auntie | August 20, 2017
1.2 miles; West Greenwich, RI Today’s “hike” was just a brief walk down State Park Road and back to witness the dedication of the old CCC Picnic Pavilion in the Wickaboxet Picnic and Backpacking Area of Arcadia. It was lovely. State Park Road is a gravel road off of Escoheag Hill Road. There is a […]
auntie | May 28, 2017
5.4 miles; West Greenwich, RI Today’s hike was with the PCHC and a leader I’ve never hiked with before who took us on an exploration of Big River, and even gave us a history lesson, complete with visual aids. It was an excellent hike/talk. For background on Big River, read this Providence Journal article: Kevin Breene’s […]
auntie | December 31, 2016
6.5 miles; West Greenwich, RI The weather for this final day of 2016 was too kind not to take an opportunity for a long hike. I decided on the Coney Brook Trail at Tillinghast Pond Management Area, along with stretches of the Wickaboxet, the Flintock, and the Pond Trails in a lollipop loop. It was […]
auntie | November 13, 2016
7 miles; Exeter and West Greenwich, RI I hadn’t been to Arcadia in ages, and I was kind of “jonesing” for this hike. As I walked, I did a lot of thinking about hiking alone. I actually prefer solo hiking most of the time to hiking with groups, large or small. Not that I don’t […]
auntie | October 26, 2016
3.4 miles; West Greenwich, RI This Unusual Suspects hike was originally planned as a lollipop loop on Tillinghast Management Area to include part of the Flintlock Trail and the whole red-blazed Bates Loop. Unfortunately, one of the Suspects had a water-crossing incident and got one leg (and shoe and sock) very wet, so we cut […]
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 […]
