Bafflin Sanctuary

| August 20, 2018

Bafflin Sanctuary

5.7 miles; Pomfret, CT [Ed. Note: I have been EXTREMELY remiss in posting for the past few months. A lot of personal drama. But I have made a vow to post at least once a day until I’m caught up. So watch the dates on these, as there is quite a backlog.] This hike was […]

Stubtown-Blue Pond Loop

| July 8, 2018

Stubtown-Blue Pond Loop

6.27 miles; Hopkinton, RI This was a brutal loop hike that included Long/Ell Ponds. That trail is seriously relentless with its UPS and its DOWNS and its rocks and boulders. After all that I just couldn’t finish on the Narragansett Trail, so we decided to visit Blue Pond instead. I’ve hiked all the portions of […]

Millville Lock to Blackstone Gorge

| July 7, 2018

Millville Lock to Blackstone Gorge

5.1 miles; Millville and Blackstone, MA Today’s first hike today was so short I decided to extend it by adding this excursion on the SNETT (Southern New England Trunkline Trail) to visit the Millville Lock, the Triad Bridges, and the Blackstone Gorge. An intrepid pair of hikers from the first hike, Rita and Jim, joined […]

PCHC Providence Historical Walk

| June 3, 2018

PCHC Providence Historical Walk

6.5 miles; Providence, RI [Editor’s Note: Still in catch-up mode. This was a month ago.] Today’s hike was a brilliant walk through several Providence neighborhoods highlighting area history led by Ernie, who was wearing both his PCHC hat and his Blackstone Valley Heritage Corridor hat.  So much fun. We started, and ended, by the Hurricane […]

Sakonnet Greenway Part 1

| March 28, 2018

Sakonnet Greenway Part 1

5.8 miles; Portsmouth and Middletown, RI I’ve had this hike on my “Wanna Hike” list for a long time. It hits a lot of my favorite things about hiking: a long distance, a greenway,  mostly flat… all good stuff. Alas, this was just not my day to hike. I was feeling under the weather and didn’t […]

Goethe State Forest

| February 22, 2018

Goethe State Forest

5.64 miles; Dunnellon, FL Aside from a stand-off with a snake, this was a pretty unremarkable hike. There was that stand-off, however… I was on a road trip to visit some friends in other parts of Florida, and couldn’t resist finding a hike along the way, so I picked this large state forest in Dunnellon. […]