auntie | August 22, 2014
4.11 miles, 2.4 mph; hopkinton, ri this hopkinton land trust preserve is kind of a mess. the trail map shows named trails, but there are no blazes and no signs, and a lot of random crossing trails that go onto private property. it was hard to tell where i was. i was fairly confident this […]
auntie | July 9, 2014
2.82 miles, hopkinton, ri hiking black farm is like visiting an old friend. it is by far my favorite place to hike, even though it’s only a little over 2 miles. i thought i’d try and beat the heat today by heading out early. i was only marginally successful; i still got back to the […]
auntie | July 7, 2014
2.27 miles, hopkinton, ri this walk was half excellently blazed hiking trail, half dicey bushwack, but all fun. the brand new trail i posted about a few days ago was only blazed as far as lawton foster road north, but it had colored tape and a sort of trail to follow beyond that. there were […]
auntie | June 28, 2014
long time no blog. life keeps getting in the way, and i haven’t been hiking in what feels like months. i started a part time job and i have one big party to host on the fourth, and then it’s back to the woods for sure. and one of the first places (besides tomorrow’s ken weber, […]
auntie | April 1, 2014
4.12 miles; hopkinton, ri there’s a lotta road walking in this walk, but it’s worth it for the rest of the hike. this loop is part of david brierley’s “seven pond path,” but includes just three of the seven, starting at the long pond fishing area on canonchet road in hopkinton, ri. the narragansett trail […]
auntie | March 15, 2014
6.56 miles; westerly and hopkinton, ri well this was quite an eventful hike. i walked over 6-1/2 miles, and got to see the new tomaquag brook bridge, which is, in a word, spectacular. and i saw almost all of the hopkinton grills. and i lost my car keys, which necessitated a 45-minute wait in the […]
