auntie | June 8, 2016
6 miles; Voluntown, CT I know I have kind of badmouthed the Pachaug Trail. It tends towards rocky and eroded in a lot of places because of motorized vehicle traffic, and that just does not make for a pleasant hiking experience. But I have to say that today’s hike was wonderful. I started off from […]
auntie | April 15, 2016
5.5 miles; Exeter and Hopkinton, RI and Voluntown, CT I’ve done this hike in a couple sections, but today I was able to do it in one go thanks to a car spot with a good hiking pal. I really like the Tippecansett Trail. It’s a little over 10 miles total, yellow-blazed, maintained by the Narragansett […]
auntie | December 17, 2015
3.67 miles; voluntown, ct this month has been just nuts—i don’t feel like i have any time to hike. i managed to sneak out today for about 2 hours, however, to visit one of my favorite places, the green fall gorge. as you can see, there was a decent flow to the river today. in […]
auntie | December 6, 2015
4 miles; voluntown, ct i really wanted to do the whole 8-mile hell hollow loop but i got out too late—timing is everything on these shorter december days! not to mention that i’ve been finding it hard to get motivated lately. but still, it was in the mid-40s and a beautiful clear day, so i took what i […]
auntie | October 6, 2015
6.3 miles; voluntown, ct i did the southern part of this back in april and today i tacked on a little over 2 miles by looping north of hodge pond road before i went back through the southern loop. i really love this part of the pachaug—i was struck by how beautiful it is. and […]
auntie | September 21, 2015
5.3 miles; voluntown, ct today was a day for noticing small things… asters, caterpillars, and acorns. and i got the now rare for me experience of hiking a new trail in my home area. there were lots and lots of these white wood asters at the entrance to green fall gorge. they were everywhere. and […]
