Fisherville Brook
Posted By auntie on November 22, 2014
3.37 miles; exeter, ri
i know i’ve been here at least 3 or 4 other times, but i actually had to go back and read what i said about it to see what i thought. i apparently enjoyed it a lot those other times… not so much this time. there was a relentless ankle-deep carpet of leaves all over the trail, making slogging along noisy and a bit treacherous. and since these woods are so open, with hardly any undergrowth, it made the trail hard to see. thank heaven it was well blazed.
oh look! a bench!
this is the bench-happiest place i have ever walked. i must have gone by a dozen. it seemed as if there was one every quarter mile or so. do people really get that tired hiking under 3-1/2 miles? really?
beaver activity
this little body of water is called “upper pond.” lots of beaver activity, though i imagine that right now they’re all snug in their lodges. there was a skim of ice on the surface of the water.
fields
this property kind of skirts along the edges of several large fields. it makes for a welcome change from the endless sea of leaves.
you can find fisherville brook in the hikefinder.
The thing with Audubon benches is less for tiredness, and more for sitting around so you can watch birds, who in theory get less worried about you the longer you stick around doing nothing much.
(You’ve probably figured this out in the decade since posting this, mind you.)