Posted By auntie on December 29, 2018

4.25 miles; West Greenwich, RI

The weather was too good not to go out somewhere, so I made a visit to Wickaboxet. The place was deserted when I started out this morning, and I was able to maintain a brisk pace.

Old Stone

Probably because it’s December and there are no leaves on the trees or brush, I saw an old cemetery I never noticed before; most of the stones were unreadable.

Low Sun Angle

I always find hiking in December slightly unnerving, because of the low sun angle. No matter what time it actually is, it seems like it might be getting dark soon.

Perfect Cellar Hole

Wickaboxet is a treasure trove of wonderful old cellar holes. After years of freezing and thawing, these lines are still arrow-straight. So impressive!

And now for the “Meta” portion of this post, my 2018 by the numbers. Yes, I keep a spreadsheet of all my hikes, just so, at the end of the year, I can do this:

Yes, A Chart (click to embigginate)

So as I may have mentioned, 2018 was a difficult year for me, and I didn’t get that much mileage in this year, or that many hikes. The only year I had less mileage was 2013, the year I broke my ankle. Figures that this was the year I joined a Facebook challenge to hike 365 miles. I was short by 27-1/2 miles of that goal. My best year? 2015, when I managed close to 700 miles. Someday I’d like to log a 1000-mile year. Goals, people! Goals! And overall, since I started this blog and started keeping track, I have walked 3,435.57 miles, and it took me 10 weeks, 6 hours, and 45 minutes. And no, I’m not going to do the math to figure out what that comes to in miles per hour.

Track (click for details)

And by the way, here is the track for Wickaboxet. You can find out more about this whole vast trail system from this pdf file published by the Nature Conservancy of RI. As always, click the image above for details about this hike and to download the gps track.

Categories: Rhode Island, Walks and Hikes
Tags: 2–5 miles, RI, West Greenwich RI