auntie | September 20, 2014
8.08 miles, charlestown, ri since i so handily knocked off over 8 miles last weekend, i figured it was time to give the vin gormley trail another shot. first time since i broke my ankle last summer that i’ve done the whole trail. i did it backwards from the way i usually walk it, with […]
auntie | September 14, 2014
8.6 miles, voluntown, ct you may have noticed that my posting has not been as frequent as in the past. that’s because i am now working during the week, and can’t normally get out to hike. because of that, i’ve tried to do more mileage during the weekends. this hike was perhaps a bit of […]
auntie | May 28, 2014
7.27 miles, 2 mph technically, this hike also includes a section of the john b. hudson trail, which we picked up at its intersection with the shelter trail. no one i know is a particular fan of that section of the shelter trail, which follows the east bank of breakheart brook as far as breakheart […]
auntie | April 5, 2014
9.32 miles; richmond, exeter, west greenwich and coventry, ri even though i cheated and caught a ride for a big section of this walk, i managed the most mileage since the accident last july. it was a cold day, but for the parts where i kept moving, it wasn’t bad. this is a very pretty […]
auntie | June 9, 2013
8.5 miles < 1 mph i should have realized the trail would be a muddy mess from the downpour of the previous night, but a plan is a plan. almost. the original plan was to hike an approximately 7-mile section of the appalachian trail in october mountain state forest in lee, massachusetts. we ended […]
auntie | June 6, 2013
7.8 miles 2.7 mph whew. did this with a full pack, and in record time. i think i’m ready for my “for reals” trip this weekend (more on this later; check back). also, the wildflowers today were stunning. i think this is yellow star grass… the latin name is Hypoxis hirsuta, which would imply […]
