auntie | July 17, 2015
5.91 miles; hopkinton and westerly, ri i started this hike from the hopkinton side today, because i wasn’t sure the blue trail on the westerly side was open yet. the white-blazed tomaquag trail starts out alongside two large cornfields, and the late corn is up. yeah, fungus shot. couldn’t help myself. it’s such a cool color. […]
auntie | April 30, 2015
3.3 miles; westerly, ri took a friend to visit this preserve and discovered that the blue trail that goes over kedinker island was closed for bridge repairs. bummer. that’s the prettiest introduction to the grills… but we got to see the cemetery and the polly coon bridge from the other side, so it wasn’t a […]
auntie | April 19, 2015
5.25 miles; westerly, ri what if you gave a hike and nobody came? that happened to me today. i was supposed to lead a providence county hiking club hike on the grills in westerly today, but nobody showed up. fortunately it was also a scheduled hike for another hiking club, the yankee trailers, who did show up. they […]
auntie | March 31, 2015
3.12 miles; westerly, ri after some google-induced self-diagnosis, i decided that the “it band” in my right knee is the problem. ironically, this is mostly a runner’s injury, but it can also be caused by excessive sitting. so; inflammation. i’ve been self-treating with naprosin and icing the knee and today i decided to take it […]
auntie | February 22, 2015
3.5 miles; westerly, ri so i dragged myself out today… yeah, it’s just like that. i can’t say i enjoyed this hike. it rained last night, and the snow cover was wet and heavy and not particularly stable, so snowshoeing was a LOT of work. and i got blisters on both heels today, too, not sure […]
auntie | February 12, 2015
1.6 miles; westerly, ri i had some errands in westerly today, so i thought i’d check out wilcox park. after one circuit it was obvious i should have used my yak trax. it was an adventure, in that there were quite a few icy patches where snow melted and refroze. also there was an entire […]
