auntie | April 24, 2017
4.5 miles; Groton, CT This was originally going to be a Cross Groton Trail hike, but my hiking partner had some time constraints, so we did our TSTLC photo on Haley Farm and then visited the latest Peter Marteka column subject, the G&S Trolley Line trail. Have you guys ever read Peter’s Nature column in the […]
auntie | April 19, 2017
6.5 miles; Newbury and Rowley, MA Ugh. This was almost entirely on Route 1A, and not a lot of fun. The first mile was in a Trustees of the Reservations property called Old Town Hill, and that was nice. Oh, and it was also about 40 degrees colder today than it was a week ago […]
auntie | April 17, 2017
1.86 miles; North Stonington, CT The Providence County Hiking Club has decided to hike the entire Narragansett Trail this year in short sections, and today’s hike is Section 1, which goes from the beginning of the blue-blazed Connecticut Forest & Park Association trail, at the base of Lantern Hill in North Stonington, to the beginning […]
auntie | April 11, 2017
6.5 miles; Newburyport and Newbury, MA Day #5 of the Five Hikes in Five Days almost didn’t happen, I was so beat by Day Four, but I soldiered on anyway. I’ve made it one of my goals this year to hike the entire Bay Circuit Trail, which is a hiking trail that goes from Newburyport to […]
auntie | April 10, 2017
12.1 miles; Hampton, Eastford and Pomfret, CT Day #4 of my Five Hikes in Five Days almost killed me [Spoiler: It didn’t.] It came about because I was looking at the Sky’s the Limit Hiking Challenges, and noticed that these two TSTLC destination parks were connected to each other via the Air Line Trail and thought, […]
auntie | April 9, 2017
8.41 miles; Haddam and Chester, CT Day Three and Hike #3 of Five Hikes in Five Days was a bit more challenging than days 1 and 2. I took this opportunity to finish this one blue-blazed trail system. It’s nice you don’t have to out-and-back on the same trail, what with all the side trails. This […]
