auntie | March 27, 2017
9 miles; East Hampton, Colchester, and Hebron, CT Oh, my, what a bad day my friend Stacy and I chose for a hike! Raining and in the mid-30s. Nevertheless, we had a blast. Oh, and also we originally set out to get our first STLC shot for 2017 and never found it. So there was that. […]
auntie | March 25, 2017
2.68 miles; North Kingstown, RI I’ve been here before hoping to see seals, but no luck. Today, however, as part of a PCHC hike, we saw many, many of them! And the guy from romepointseals.org was there, as well, with his vast knowledge and fantastic telescope. Great hike, and a great day for seal-watching! It was […]
auntie | March 20, 2017
5.7 miles, South Kingstown, RI Today was the 2017 Vernal Equinox, and I wanted so badly to welcome it in atop Lantern Hill with the Westerly Morris Men as I did last year, but I had made a quick visit to the trailhead the night before, and being a north-facing hill, it was still completely snow- […]
auntie | March 9, 2017
3.86 miles; South Kingstown, RI One of my “Usual Suspects” hiking friends broke her ankle a while back. Boy! Could I ever relate. But she’s back hiking again, and we decided to try the mystery trail that shoots off from the Browning Woods trail system. Lo and behold, it’s a Nature Conservancy property with its own […]
auntie | March 5, 2017
6.14 miles; Richmond, RI So I happened to notice that the Rhode Island DEM quiety opened this newly-acquired (2014) 1800-acre property to hiking, and after I spent probably 2 days researching it and looking for maps or tracks, I finally got some tracks from a friend and set off. It’s quite nice, and really very big. I […]
