auntie | September 20, 2016
8 1/2 miles; Voluntown, CT; West Greenwich and Exeter, RI For anyone familiar with the Rhode Island hiking canon, by which I mean books by Ken Weber and Charles Hickox and Elly Heyder, this hike is listed as one of the most strenuous or difficult in the area. And no one seems to know what […]
auntie | September 15, 2016
7.5 miles; Voluntown and Sterling, CT I did the complete loop from top to bottom, starting on the Pachaug Trail, to the Pachaug/Quinebaug Connector Trail, to the Quinebaug Trail, to the Phillips Pond Trail, and back to the Pachaug. But I kind of cheated by using the Forest Road instead of following the Quinebaug all the […]
auntie | September 13, 2016
8 miles; Uxbridge and Northbridge, MA Today’s adventure was kind of a 2-fer hike. The first part consisted of joining my friend Marjorie, author of Easy Walks in Massachusetts [second edition available now on Amazon] for a lovely 2-mile stroll along the west bank of the Blackstone River on a trail that is part of the Blackstone River and Canal […]
auntie | June 27, 2016
7 miles; Mansfield, CT We are officially half-way through the 14-hike DEEP Challenge! This was a great hike on a very interesting property. We started from the same place I started from the last time I hiked here, back in October 0f 2014. But this time I didn’t get lost and my cellphone didn’t die, both […]
auntie | June 25, 2016
7.5 miles; Richmond, RI This was a car spot hike with the Providence County Hiking Club. It was a through-hike of the yellow-blazed Arcadia Trail in the Arcadia Wildlife Management Area. I’ve done it before with my “usual suspect” friends, but not in almost 4 years. Wow, I’ve been hiking for four years? And blogging […]
auntie | May 15, 2016
8-1/4 miles; Charlestown, RI I have some sad news to report… my old pal, Bucky Beaver, is no more. I decided it was time to hit the Vin Gormley Trail again, and as is my wont, I parked at what I like to call the Bucky Beaver Trailhead on Kings Factory Highway. When I got […]
