Narragansett Trail, Yawbux Loop

| September 1, 2015

Narragansett Trail, Yawbux Loop

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 […]

Candlewood Ridge

| August 15, 2015

Candlewood Ridge

.65 miles; groton, ct wow, just realized that it’s been ages since i last posted. it’s not that i haven’t been hiking… okay, it’s partly that. i hate hate hate the “3-h’s” weather we’ve been getting lately (hazy, hot, and humid). but also i just haven’t been posting. bad auntie. so this hike wasn’t really […]

Mattabesett Trail, Pistapaug Pond

| August 5, 2015

Mattabesett Trail, Pistapaug Pond

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 […]

Airline Trail, Lebanon

| July 26, 2015

Airline Trail, Lebanon

5.81 miles; lebanon, ct the airline trail state park in connecticut is an old railroad bed that runs from east hampton to thompson, connecticut, in two sections. the southern section is 22 miles long and goes through east hampton, colchester, hebron, and lebanon, and it was this part i visited after my very short walk […]

Grayville Falls Town Park

| July 26, 2015

Grayville Falls Town Park

.6 mile; lebanon, ct so i have some friends and family who are going to be camping in lebanon in a week or so, and i decided to scout out some good hiking locations in the area for when i visit them. i found this town park online, and thought it might be a candidate, […]

Hell Hollow North and Pharisee Rock Trail

| July 15, 2015

Hell Hollow North and Pharisee Rock Trail

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 […]