auntie | July 10, 2016
5.5 miles; Windsor Locks, CT Although I now live in Connecticut, I grew up in Rhode Island, and as a Rhode Islander, I have this ingrained idea that any trip longer than about 20 minutes, you should pack a lunch. Anything over 2 hours, plan to stay overnight. Some of the DEEP hikes are pretty […]
auntie | June 27, 2016
7 miles; Mansfield, CT We are officially half-way through the 14-hike DEEP Challenge! This was a great hike on a very interesting property. We started from the same place I started from the last time I hiked here, back in October 0f 2014. But this time I didn’t get lost and my cellphone didn’t die, both […]
auntie | June 20, 2016
4.7 miles; Barkhamsted, CT So the hubs and I decided to give car camping a trial run. Neither of us grew up camping, although I was a Girl Scout and I guess his days as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne might sort of count… Anyway, we’re trying to plan a longer camping trip to Nova […]
auntie | June 8, 2016
6 miles; Voluntown, CT I know I have kind of badmouthed the Pachaug Trail. It tends towards rocky and eroded in a lot of places because of motorized vehicle traffic, and that just does not make for a pleasant hiking experience. But I have to say that today’s hike was wonderful. I started off from […]
auntie | May 23, 2016
2 1/2 miles; Watertown, CT Another of the TSTLC hikes, this time a long drive from home, out past Waterbury, CT. This particular hike was designated as “difficult.” It really wasn’t that bad, though. Short mileage, and c’mon, at least half of it was downhill. Lotta Jacks along the trail. It’s such an interesting-looking plant. There […]
auntie | May 9, 2016
1/2 mile; Rocky Hill, CT Since we were so close, my challenge companions and I decided to knock off the “easy” rated Dinosaur Park, which was only about 20 minutes away. It was a short but very interesting little walk. I don’t know about you guys, but I LOVED dinosaurs when I was a kid. […]
