auntie | June 3, 2019
2 miles; Preston, Griswold, and North Stonington, CT Today was a garden club hike on a lovely day, led by a member of Avalonia (there is some overlap between members of my garden club and members of Avalonia) and a very knowledgeable guide, who was able to identify bird calls and plants. Plus, I got […]
auntie | February 5, 2019
4.2 miles; North Stonington, Preston, and Griswold, CT What a surprise! Back here for Part 2 of the Wapayu Trail the very next day! Again, the weather was unexpectedly great, and I wound up more enamored of this trail than I was yesterday. This is a gorgeous hike. Seriously. Do. Not. Miss. When I got back […]
auntie | February 4, 2019
2.8 miles; North Stonington, Preston, and Griswold, CT The weather was just so beautiful (especially for February!) that I had to get out, and I’m very glad I did. This section of the TriTown Preserve is flat out gorgeous. Strenuous, but gorgeous. I started, again, later than I planned to, so I cut it short, […]
auntie | August 21, 2018
4.2 miles; Preston, Griswold and North Stonington, CT Today’s hike was a special treat! I was contacted through this very blog by a member of Avalonia Land Conservancy with an offer of a tour of their newly-acquired Tri-Town Forest Preserve. I asked if I could invite friends, and when he said I could, I posted […]
auntie | September 21, 2017
5 miles; North Stonington, Griswold, and Preston, CT Some Garden Club friends who are also members of Avalonia Land Conservancy invited me along to view a parcel they’re trying to get the money together to purchase in North Stonington. It is a huge, 400-acre property which abuts some Nature Conservancy parcels and other Avalonia land, […]
auntie | August 19, 2017
1.2 miles; Preston, CT This was a joint Avalonia Land Conservancy/North Stonington Garden Club hike led by Bruce Fellman to see all the butterflies on this lovely preserve. Hardly a “hike,” but still a wonderful walk. The first thing we were all looking for was Monarch Butterfly caterpillars, and the ones we found were teeny, […]
