auntie | March 20, 2016
1 mile; North Stonington, CT I’ve read about this Spring celebration for years, and I’ve always wanted to go. Last year I was thwarted by snow, but today finally got to see the first sunrise of spring atop Lantern Hill while the Westerly Morris Men danced. It was a blast! Here is a small taste for […]
auntie | December 2, 2015
so i heard from someone at the amc, narragansett chapter, about this structure on the yellow-blazed ben utter trail in arcadia. i have in the past identified it as a backpacking shelter, but this is not correct. this structure was (and will be in the future) a picnic pavilion. it was originally built in the […]
auntie | September 9, 2015
i know i promised a real hiking post sometime today, but that was before u.s. airways stranded me in philadelphia for 24 hours. yup. because the first plane had “mechanical problems,” and the second plane first didn’t have a flight crew for an hour, and then no working lavatories, requiring, yes, more mechanics, my flight […]
auntie | September 6, 2015
interestingly, the day before i’m to leave on a big hiking vacation, i watched not one but two long-distance hiking movies: Wild and A Walk in the Woods. i‘ve read both books, and based on that, i assumed i would like A Walk in the Woods much more than Wild. guess that’s why you have to watch them, as my reaction […]
auntie | June 4, 2015
so i imagine you’re wondering, “auntie! such a long stretch between blogging… whatcha’ been up to?” yes, okay, i have a vivid imagination. i’ve been gardening. i know, i know, i said i was NEVER GARDENING AGAIN because it’s not fun to fight with nature, which always wins in the end anyway. but old habits, […]
auntie | April 3, 2015
nope, not a hiking post, per se, but i did take a short stroll up to my neighbors’ front field tonight, where there’s a gigantic vernal pond. they call it “lake will-be-gone.” and guess what? the peepers and wood frogs were almost deafening! yep. i think spring’s coming soon. any day now.
