]

The Grills

| December 20, 2015

The Grills

4.47 miles; westerly, ri i wanted to get a quick hike in today before football—not that i was really too concerned with missing a little of the patriots upcoming evisceration of the tennessee titans, but i know i’m gonna miss the nfl season when it’s gone. as it turned out, i saw the kick-off anyway, as […]

Maxwell Mayes Refuge

| December 19, 2015

Maxwell Mayes Refuge

3.38 miles; coventry, ri a very pleasant if COLD hike with the “take-a-hike” group. this is a very pretty property. glad i went. i found out what the blazed trail that isn’t on the map went to… it is a spur trail that goes to an old cellarhole, not a crossover trail as i had originally […]

Calf Pasture Point

| December 18, 2015

Calf Pasture Point

4.3 miles; north kingstown, ri pchc hike on an overcast day, but so warm for december that we actually saw a mosquito. this is an interesting property… former navy land. the hike was part bike path and part beach walk. great views from the beach, too. there is a 2-1/2 mile paved bike path that […]