auntie | September 5, 2015
8.18 miles; hampton, ct i decided to make this my last hike before leaving for ireland, and have i mentioned i plan to be hiking in ireland soon? i will be leaving monday. i’ve hiked here before, but i got rained out that first time, because i only did a small part of this large trail […]
auntie | September 1, 2015
4.65 miles; north stonington, ct as ireland is approaching, and have i mentioned that i’m going hiking in ireland soon?, i feel the need to keep moving, even if the mileage is not as high as i would prefer. so today i just did a little local loop on the narragansett trail, starting and ending […]
auntie | August 5, 2015
3.9 miles; durham, ct i did a (very) short section of this trail with the hubs as an out-and-back. it was fairly demanding, and i skipped doing the very last part because of the steepness of the trail and the loose traprock gravel that covered it. not interested in another wrenched knee 3 weeks before […]
auntie | July 15, 2015
5.63 miles; voluntown and sterling, ct wow, soooo humid today. i kept having to stop and wipe off my fogged glasses. buggy, too. i had originally planned to do the full 8-mile hell hollow loop, but by the time i’d done the northern part, i realized i didn’t have time to do all of hell […]
auntie | May 27, 2015
4 miles; voluntown, ct i did a quick visit today to my local section of the narragansett trail. i had an appointment right afterward, so i had to hustle, but it was still a lovely day to be in the woods. there’s water flowing over the dam at green fall pond, though not a lot, […]
auntie | January 17, 2015
4.76 miles; plainfield, ct naively thought i’d knock off another blue-blazed trail today, the quinnebaug. i’ve hiked most of it already, i just needed that last bit from flat rock road out to route 14a in sterling. it looked to be about 2-1/2 to 3 miles. “piece of cake,” i thought. “nice way to spend […]
