auntie | July 22, 2019
2.5 miles; Hopkinton, RI It’s once again Black Trumpet mushroom season, and I headed to this property because I had heard “it was lousy with black trumpets” last year. Alas, not this year. But I did find the motherlode of Golden Chanterelles! There were literally more of these than I could pick in good conscience. […]
auntie | July 20, 2019
2.86 miles; Coventry, RI A continuation of the Trails & Walks group’s hike of the entire Washington Secondary Bike Path, this section runs through Coventry. Temps for our last section of this, done last December, were in the single digits. Today it was expected that they might hit TRIPLE digits. Ah, New England… Because it […]
auntie | June 19, 2019
3.37 miles; Providence, RI Today I revisited the Lovecraft walk I did a few years ago with my friend Jenn. It was a great day and we saw lots of interesting stuff. I’ve been a Lovecraft fan since the days when I lived on Providence’s East Side. I used to pass the Providence Atheneaum often. […]
auntie | June 8, 2019
7.7 miles; Charlestown, RI This was a great exploratory hike with my pals Bob and Mel of some of the many NEMBA-created mountain bike trails in the northern part of Burlingame State Park. They are really lovely trails, and well marked. We also saw a mysterious structure at North Camp on Wachaug Pond [Ed. Note: […]
auntie | June 1, 2019
2 miles; Providence, RI Back in the day (early to mid 70s), the staff and families of Channel 36 in Providence used to come up here for their summer picnics. It’s been that long since I was here. And I must say I’ve never met a more welcoming group than the Neutaconkanut Hill Conservancy, who […]
auntie | May 4, 2019
13 miles; Foster and Burriville, RI, and Killingly, CT Alas, once again I won’t be able to do the last section in two weeks, so today’s hike concluded my version of the 27th Trek. It did include Ginny “Queen of the North South Trail” Leslie’s commemorative post and my favorite view on the whole trail, […]
