Is It Me?

| February 19, 2016

Is It Me?

4.89 miles; Richmond and Exeter, RI Am I really that much of a klutz? I was wondering, because of the shoulder injury I got while I was in Arizona. Which I subsequently re-injured today while hiking, by tripping over a branch and again, throwing my hands out to catch myself and jamming the shoulder. Again. […]

Tefft Hill from the State Garage

| November 29, 2015

Tefft Hill from the State Garage

4.75 miles; exeter and richmond, ri i’ve been so neglectful of both this blog and my hiking lately! it’s been 2 whole weeks since the last time i was out and i haven’t posted anything at all in november. so today i decided to blow a little rust out on one of my favorite properties, with […]

PCHC North-South Trail, Leg 10

| October 24, 2015

PCHC North-South Trail, Leg 10

9.3 miles; richmond and charlestown, ri this was my least favorite leg yet, in spite of the fact that part was along the vin gormley trail, my favorite trail. burlingame management area is nasty for footing, very rocky. and endless! but only one more leg to go now. i started off this morning in darkness, […]

PCHC North-South Trail, Leg 9

| October 10, 2015

PCHC North-South Trail, Leg 9

6.8 miles; richmond, ri better than half of this was road walking, and part of that was along very busy route 138. but the part that was actually in carolina north was great. the beech foliage is especially brilliant right now. i was struck by the contrast of these blue berries against the red virginia […]

PCHC North-South Trail, Leg 8

| September 19, 2015

PCHC North-South Trail, Leg 8

7.46 miles; exeter and richmond, ri today was a hot, humid day for my first post-ireland hike. this is a really good section of the north-south trail—we were in the woods the whole time, with lots of moderate ups and downs. it’d be perfect in better weather, but the unseasonable heat for this time of […]

Tefft Hill and Browning Mill Pond

| August 26, 2015

Tefft Hill and Browning Mill Pond

7.35 miles; exeter and richmond, ri another couple of hikes i linked together to get extra miles in preparation for hiking in ireland (have i mentioned i’m going to be hiking in ireland?). it was not as hot as it had been, but still very humid and buggy. this is a “milky” mushroom, so-called because of […]