auntie | May 20, 2016
2 1/3 miles; Exeter, RI This was a “Ladies Hike” on one of my favorite trails in Arcadia, the Breakheart Brook fishing access trail. I went with a friend. It was a lovely day, but the few wildflower photos I took came out blurry. I am gonna definitely get an external lens for my iPhone for […]
auntie | April 15, 2016
5.5 miles; Exeter and Hopkinton, RI and Voluntown, CT I’ve done this hike in a couple sections, but today I was able to do it in one go thanks to a car spot with a good hiking pal. I really like the Tippecansett Trail. It’s a little over 10 miles total, yellow-blazed, maintained by the Narragansett […]
auntie | February 19, 2016
4.89 miles; Richmond and Exeter, RI Am I really that much of a klutz? I was wondering, because of the shoulder injury I got while I was in Arizona. Which I subsequently re-injured today while hiking, by tripping over a branch and again, throwing my hands out to catch myself and jamming the shoulder. Again. […]
auntie | December 2, 2015
so i heard from someone at the amc, narragansett chapter, about this structure on the yellow-blazed ben utter trail in arcadia. i have in the past identified it as a backpacking shelter, but this is not correct. this structure was (and will be in the future) a picnic pavilion. it was originally built in the […]
auntie | November 29, 2015
4.75 miles; exeter and richmond, ri i’ve been so neglectful of both this blog and my hiking lately! it’s been 2 whole weeks since the last time i was out and i haven’t posted anything at all in november. so today i decided to blow a little rust out on one of my favorite properties, with […]
auntie | October 22, 2015
6.7 miles; exeter, ri today’s hike was with my usual suspect friends, and it turned out that one of the suspects had an “ulterior motive” for bringing us here. she and her husband put up a new trail sign in order to make clear that the mount tom trail starts from appie crossing, not the check station. […]
