auntie | January 27, 2019
7 miles; Charlestown, RI It’s amazing how fresh and new a familiar trail can seem when you start from a different trailhead and go in the opposite direction you usually do. And also, when the preserve’s custodians change the some of the colors of the blazes! I was able to get in a full 7 […]
auntie | January 17, 2019
5.84 miles; Exeter, RI I started this hike a bit late in the day; I had originally meant to do the normal Shelter/Breakheart route. But daylight was escaping me, so I wound up taking an alternate route back which involved rather a large amount of (dirt) road-walking. There was, however, a very nice bit in […]
auntie | December 24, 2018
5.5 miles; South Kingstown, RI I had the urge for mileage, and a good workout, and I got a bit of both on the Duval Trail. Apparently more than I thought, because I bumped into some guy twice on the trail system and both times he asked me if I was okay. Srsly, dude? I […]
auntie | December 1, 2018
5.5 miles; Exeter, RI Second hike of the day, this time with the “Take-A-Hike” FB group on somehow one of the few trails in Arcadia I’ve missed. We also took in the Dove Crest Trail and part of the Arcadia Trail, and we started out with a visit to the Tomaquag Museum, which is about […]
auntie | September 23, 2018
5.78 miles; Cranston & Warwick, RI This was an PCHC hike. We’ve decided to explore the entire length of the Washington Secondary Bike Path in RI and the Trestle Trail in CT, which are actually one long rail trail that stretches from Moosup, CT to Warwick, RI. It runs along an abandoned rail corridor of the […]
auntie | August 25, 2018
5.7 miles; Portsmouth, RI Another great day of hiking with my friends Ernie and Jenn. We returned to Prudence Island in blessedly better weather than last time to more completely explore the Baker Farm trail system on this 5-1/2 square mile island. We made an early morning start to catch the 7:30 ferry from the […]
