Posted By auntie on May 4, 2013

12.8 miles   2.7 mph

whew. did this 13-mile walk (sans shirley) with the north south trail people through foster and glocester, ri. large amount (maybe 3 miles) of road-walking, and another large amount on old woods roads that had seen extensive motorized vehicle traffic, maybe another 3 miles. and you can just imagine how bad that was—loose rocks, sand, gigantic puddles, bunny humps—punishing walking! which, come to think of it, actually left 7 miles of pleasant hiking. so not a completely bad day!

unfortunately i had to miss legs 3 and 4 of this trek, and will have to miss the final leg in two weeks as well. but i’ve walked a good portion of the last leg between the walkabout trail and the douglas state forest hikes i’ve done, so i don’t feel as though i’m missing too much. and leg 4 of the trek was 100% road-walking, so i don’t feel too awful bad about missing that one, either. but there’s always next year…

love shack

so that’s where that is… always wondered. also, i wonder if the b-52’s know.

wild wood anenome

the spring ephemerals are starting to come in now. there were wild wood anenome, violets, cinquefoil, and wild ginseng, that i could identify.

mowry meadow brook

you can see the beaver dam across the middle of this shot. apparently, there used to be a meadow here!

hikes with DANGEROUS bathrooms

and in my continuing series “hikes with bathrooms,” i guess i have to add a new category: “hikes with DANGEROUS bathrooms.”

i have added this hike to the hikefinder.

Categories: Rhode Island, RI North South Trail, Walks and Hikes
Tags: Foster RI, Gloucester RI, Over 10 miles, RI