Goldstar Bridge

| April 28, 2015

Goldstar Bridge

5 miles; groton and new london, ct i always wanted to see what this pedestrian walkway along the goldstar bridge between groton and new london was like, and since i had a fairly long wait in store at my groton car dealership’s service department for a recall fix, now i know. it’s a long-assed bridge—very […]

Hodge Pond South

| April 8, 2015

Hodge Pond South

4.25 miles; voluntown, ct every now and again i get a real hankering to re-visit a hike (and isn’t that a grand word, “hankering?”). i’ve been thinking about this hike for a while, and today i managed to get there. it has a lot of really interesting features, and despite the fact that this part of […]

Airline Trail & Robbins Preserve

| April 4, 2015

Airline Trail & Robbins Preserve

4.13 miles; thompson, ct i guess the providence county hiking club was too optimistic about trail conditions even at this late date, because the originally-scheduled hike was another tri-state trek, but there was waaaay too much snow on the airline trail, so we punted and visited a wyndham land trust property also in thompson. it […]

Spring Peepers 2015!

| April 3, 2015

Spring Peepers 2015!

nope, not a hiking post, per se, but i did take a short stroll up to my neighbors’ front field tonight, where there’s a gigantic vernal pond. they call it “lake will-be-gone.”  and guess what? the peepers and wood frogs were almost deafening! yep. i think spring’s coming soon. any day now.

Barn Island

| March 29, 2015

Barn Island

3.06 miles; stonington, ct if you know me at all, you’d know that since my knee was very sore after my hike on march 24th, i would SO be hiking again on march 25th. which i did. another BIG MISTAKE. it was cold, overcast, gloomy, depressing… and my knee hurt. so i went to barn […]

Bluff Point

| March 29, 2015

Bluff Point

3.89 miles; groton, ct wow. over a month since my last post. why do i suddenly feel like i’m back in the confessional? (“bless me, father, for i have sinned. it’s been 1 month since my last blog post…”) technically, i did this hike on march 10, so it’s only my posting that has fallen […]