Melville Park

| September 27, 2018

Melville Park

3 miles; Portsmouth, RI [Ed. Note: I have been EXTREMELY remiss in posting for the past few months. A lot of personal drama. But I have made a vow to post at least once a day until I’m caught up. So watch the dates on these, as there is quite a backlog.] I paid a […]

Prudence Island II

| August 25, 2018

Prudence Island II

5.7 miles; Portsmouth, RI Another great day of hiking with my friends Ernie and Jenn. We returned to Prudence Island in blessedly better weather than last time to more completely explore the Baker Farm trail system on this 5-1/2 square mile island. We made an early morning start to catch the 7:30 ferry from the […]

Prudence Island

| July 28, 2018

Prudence Island

5 miles; Portsmouth, RI Some friends and I did a bit of exploration on this Narragansett Bay island, technically part of the town of Portsmouth, but it was so hot and VERY buggy (ticks, especially, but also mosquitos and gnats) that we did more exploration by car than by foot. Still managed a respectable 5 […]

Sakonnet Greenway Part 1

| March 28, 2018

Sakonnet Greenway Part 1

5.8 miles; Portsmouth and Middletown, RI I’ve had this hike on my “Wanna Hike” list for a long time. It hits a lot of my favorite things about hiking: a long distance, a greenway,  mostly flat… all good stuff. Alas, this was just not my day to hike. I was feeling under the weather and didn’t […]