Highpoint: Rhode Island. April 20, 2010

[TrishandAlex]

Cut and pasted from http://www.trishalexsage.com
Accompanying pictures and a short video can be found there.
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The girls and I spontaneously decided to drive down and highpoint Rhode Island today. Jerimoth Hill is about an hour south of our home near Boston, and the hike is only a couple tenths of a mile long.

We hopped in the car feeling scandalous. We had no backpack, no food, no water. And...we were wearing COTTON.

We found the little parking area on the side of the road without much ado and took our usual trailhead photo.

Blatantly ignoring all Hike Safe rules and neglecting to bring even one of the Ten Essentials, we rebelliously entered the woods.

Blazes were plentiful on this pretty, well-maintained trail. The property owners have created a very pleasant path for highpointers.

We arrived at the highpoint in about three minutes...

...signed in at the register...

...and took a picture of one of our homemade Rhode Island flags on the summit cairn.

Then I relaxed...

...while the girls ran around the clearing.

This was a nice, easy highpoint. We look forward to doing at least a couple dozen more in the years to come.

 

[Mohamed Ellozy]

Trish,

Congratulations on having scaled mighty Jerimoth Hill. Next stop Rainier??

You, at least, did not have to worry about the fear of being shot at, as was not unknown in the early days of bagging that peak.

 

[TrishandAlex]

Mohamed, I've heard about that former owner...am very glad the current residents are so cooperative. The path is quite nice, we had a pleasant walk in the woods.

 

[Shoes to Views]

When is a hike not a hike?

Reminds me of my training hikes during the week in Connecticut. A friend chastised me about a picture I took showing my sneakers and blue jeans. I reminded him that I was barely out of sight of a house at any time.

 

[Trainwreck]

Hiking renegades!!!

 

[Dennis C.]

Great photos! It's great to see this state HP finally marked, developed and in friendly hands after years of ... just the opposite!

 

[rup]

Congrads. That summit ridge is a 5.10.

 

[Jimmy Legs and Little D]

Looks like you were going rogue in Rhode Island.
Entertaining report!

Donna

 

[TrishandAlex]

Congrads. That summit ridge is a 5.10.

Yep, it's great prep for Delaware and Florida.

Great photos! It's great to see this state HP finally marked, developed and in friendly hands after years of ... just the opposite!

Oh, I don't know...might be fun to bag it in a hail of bullets. Six of one, half dozen of the other...

Shoes, Jimmy Legs, and Trainwreck --