auntie | October 30, 2016
3 miles; South Kingstown, RI Today’s PCHC hike was planned especially to avoid conflict with the 1 pm Patriots game, something I highly appreciate. The weather was lovely—warm and sunny—a real gift for this late in the year. This odd mushroom was placed right at the start of the trail. Fifty-seven? The consensus of the […]
auntie | November 4, 2015
6 miles; south kingstown, ri usual suspects hike on this balmy early november day. this property is so interesting, and my friend showed me a new trail, and a way to make the long out-and-back less long. this is a shot straight up the hill from the parking area in front of the old quaker […]
auntie | September 25, 2015
2.75 miles; south kingstown, ri i had to be in south kingstown for other reasons, so i decided to visit this park while i was there. it’s not huge, but it is very interesting. the park’s trail is maintained by the appalachian mountain club, narragansett chapter, and there are more bog bridges per trail mile […]
auntie | June 19, 2015
6.2 miles; s. kingstown, ri so i decided to go back and do the entire hike we had originally planned to do on june 10. besides hoping the laurel blossoms hadn’t passed, i just needed to shake the dust off, and duval is good for working up a sweat. also, the laurels were ALLLLLMOST there today. so […]
auntie | June 10, 2015
3.25 miles; s. kingstown, ri this was a slightly curtailed “usual suspects” hike due to injury (not mine this time). we had hoped to see the mountain laurels in full bloom, but it’s still too early this close to the coast. we saw some fox scat and some sheep laurel, though.
auntie | January 31, 2015
3.32 miles; south kingstown, ri 3 miles of snowshoeing is a lot harder than 3 miles of hiking. i now know this from actual experience, especially since i broke trail on at least half of that distance. can’t say i enjoyed it, exactly, but i am now excited to go on shorter trails that i […]
