auntie | September 13, 2016
8 miles; Uxbridge and Northbridge, MA Today’s adventure was kind of a 2-fer hike. The first part consisted of joining my friend Marjorie, author of Easy Walks in Massachusetts [second edition available now on Amazon] for a lovely 2-mile stroll along the west bank of the Blackstone River on a trail that is part of the Blackstone River and Canal […]
auntie | July 24, 2016
5.2 miles; South Dartmouth, MA I decided to check this place out after seeing a post about it on my friend’s blog, Trails & Walks in RI. And am I glad I did. This is not only a very beautiful place, and a nice long trail system, but the suspension bridge is the most fun I’ve ever had on […]
auntie | March 20, 2016
9.5 miles; Pawtucket and East Providence, RI, and Seekonk, MA So after hiking up Lantern Hill, I raced north to join the PCHC bunch on a ten-mile(ish) hike along the Ten Mile River Greenway and Central Pond in East Providence, Pawtucket, and Seekonk to get in my first real hike of the spring. This was a car spot hike, […]
auntie | November 16, 2015
7.3 miles; mendon, ma before we moved to the southeast corner of connecticut, the hubs and i lived in a little town in central massachusetts called mendon. it’s not off any highway, so practically nobody knows where it is. i got so tired of the usual response to the question, “where do you live?” that i […]
auntie | November 3, 2015
9.7 miles; thompson, ct, burrillville, ri, and douglas, ma met a friend here by hiking in to the coffeehouse loop in douglas state forest from the airline trail trailhead. she doesn’t do long hikes, but wanted to begin to check out the douglas state forest, and i, well, love long hikes. we met at 8:00 […]
auntie | September 29, 2015
3.4 miles; bellingham, medway, and franklin, ma a lot of people think social media is isolating; that people spend more time looking at their phones and tablets than interacting with actual humans. but to my way of thinking, that’s all backwards. social media has connected me with some great people who i have actually met […]
