auntie | January 19, 2015
3.2 miles; stonington, ct it’s been ages since i’ve been on this avalonia property (okay, a little under 2 years), and i never really walked the whole thing. so today i did that. it’s really pretty easy walking, except for the blue loop at the very northern end, which is rocky and has a few moderate […]
auntie | December 21, 2014
4.6 miles; stonington, ct for my solstice hike this year i picked barn island. okay, honestly? i forgot it was the solstice. i had an errand in stonington, and i now tailor my errands around hikes. i hadn’t been to barn island in a few weeks, so i thought i’d do my errand and get […]
auntie | November 30, 2014
5.01 miles; stonington, ct welp, i did it… i hiked 100 miles in november, finishing it up, fittingly, on barn island. this was the place back in january of 2012 where i amazed myself by actually walking 3 whole miles in a row. (just a warning, if you follow that link you won’t find much. […]
auntie | November 16, 2014
4.52 miles; stonington, ct since there is no hunting permitted in connecticut on sundays, i headed back to beautiful barn island, no longer a dystopian hellscape of blood-sucking insects, unless you count deer ticks. it was a cool gray day, but always a good walk. i was struck by all the different colors in the […]
auntie | July 17, 2014
4.56 miles, stonington, ct while barn island is one of my favorite hikes, and one of the most beautiful places i hike, in july, barn island is a distopian hellscape of blood-sucking insects. i barely made it out alive, and had it not been for a friend’s blog post a week or so ago, i […]
auntie | March 5, 2014
4.7 miles; stonington, ct i did the larger loop on barn island today, and it was right at the edge of what my ankle could handle. it felt a bit floppy by the time i got to the car, and stiffened up a lot between there and home. but i figure i have to start getting […]
