Day 5 27th N-S Trail Trek
Posted By auntie on 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, Beaver Meadow.
The Ginny Post
Ginny was the driving force behind the creation of the North-South Trail, and she organizes the yearly treks. She is also known as the Queen of the North-South Trail. And in my opinion, this post, like Roland’s, needs to be made from granite.
Dame’s Rocket
Nice to see flowers blooming. We saw violets and myrtle and more.
Shippee Schoolhouse Monument
This is my, what, 3rd or 4th time through here? First time I remember seeing this. (Watch. I’ll get done with this post and go look at my blog and find, like, three photos of this from past years.) (Getting old is not for sissies.)
Abandoned Game?
There’s always one or two odd sights along this trail… Why the lonely ball and bat? Was there a game underway that was interrupted? Who knows?
My Favorite View
Along Old Snake Hill Road. This is Beaver Meadow. I find this vista captivating.
You can find out more about the North-South trail from this rather old and slightly link-rotty website called HTML Outdoors Planet. There is also some very good info on “The Trek” website. But by far the best guide to the North-South Trail is published by the Great Swamp Press. It is, unfortunately, out of print right now, and essentially unavailable as a used book. It is, however, available from the Rhode Island Library system. As always, click the image above for details about this hike and to download the gps track.
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