auntie | April 4, 2012
★★★★ 5.38 miles wednesday hike with the usual master gardener suspects. wow, who knew south kingstown was so mountainous! don’t let this bucolic trailhead fool you, this hike was climby, climby, climby! beautiful open woodlands, great view of block island (from one of the higher points), about 80:20, hikey:walkey. the weather was glorious.
auntie | April 1, 2012
★★★★½ 5.72 miles i know, right? barn island, again?? but this time was different. i went with the southeast ct adventurers meetup group, and the walk was co-led by an historian. we learned about a freed slave named venture smith, who bought a parcel on barn island in 1770. fascinating hike. i learned a lot about […]
auntie | March 28, 2012
★★★★½ 5.5 miles another master gardener friends hike. fantastic property, very varied and beautiful. we saw a magnificent old magnolia tree (flowering!) and some lilacs (not flowering yet) by the cellar hole of what must have been the farmhouse, an ancient-looking apple orchard, some old mill sites, fields, and lots of piney woods. but we […]
auntie | March 27, 2012
★★★★★ 5.24 miles beautiful day, if a little cold, but then i guess we’ve been spoiled. first full repeat in a long time, but really, a repeat-plus. i did this walk on january 5th. that day, i was amazed i got through 3 miles. today, i couldn’t stop after 3 miles, and went an extra […]
auntie | March 26, 2012
★★★★★ 6 miles fantastic walk. varied terrain, a beautiful river, the falls… everything was great today. spring is definitely coming to the woods, too, even if it wasn’t as unseasonably warm today as it was last weekend. i saw tons of red maple in bloom, and even a little stand of coltsfoot by the falls. […]
auntie | March 14, 2012
★★★★★ 6.61 miles did this hike with some friends. amazing trip; we saw wildlife (fisher cat and frogs), and the weather was glorious for mid-march. 75:25 hikey:walkey, some moderate climby, but not much. it’s nice to have a trail guide!
