auntie | July 26, 2018
2.25 miles; Killingly, CT Ugh. Another “swimming in the air” type high humidity day, with rain threatening the whole time. Had some trouble finding the official selfie spot on the trail, but I wasn’t alone. I met a nice couple from Hartford who had the same trouble. We hiked back to our cars together after […]
auntie | July 13, 2018
4.2 miles; Guilford, CT As I mentioned in my earlier post, I’ve decided to try to do the CT DEEP’s Sky’s the Challenge all alone this year :-(. To make the process a little faster, I’ve grouped them together and will do several at once. The first group I picked to do is Group 3 […]
auntie | July 13, 2018
1.1 miles; East Haven, CT I’ve decided to try to do the CT DEEP’s Sky’s the Challenge all alone this year :-(. To make the process a little faster, I’ve grouped them together and will do several at once. The first group I picked to do is Group 3 and includes this short hike and […]
auntie | May 14, 2018
2.7 miles; Killingworth, CT This looked to be a simple 4.3 mile trail and an easy way to get another Blue-Blazed CFPA Trail completed. I figured I’d even do it as an “out-and-back” and get a nice 8+ hike out of it. I was unbelievably naive about the nature of this trail! It was SUPER […]
auntie | December 19, 2017
And here’s the rest of the hikes I loved this past year [for Part 1, see here]… beginning with #5—Cockaponset Trail, Sections 1 & 2 Another idle evening of poking around on the CFPA’s interactive hiking map, another blue-blazed trail knocked off! This one was too tempting, because it was a) short, and 2) you […]
auntie | December 18, 2017
Welp, it’s that time again. “What time is that?” you ask, astute reader that you are. Why, it’s time to give you my list of my top 10 favorite hikes of the year! What else? And because this post can get a little ungainly (i.e., tl;dr), I’m splitting it in two, as is my wont. […]
