auntie | September 21, 2015
5.3 miles; voluntown, ct today was a day for noticing small things… asters, caterpillars, and acorns. and i got the now rare for me experience of hiking a new trail in my home area. there were lots and lots of these white wood asters at the entrance to green fall gorge. they were everywhere. and […]
auntie | August 20, 2015
3.34 miles; hopkinton, ri this is the most demanding trail in ri, except for the length, which is pretty short. i decided to do it because i felt i needed a challenge… well, this was a good challenge, for sure. i started from the long pond fishing area parking lot on canonchet road in hopkinton. […]
auntie | July 17, 2015
5.91 miles; hopkinton and westerly, ri i started this hike from the hopkinton side today, because i wasn’t sure the blue trail on the westerly side was open yet. the white-blazed tomaquag trail starts out alongside two large cornfields, and the late corn is up. yeah, fungus shot. couldn’t help myself. it’s such a cool color. […]
auntie | July 16, 2015
2.4 miles; hopkinton, ri took my hiking ladies up here today. we had perfect weather compared with the last few days—not too hot and low humidity and bright sunshine. lovely. i’m afraid this blog is fast becoming “all mushrooms all the time.” but i can’t help it. you guys know me and fungus… and for […]
auntie | July 10, 2015
2 miles; hopkinton, ri i brought some friends who aren’t regular hikers to black farm, because i’m always looking for excuses to visit this place. i didn’t take hardly any pictures today—too busy yakking. but i just really liked the look of these pipsissewa buds, and why yes, that is poison ivy in the foreground. whoops. […]
auntie | May 18, 2015
4.73 miles; hopkinton, ri the “usual suspects” and i decided to visit camp yawgoog one last time before the boy scouts arrive. i can’t get over how beautiful this property is. lucky scouts! this is just one of the many beautiful vistas on hidden lake. one of my hiking friends tells me that hidden lake was […]
