auntie | June 20, 2015
8.5 miles; burrillville and glocester, ri if you don’t know the story of the walkabout trail, it’s a good one. from the new england mountain bike association: In 1965, Australian soldiers from the Royal Autralian Navy were stuck in Rhode Island, waiting for their brand new missile destroyer. So how does one amuse 300 soldiers […]
auntie | June 17, 2015
7.2 miles; exeter, ri i am not by nature a “morning person.” of course, this is like saying that mount everest is not, by nature, a valley. i really, really, don’t like getting up in the morning. but weirdly, i just kind of woke up this morning, and since i was up so early anyway, i […]
auntie | June 13, 2015
8.4 miles; killingly, ct and foster, ri another leg down! there was only about a mile and a half of this that was in the woods; the rest was all road walking. but they were very pretty, very scenic country roads for the most part, so it wasn’t too bad. we started from pond road […]
auntie | June 7, 2015
8 miles; barnstable, ma the mileage here is approximate. walking on sand is hard. walking on sand while carrying a 30-pound backpack is really hard. i went with some very much more experienced backpackers from the worcester county chapter of the amc, and i was going nuts trying not to embarrass myself. it was a fun trip. i only […]
auntie | June 3, 2015
7.2 miles; exeter, ri today was a “usual suspects” hike. the weather continues to be cool and very comfortable for hiking, and we had bright sunshine. lots of stuff in bloom. i’ve been missing arcadia, and i’m glad to have finally gotten back there. the mount tom trail is a very interesting “out and back.” there […]
auntie | May 24, 2015
8.5 miles; charlestown, ri another very sparsely-attended providence county hiking club hike; there were just 2 of us but we had fun anyway. i did some counting, and it was my 10th hike on this property, not counting the very first time i was here in january of 2012, where i got about a mile […]
