auntie | August 26, 2015
7.35 miles; exeter and richmond, ri another couple of hikes i linked together to get extra miles in preparation for hiking in ireland (have i mentioned i’m going to be hiking in ireland?). it was not as hot as it had been, but still very humid and buggy. this is a “milky” mushroom, so-called because of […]
auntie | August 22, 2015
8.22 miles; west greenwich and exeter, ri after so many miles of road-walking, this leg was mostly in arcadia management area, and mostly in the woods. yay! it started on hazard road in west greenwich, then entered arcadia through the overgrown parking lot of the old pine top ski area on escoheag hill. from there […]
auntie | August 1, 2015
7.69 miles; coventry and west greenwich, ri the weather this past week has been just AWFUL for hiking—hot, humid, and very buggy. but we (the providence county hiking club) persevered, and have now officially passed the halfway mark on the north-south trail. i know i posted this photo a month ago, but this time it’s […]
auntie | July 26, 2015
8.74 miles; foster and coventry, ri this section was one loooong road walk, but with some interesting sights along the way. i can’t wait till we get back in the woods. our next leg, next weekend, should mark our halfway point. we’re moving from wildflowers to berries, so it’s obvious summer is slipping away. i […]
auntie | July 9, 2015
7.5 miles; north stonington, ct i am lucky in that i have four avalonia land conservancy properties and a nature conservancy property that i can walk to from my house. today i decided to visit erisman woods, babcock ridge, and the henne preserve all in a row. erisman and babcock share a border and a trail, and […]
auntie | June 25, 2015
7.25 miles; johnston, ri today i decided to download and follow a friend’s gps track on this state park in johnston. mostly this hike just beat me up. there were some muddy spots and a ton of mosquitos, some pretty decent hills, and some very dicey water crossings. still, the overlook in the northern part […]
