auntie | April 18, 2016
5.38 miles; East Haddam, CT After a long hiatus, I finally got back to tackling the Connecticut DEEP’s “The Sky’s the Limit Challenge” with my hiking companions Stacy and Dallas the Dog. Stacy knew this park quite well, as she lived in the area growing up, so we didn’t need our maps. This hike was a […]
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 29, 2015
okay peeps, time for my top ten favorite hikes of 2015. this time, there are several entries that are comprised of multiple hikes. and one of those isn’t really fair because it took place in another whole country. but since it’s my blog i can put what i want here, right? number 10—goldstar bridge this […]
auntie | December 17, 2015
3.67 miles; voluntown, ct this month has been just nuts—i don’t feel like i have any time to hike. i managed to sneak out today for about 2 hours, however, to visit one of my favorite places, the green fall gorge. as you can see, there was a decent flow to the river today. in […]
auntie | December 6, 2015
4 miles; voluntown, ct i really wanted to do the whole 8-mile hell hollow loop but i got out too late—timing is everything on these shorter december days! not to mention that i’ve been finding it hard to get motivated lately. but still, it was in the mid-40s and a beautiful clear day, so i took what i […]
auntie | November 7, 2015
6.2 miles; charlestown, ri we finally did it! three of us from the providence county hiking club managed to complete the 78-mile journey we started on april 11th of this year. as usual, this hike started where the last one left off, in burlingame state park, on the vin gormley trail. not a lot of […]
