auntie | June 7, 2015
8 miles; barnstable, ma the mileage here is approximate. walking on sand is hard. walking on sand while carrying a 30-pound backpack is really hard. i went with some very much more experienced backpackers from the worcester county chapter of the amc, and i was going nuts trying not to embarrass myself. it was a fun trip. i only […]
auntie | April 11, 2015
6.8 miles; douglas, ma and pascoag, ri i never managed to finish the great north-south trail trek, either year i started it, so i’ve never been on this leg of the trail. the providence county hiking club has broken the trail into more and smaller legs than the “great north-south trail trek” people, and just […]
auntie | December 31, 2014
see part 1, here. and with no further ado, here is the rest of my best ofs. number 5—canonchet preserve, hopkinton, ri this is a brand-new set of trails that was added to the nature conservancy’s existing canonchet brook preserve. the fancy sign at the trailhead says it is part of the “dark skies borderlands trail […]
auntie | December 27, 2014
4 miles; thompson, ct a providence county hiking club hike again, and this time i kind of made up a loop from older hikes. we hiked 4 miles in 3 states. i kind of forgot what a bear that first mile up to the tri-state marker and then the midstate trail can be coming from ct, but it […]
auntie | November 8, 2014
5.6 miles; dartmouth, ma this was another providence county hiking club group hike on a beautifully maintained and blazed property belonging to the town of dartmouth, ma. almost all level and flat trails. it was a beautiful brisk day with good company. and this was not a remote and seldom-visited spot—we saw lots of folks with […]
auntie | September 23, 2014
3.27 miles; east providence, ri and seekonk, ma um, long time no post! i’ve been working full time on a temporary basis, and i just haven’t had the extra bandwidth to write blog posts. i don’t know how other people manage to do it. but the temporary assignment is over now, and i have some […]
