auntie | April 21, 2013
5 miles 2.1 mph i wanted a loop hike, and since the pachaug trail doesn’t really lend itself to loop hikes, i added in various mountain bike paths and old woods roads to make it a loop, with predictably mixed results. the blue-blazed pachaug trail through here is rugged and beautiful, the rest not […]
auntie | March 24, 2013
5.25 miles 2.7 mph yes, i just spent the previous post wingeing about my sore legs and my blister and my strained left knee. that does not mean i wasn’t eager to get back out and do it again. this was my first amc meet-up hike, and i had a very nice time. the leader […]
auntie | January 23, 2013
5.07 miles 3 mph “conservation” park indeed… they should have called it “resource extraction” park. the “trails” were logging roads with cute names. i walked faster than i have ever walked before, though, just to get through it and out of there. and i had a long toenail that cut another toe and i came […]
auntie | January 23, 2013
6.74 miles 2.7 mph finally! a nice, long hike through a state forest—just what i was looking for. i’m assuming this forest gets regularly logged, as the trees were all in nice tidy rows, but it was still pretty cool. there was also plenty of evidence of regular burning, and i saw some wildlife […]
auntie | December 23, 2012
5.23 miles ★★★★ today was more of a brisk walk than a hike, and i did it in record time (i think i’m reading too many through-hiking books.) also, it was sunday and i wanted to get back in time to watch football. which i did. go pats! i came across a brand-new bridge on the […]
auntie | November 12, 2012
5.25 miles ★★★½ wow, this was a longer hike than my poor tired legs wanted to do today. also, new rule: never, never, hike a new trail without hiking poles. i fell 3 times because the trail was rocky and ledgy and completely obscured by fallen leaves. and my legs were tired. all that said, i […]
