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 | August 31, 2014
3.9 miles, charlestown, ri another sunday morning, another usual suspects hike. it was overcast and very humid, but still a good walk. the trail (which has been freshly brush-cut and widened) was covered with what at first looked like just bits of fluff, but upon further inspection turned out to be caterpillars. small white fuzzy caterpillars. they […]
auntie | July 14, 2014
2.86 miles, charlestown, ri this is a combination of two contiguous properties: nature conservancy and state wildlife management area. the yellow dot trail is short but very interesting, with some high sharp hills and rock outcroppings. the main trail through the two properties is an old cart path, and there are other unmarked trails branching […]
auntie | July 6, 2014
2 miles, charlestown, ri first hike in july, and in a while. there was so much going on that i didn’t feel i could take the time off to hike, but now i’m free and intend to do as much hiking as possible. first stop, richard trails. i noticed this trail head when driving down […]
auntie | June 13, 2014
3.9 miles, charlestown, ri today was a “usual suspects” hike on this beautiful nature conservancy property. it was cool and breezy, so no bugs. and heads-up! the laurels are about in bloom! there were some pretty spectacular stands of laurels on this trail. this is a good year for them; laurels are kind of biennial, […]
auntie | April 23, 2014
3.12 miles; charlestown, ri you know that thing where you get about 1-1/2 miles into a 3-mile hike and it starts to rain? yeah. got very wet. but it wasn’t cold, and there were no bugs, and i was still out in the woods with my “usual suspect” friends, so, win. it was, in fact, […]
