Saturdays by the Book: Rain out!

| April 26, 2014

Saturdays by the Book: Rain out!

so no hike today. i did get dressed and start off, but the pouring rain (and the vivid memory of slipping on a wet rock and breaking my ankle) finally convinced me that this saturdays by the book hike (durfee hill, hike #25 from ken weber’s weekend walks in rhode island) was not to be. instead, […]

Saturdays by the Book #2: Mount Higby

| April 20, 2014

Saturdays by the Book #2: Mount Higby

4.2 miles; meriden, ct welcome to hike number two in my (hopefully) continuing series, “saturdays  by the book.” this week i chose nature walks in connecticut by rené laubach and charles w. g. smith, published by the appalachian mountain club in 1999. mount higby is hike number 24, and can be found (in my edition) on page […]

Saturdays by the Book #1: Browning Mill Pond & Tefft Hill Trails

| April 12, 2014

Saturdays by the Book #1: Browning Mill Pond & Tefft Hill Trails

4.85 miles; exeter and richmond, ri new blog feature! i have decided to walk some hikes in some of my favorite books on random saturdays. i’m calling it “saturdays by the book.” my first featured hike is from walks in the watershed, a nifty little pocket-sized pamphlet by charles f. hickox and elly heyder, and published by […]