auntie | November 19, 2014
5.05 miles; south kingstown, ri i just felt like some hill work was in order today, and also wanted to follow the blue-blazed trail as far as i could. i did both, and the hills weren’t as bad as i remember. turns out the complete “out-and-back” on the blue trail is 5 miles even. i have updated […]
auntie | November 16, 2014
4.52 miles; stonington, ct since there is no hunting permitted in connecticut on sundays, i headed back to beautiful barn island, no longer a dystopian hellscape of blood-sucking insects, unless you count deer ticks. it was a cool gray day, but always a good walk. i was struck by all the different colors in the […]
auntie | November 14, 2014
6.26 miles; hebron, ct stop it you guys. it really is called gay city, and it’s named after a prominent family that once lived here. this park is on the site of a 0nce-thriving, now completely abandoned community. according to the hiker/blogger who runs connecticut museum quest (ctmuseumquest.com), who i think got his info from the […]
auntie | November 11, 2014
6.25 miles; pascoag, ri hm. can’t say this hike has all that much to recommend it, although i’m willing to perhaps give buck hill another try. the reason i picked this was because i thought it would be cool to walk along the border, and of course, another visit to the tri-state marker is always […]
auntie | November 10, 2014
4.25 miles; exeter, ri remember last week when i said and to make matters even worse, when i created the map for this hike, i discovered, to my horror, that there was STILL a section of the tippecansett i haven’t hiked yet. D’OH! well, suck it, trail completist people. i finished off that last little […]
auntie | November 9, 2014
5.5 miles; sterling, ct today was a sunday, and with hunting season in full swing, i just didn’t want to venture into rhode island, so i decided to stay in connecticut. and i also wanted to scratch another trailhead itch. back in april of last year, when i hiked the pharisee rocks trail, i started from […]
