auntie | December 31, 2016
6.5 miles; West Greenwich, RI The weather for this final day of 2016 was too kind not to take an opportunity for a long hike. I decided on the Coney Brook Trail at Tillinghast Pond Management Area, along with stretches of the Wickaboxet, the Flintock, and the Pond Trails in a lollipop loop. It was […]
auntie | December 30, 2016
1.3 miles; Groton, CT Today was supposed to have been a Lantern Hill hike with some friends, but the trail was too icy-looking to take a chance on, so we ended up on this GOSA property. It’s a nice hike, but so small, it hardly seemed worth the trip. Still, a hike is a hike, and […]
auntie | December 28, 2016
6.11 miles; Exeter, RI Today was another “Take a Hike!” hike with Stephen Graham’s group. It was advertised as a hike on the Ben Utter Trail in Arcadia, but I thought Ben Utter was too short, so I parked at the Escoheag Trail trailhead and hiked in from there. Yes, I even went over “Auntie’s […]
auntie | December 27, 2016
As promised, here is Part 2 of my ten favorite hikes of 2016. #5—Mamacoke Island This isn’t a long hike, but it is quite beautiful, and a lot of fun. You’re actually on an island in the Thames River in New London, and you have some amazing views of the Navy’s submarine base and the […]
auntie | December 26, 2016
Yep, it’s that time again… Looking back on 2016, there were SO MANY great hikes that in some cases I had to cheat and combine groups of hikes together to make single entries. And I didn’t actually do a lot of hiking this year! I noticed that my mileage was way down, and the only […]
auntie | December 14, 2016
3.68 miles; East Haddam, CT One of my PCHC friends decided to play hooky to go visit a real waterfall, so we headed over to Chapman Falls in Devil’s Hopyard SP. It did not disappoint! He was also impressed with the view from the end of the Vista Trail, and really, who wouldn’t be? Good hike. […]
