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 30, 2015
4.5 miles; stonington, ct so nice to be back here now that it is no longer a dystopian hellscape of blood-sucking insects. that’s not to say there aren’t any deer ticks or dog ticks, but at least the gnats and mosquitos are gone. you can find barn island in my hikefinder.
auntie | November 3, 2015
9.7 miles; thompson, ct, burrillville, ri, and douglas, ma met a friend here by hiking in to the coffeehouse loop in douglas state forest from the airline trail trailhead. she doesn’t do long hikes, but wanted to begin to check out the douglas state forest, and i, well, love long hikes. we met at 8:00 […]
auntie | October 15, 2015
3.5 miles; somers, ct the shenipsit trail is a 41-mile-long connecticut forest and park association blue-blazed hiking trail that runs basically north-south from cobalt to somers connecticut. the northern end of this trail goes over soapstone mountain, which boasts an observation tower on its summit with fantastic views. i drove out here and hiked to the […]
