Bay Circuit Trail Section 4

| May 11, 2017

10.61 miles; Ipswich, Rowley, Georgetown, and Boxford, MA This was a long section, made longer still by a portion of the trail which was flooded by a beaver dam (you will notice beavers are kind of a theme in this post). Aside from the road-walking-heavy detour, however, it was mostly in the woods. This section passed […]

Air Line and SNETT Trails

| May 7, 2017

Air Line and SNETT Trails

7.9 miles; Thompson, CT, Burrilville, RI, and Douglas, MA Actually this was me hiking to meet some friends who were doing the Coffeehouse Loop in the Douglas State Forest, but I just had to do more mileage. Most of my return was on the Southern New England Trunkline Trail, or SNETT, which is pretty nice […]

Bay Circuit Trail Section 3

| May 3, 2017

Bay Circuit Trail Section 3

6.32 miles; Rowley and Ipswich, MA Oh, well done, Bay Circuit Trail! This is the first of my BCT hikes that was entirely in the woods. I went through town land, what looked like a developer’s easement, conservation land and a large state forest. Only crossed 1 road. This was a great hike! It was […]

Nipmuck Trail Section

| May 1, 2017

Nipmuck Trail Section

10.06, Ashford and Union, CT Wow, killer hike. My friend Stacy and I planned this as part of getting another TSTLC photo, which we did first, then slogged through this intense section from Ashford to Bigelow Hollow State Park in Union. Whew. Lotta ups and downs, and very taxing. This is at the very beginning of […]