auntie | December 2, 2013
3.56 miles; westerly, ri as many times as i’ve walked this property, you’d think i’d know it by heart by now, but noooo…. i somehow managed to get lost. however, my goal today was to walk 3-1/2 miles, and even with my impromptu detour, that’s exactly what i did. nice day, not too cold. the […]
auntie | June 15, 2013
2.29 miles 2.3 mph i headed in to this property from the hopkinton entrance today. the first part of the hike goes through a farmer’s fields, and of course i picked the day he fertilized with liquid cow manure. ever smelled that stuff up close and personal? i’ve been living in the country for […]
auntie | June 6, 2013
4.25 miles 2.1 mph the polly coon bridge has been opened and i crossed over into the hopkinton grills for the first time! it’s still a little raw but very pretty. there was a sign right at the beginning of the trails just over the bridge that said that the tomaquag trail bridge was […]
auntie | November 19, 2012
4.6 miles ★★★★ wow, first time back here in ages. the storm did huge damage here, including taking out a bridge. almost. it was still sorta there, albeit kind of twisted, so i crossed it anyway. ran into a couple of hunters, too. i still really like this property, and it looks like work has […]
auntie | August 4, 2012
3.64 miles ★½ awful day for a hike. it had to be 99.9% humidity and hot and extremely buggy. i ended up wearing my bug hood, even though it just made me more sweaty and miserable. ugh! and the spider webs! i was still pulling webs off an hour after i got home. and this […]
auntie | June 18, 2012
★★★ 3.28 miles didn’t want to spend the whole day hiking, so i did a quick 3-miler at the grills. it’s a different place in summer; very lush and whatever the opposite of expansive is. buggy, too, but not too bad. the worst part was that i forgot my ipod and had to walk without […]
