Why hike and paddle in one state when you can hit the trail and water in two – all in the same day, from a single starting point?
This outing was inspired not long ago, when I drove east on Route 165 .
While hiking not long ago through the Francis C. Carter Memorial Preserve in Charlestown, R.I., friends and I noticed a sign that had us mystified: Narragansett Trail.
“That’s strange. I’ve hiked the .
A scramble up a boulder-strewn trail last week led past a series of sheer cliffs, rocky ledges and basalt outcrop that provided a stunning view of miles of rolling woodlands, far below.
“Hard to belie.
During late-summer droughts, sections of the Wood River slow to a trickle, barely flowing through one of Rhode Island’s most resplendent natural areas, Stepstone Falls.
But after last week’s powerful.