auntie | June 3, 2015
7.2 miles; exeter, ri today was a “usual suspects” hike. the weather continues to be cool and very comfortable for hiking, and we had bright sunshine. lots of stuff in bloom. i’ve been missing arcadia, and i’m glad to have finally gotten back there. the mount tom trail is a very interesting “out and back.” there […]
auntie | April 22, 2015
5 miles; exeter & richmond, ri in honor of meeting ellie heyder last weekend, and because it’s been so long since i’ve been in arcadia, i thought i’d revisit this “walk in the watershed.” if you’re unfamiliar with what i’m talking about, ellie heyder is one of the authors of the pamphlet walks in the watershed, published […]
auntie | November 25, 2014
6.9 miles; exeter, ri also known as arcadia, shelter and breakheart trails, i think, in a previous post. with thanksgiving coming up later this week, and snow in tomorrow’s forecast, i thought it might be a good idea to get some mileage in, so i decided to do this 7-mile loop through arcadia. this is […]
auntie | November 22, 2014
exeter, ri this doesn’t really qualify as a hike, per se. it’s just an interesting little property near fisherville brook (see below) that i decided to visit while i was in the area. i got this description from a geocaching website: In 1675, a friendly indian reported to English colonists that Wampanoag sachem Metacom (also […]
auntie | November 22, 2014
3.37 miles; exeter, ri i know i’ve been here at least 3 or 4 other times, but i actually had to go back and read what i said about it to see what i thought. i apparently enjoyed it a lot those other times… not so much this time. there was a relentless ankle-deep carpet […]
auntie | November 10, 2014
4.25 miles; exeter, ri remember last week when i said and to make matters even worse, when i created the map for this hike, i discovered, to my horror, that there was STILL a section of the tippecansett i haven’t hiked yet. D’OH! well, suck it, trail completist people. i finished off that last little […]
