auntie | December 21, 2013
2.71 miles; charlestown, ri this is the trail that heads towards schoolhouse pond in charlestown from the vin gormley trail. i had no idea it was so long or so “technical” (apparently it’s a big mountain biking trail). it even had a “rainbow” bridge on a boardwalk, which i declined to try out. it’s a […]
auntie | November 16, 2013
2.62 miles; charlestown, ri back to “the usual suspects” hiking! boy, i missed my hiking companions. i didn’t realize how much till i got out there with them again. and i did a pretty respectable 2.1 mph, so that was good, too. though it was a pretty durned cold day. i don’t think it ever […]
auntie | October 18, 2013
yes, i walked on a national wildlife refuge today. my sincere thanks to all 198 democratic members of the house of representatives (and the 87 republicans, too) who voted to reopen the federal government. the weather was so perfect i just had to go out and walk somewhere and for the first 3/4 mile of […]
auntie | July 3, 2013
2 miles 2.5 mph usual suspects hike. this was the worst mosquito experience i have ever had. i swear i lost a pint of blood. we did a very fast 2 miles and called it a day. needless to say, there was no stopping and taking of photos! you can find the francis carter […]
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 […]
auntie | March 9, 2013
11.5 miles 2.9 mph kind of a cool trek. me and 50 complete strangers headed off this morning to hike the first leg of the ri north south trail, from blue shutters beach in charlestown to meadow brook pond in richmond. i did not disgrace myself; i finished about 2/3 of the way down […]
