auntie | August 31, 2018
1.5 miles; North Stonington, CT This little local Avalonia property has been on my “Hike’s I’d Like to Do” list for a long time, and today I finally got the opportunity to check it out. It’s really quite lovely, but alas, very short. It was also, thanks to recent rains, a mushroom cornucopia. This property […]
auntie | August 25, 2018
5.7 miles; Portsmouth, RI Another great day of hiking with my friends Ernie and Jenn. We returned to Prudence Island in blessedly better weather than last time to more completely explore the Baker Farm trail system on this 5-1/2 square mile island. We made an early morning start to catch the 7:30 ferry from the […]
auntie | August 21, 2018
4.2 miles; Preston, Griswold and North Stonington, CT Today’s hike was a special treat! I was contacted through this very blog by a member of Avalonia Land Conservancy with an offer of a tour of their newly-acquired Tri-Town Forest Preserve. I asked if I could invite friends, and when he said I could, I posted […]
auntie | August 20, 2018
5.7 miles; Pomfret, CT [Ed. Note: I have been EXTREMELY remiss in posting for the past few months. A lot of personal drama. But I have made a vow to post at least once a day until I’m caught up. So watch the dates on these, as there is quite a backlog.] This hike was […]
auntie | August 19, 2018
2.4 miles; Seekonk, MA The final hike of the day was with the PCHC, again, but a different group in a different state. We hiked around Gammino Pond from the Seekonk (Massachusetts) Library right around sunset, and it was beautiful. Grand total mileage for the day was almost 8 miles. This pond was actually formed […]
auntie | August 19, 2018
2.4 miles; Richmond, RI So after I finished hiking the Blue Trail on Grass Pond, I headed home. But on my way home I passed this trailhead, and just couldn’t resist turning the car around. It has been on my List forever. You can find the trailhead for this hike from pretty much anywhere in […]
