auntie | December 31, 2014
see part 1, here. and with no further ado, here is the rest of my best ofs. number 5—canonchet preserve, hopkinton, ri this is a brand-new set of trails that was added to the nature conservancy’s existing canonchet brook preserve. the fancy sign at the trailhead says it is part of the “dark skies borderlands trail […]
auntie | December 27, 2014
4 miles; thompson, ct a providence county hiking club hike again, and this time i kind of made up a loop from older hikes. we hiked 4 miles in 3 states. i kind of forgot what a bear that first mile up to the tri-state marker and then the midstate trail can be coming from ct, but it […]
auntie | December 21, 2014
4.6 miles; stonington, ct for my solstice hike this year i picked barn island. okay, honestly? i forgot it was the solstice. i had an errand in stonington, and i now tailor my errands around hikes. i hadn’t been to barn island in a few weeks, so i thought i’d do my errand and get […]
auntie | December 20, 2014
3.5 miles; montville, ct today my never-ending quest to find non-hunting areas to hike on saturdays led me to this audubon society property in montville, ct. the write-up on the sanctuaries page of the audubon website reads This 233-acre Sanctuary can be easily explored on its well-developed trails. Highlights include upland forest, field, swamp, and […]
auntie | December 14, 2014
3.45 miles; voluntown, ct maybe once a year, the hubs actually hikes with me, instead of ahead of me. this was one of those rare hikes. he likes to take long walks through the pachaug state forest, just wandering aimlessly and checking out roads and paths that look interesting. he offered to show me one trip he […]
auntie | November 30, 2014
5.01 miles; stonington, ct welp, i did it… i hiked 100 miles in november, finishing it up, fittingly, on barn island. this was the place back in january of 2012 where i amazed myself by actually walking 3 whole miles in a row. (just a warning, if you follow that link you won’t find much. […]
