Green Fall Gorge & Hidden Lake

| September 21, 2015

Green Fall Gorge & Hidden Lake

5.3 miles; voluntown, ct today was a day for noticing small things… asters, caterpillars, and acorns. and i got the now rare for me experience of hiking a new trail in my home area. there were lots and lots of these white wood asters at the entrance to green fall gorge. they were everywhere. and […]

Wickaboxet from Pratt

| September 3, 2015

Wickaboxet from Pratt

5.7 miles; west greenwich, ri ha! finally caught up with my blog posts. sorry for the recent spate of back-dated posts. things just got away from me, and i wanted to get current before i left for ireland. um, have i mentioned i’m going hiking in ireland? i don’t remember—feels like i might have. anyways… […]

Narragansett Trail, Yawbux Loop

| September 1, 2015

Narragansett Trail, Yawbux Loop

4.65 miles; north stonington, ct as ireland is approaching, and have i mentioned that i’m going hiking in ireland soon?, i feel the need to keep moving, even if the mileage is not as high as i would prefer. so today i just did a little local loop on the narragansett trail, starting and ending […]

Tillinghast Pond

| August 16, 2015

Tillinghast Pond

5.26 miles; west greenwich, ri this was a providence county hiking club hike that almost got off on the wrong foot. we were supposed to meet at the “hell’s gate” trailhead on plain meetinghouse road. at the last minute, the hike leader let us know that the address was (natch) 666 plain meetinghouse road. unfortunately, […]

Francis Carter Preserve

| August 12, 2015

Francis Carter Preserve

4.5 miles; charlestown, ri it’s been ages since i hiked with the usual suspects, and a whole week since i’ve hiked, period. missed both the hiking and the suspects, but boy howdy was it humid this morning! we talked a lot about ireland. did i mention i’m going to ireland? there are still blueberries to […]

Airline Trail, Lebanon

| July 26, 2015

Airline Trail, Lebanon

5.81 miles; lebanon, ct the airline trail state park in connecticut is an old railroad bed that runs from east hampton to thompson, connecticut, in two sections. the southern section is 22 miles long and goes through east hampton, colchester, hebron, and lebanon, and it was this part i visited after my very short walk […]