auntie | July 15, 2017
6.29 miles; North Stonington and Voluntown, CT and Hopkinton, RI This was an excellent, if exhausting, hike with the PCHC. Much climbing, both up and down, on slippery rocks, and a lot of tricksy water crossings. It was great to see some old friends and make some new ones, and we even, at one point, […]
auntie | June 17, 2017
4.75 miles; North Stonington & Voluntown, CT The Facebook Group, Providence County Hiking Club, is hiking the Narragansett Trail in its entirety, in 5 smallish sections. Today’s PCHC hike was on a very humid day after a 2-inch rain the day before. So we got kind of damp. This is such an interesting and varied […]
auntie | November 18, 2016
6.5 miles; Voluntown, CT It’s been literally 4 1/2 years since I hiked this, and not much has changed about the hike, but a lot has changed about me. Then it was an epic journey. Today, just another great day in the woods. And I got to kinda sorta see the wind farm in western Coventry […]
auntie | September 20, 2016
8 1/2 miles; Voluntown, CT; West Greenwich and Exeter, RI For anyone familiar with the Rhode Island hiking canon, by which I mean books by Ken Weber and Charles Hickox and Elly Heyder, this hike is listed as one of the most strenuous or difficult in the area. And no one seems to know what […]
auntie | September 15, 2016
7.5 miles; Voluntown and Sterling, CT I did the complete loop from top to bottom, starting on the Pachaug Trail, to the Pachaug/Quinebaug Connector Trail, to the Quinebaug Trail, to the Phillips Pond Trail, and back to the Pachaug. But I kind of cheated by using the Forest Road instead of following the Quinebaug all the […]
auntie | August 23, 2016
4.2 miles; Voluntown, CT I went back today to one of my favorite local places. There’s not much water in the river, so the crossing, which can be hairy at times, was pretty tame. Otherwise it was an uneventful hike. This stretch of the blue-blazed Narragansett Trail through the gorge is always an experience. It’s […]
