auntie | April 7, 2017
4.46 miles; Hopkinton, RI I looked at my total hiking mileage for the year so far, and I was mightily embarrassed! Less than 100 miles and it’s April already. So I decided to make a push to do more hiking, starting with Five Hikes in Five Days. Today was Hike #1. I decided to start […]
auntie | October 11, 2016
2.5 miles; Hopkinton, RI “Forest Bathing” is a Japanese term that describes the act of immersing oneself in the woods. From the now-defunct Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) website: Shinrin-yoku is a term that means “taking in the forest atmosphere” or “forest bathing.” It was developed in Japan during the 1980s and has become a cornerstone of preventive health […]
auntie | May 1, 2016
4 miles; Hopkinton, RI Today I finally managed to clear my schedule enough to hike with my “Usual Suspect” friends and Fidget the Corgi. We went on a trip through the Boy Scout camp (probably the last one till Fall), but in a direction we weren’t used to, and it made it seem like a […]
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 | October 31, 2015
1.75 miles; hopkinton, ri today was another group hike with a different facebook group i’ve gotten to know a little bit. we met at the trailhead for one of my favorite hikes, long and ell pond preserves. it was just gorgeous out. the color was almost completely perfect, and the weather was awesome. it was […]
auntie | October 7, 2015
4.5 miles; hopkinton, ri the “usual suspects” and i did the loop around both hidden lake and yawgoog pond. nice now that the scouts are gone and we have it to ourselves again. and i’d forgotten how much fun this loop is, what with all the boulders to clamber over and through. nothing seriously difficult, […]
