auntie | December 26, 2016
Yep, it’s that time again… Looking back on 2016, there were SO MANY great hikes that in some cases I had to cheat and combine groups of hikes together to make single entries. And I didn’t actually do a lot of hiking this year! I noticed that my mileage was way down, and the only […]
auntie | December 14, 2016
3.68 miles; East Haddam, CT One of my PCHC friends decided to play hooky to go visit a real waterfall, so we headed over to Chapman Falls in Devil’s Hopyard SP. It did not disappoint! He was also impressed with the view from the end of the Vista Trail, and really, who wouldn’t be? Good hike. […]
auntie | December 11, 2016
6.9 miles; East Haddam, Salem, Lyme, and East Lyme, CT The Richard H. Goodwin Trail, not to be confused with the James L. Goodwin Conservation Area, is a newly-opened 14-mile multi-town trail in eastern Connecticut. It pretty amazingly spends very little time on roads—it seems to just go from conservation area to wildlife management area […]
auntie | December 1, 2016
1.15 miles; North Stonington, CT I had no time for a hike today, but the weather, for December 1st, was so good—brilliant sunshine and almost 60-degrees—that I couldn’t not hike, so I made a quick trip up Lantern Hill. Naturally, by the time I got up to the top the sun had gone behind clouds, but […]
auntie | November 23, 2016
1.42 miles, Ledyard, CT I decided to do two shorter walks today on properties that were on my “Hikes I’d Like to Do” list. The first was on this Avalonia Land Trust preserve. Avalonia, I love you. I love your properties, and I love what you do. But really? Creating “rabbit-tat” on this little tiny preserve entirely […]
auntie | November 23, 2016
1.89 miles; New London, CT Today’s two hikes could not have been more different. One was a chore, the other a revelation. This is the kind of hike you can take your non-hiking friends on and they will love it. Also there are more trails here that need exploring, so I will be back. Mamacoke Island […]
