auntie | November 30, 2015
4.5 miles; stonington, ct so nice to be back here now that it is no longer a dystopian hellscape of blood-sucking insects. that’s not to say there aren’t any deer ticks or dog ticks, but at least the gnats and mosquitos are gone. you can find barn island in my hikefinder.
auntie | November 3, 2015
9.7 miles; thompson, ct, burrillville, ri, and douglas, ma met a friend here by hiking in to the coffeehouse loop in douglas state forest from the airline trail trailhead. she doesn’t do long hikes, but wanted to begin to check out the douglas state forest, and i, well, love long hikes. we met at 8:00 […]
auntie | October 15, 2015
3.5 miles; somers, ct the shenipsit trail is a 41-mile-long connecticut forest and park association blue-blazed hiking trail that runs basically north-south from cobalt to somers connecticut. the northern end of this trail goes over soapstone mountain, which boasts an observation tower on its summit with fantastic views. i drove out here and hiked to the […]
auntie | October 13, 2015
7.8 miles; groton, ct the groton crosstown trail runs from bluff point state park to avalonia’s town’s end preserve, crossing six other properties in between with only a short bit of road-walking. i’ve been wanting to do this hike for ages, but because it’s (ostensibly) a 6-mile one-way hike, i needed a car spot. the […]
auntie | October 8, 2015
3.3 miles; north stonington, ct during a picnic one afternoon, a neighbor of mine asked me if “the old carriage road” was still there. she grew up in town and used to ride her horse on it. i really had hardly noticed it before she mentioned it, but there is what looks like an old, overgrown […]
auntie | October 6, 2015
6.3 miles; voluntown, ct i did the southern part of this back in april and today i tacked on a little over 2 miles by looping north of hodge pond road before i went back through the southern loop. i really love this part of the pachaug—i was struck by how beautiful it is. and […]
