auntie | July 29, 2014
1.5 miles, franklin, ct well, this was an entertaining hike, if coming across a couple doing the nasty right beside the trail is your idea of entertainment. it’s not exactly mine, but hey, to each his/her own, i guess. this is a nature conservancy property and right off the bat it’s a very steep climb up […]
auntie | July 23, 2014
6.1 miles, chester, ct the hubs and i took a mini camping vacation at hammonasset state park in madison, ct, and while we were there, i did a local hike. the connecticut forest and park association maintains over 800 miles of blue-blazed hiking trails, and the cockaponset trail makes up 7 of those miles. i did the […]
auntie | July 17, 2014
4.56 miles, stonington, ct while barn island is one of my favorite hikes, and one of the most beautiful places i hike, in july, barn island is a distopian hellscape of blood-sucking insects. i barely made it out alive, and had it not been for a friend’s blog post a week or so ago, i […]
auntie | July 10, 2014
2.34 miles, groton, ct this groton open space association (gosa) property is a gem. beautiful trails wind past historic mill sites and by waterfalls and through fields. wish it was bigger. for a complete description of the site, i’ll just send you to the gosa website, and this article by a friend. the trails wind up […]
auntie | July 8, 2014
2 miles, groton, ct i initially meant to make this an exploration of both beebe pond park and the avalonia conservancy’s moore woodlands property, but between getting lost and the heat, i decided to call it a hike after just beebe pond. the loop trail around beebe pond is a nice hike around a small […]
auntie | June 10, 2014
2 miles, north stonington, ct it seems nuts that this hike is practically in my backyard, yet i’ve never done it. or at least, i haven’t done it since i started this blog. i vaguely remember making the trip once, but that was quite a few years ago. sunday’s trip was a guided hike that was part of connecticut trails […]
