Rhode Island town high points

I had some time to burn before the end of the year and Al had me interested in finishing the town high points in Rhode Island. We’d gone earlier this year and had it down to just 8 remaining of the 39 cities/towns in RI. We met up at 5:45 am and I got myself a large coffee from Dunks to help get me to the start of this long day. Our first stop was Burriville and we were greeted with temps in the 20s and a strong breeze. It wasn’t too bad in the woods but tough getting out of the warm car. Our first high point included 3 miles of running and a very short bushwack (off trail hiking). 37 minutes later we were back in the car and heading further south. Next up was a .9 hike in some beautiful open woods in Smithfield followed by a drive up (a house was the highest point) in Johnston. Then it was off to Cranston for a 3 minute hike into the back yard of a creepy abandoned house, the highest point was next to the remains of a former home or garage. A longish drive later and we were in Westerly for a ½ mile jaunt on a nice trail and powerlines, with a short bushwack into fairly open woods. Now we turned north (a little) and hit Charlestown for some minor illegal activity.  The cell tower road had one sign but the tower appeared to have not been used in years and none of the woods around it appeared to be posted. We crossed some powerlines and hit the high point and then returned via a different route that included going down a dirt driveway (not posted in the direction we were going) and a .7 jog on the road back to the car. South Kingstown was our penultimate town with a 1 mile on another powerline and some bushwacking. Al has a knack for finding game trails and the whack wasn’t too bad. Our final high point of the day was Providence, we parked by an underground reservoir and walked the road and nice paths to the top. There was a view of the city on the way down. Next up we drove over to Lincoln and got in a great 7 mile run on the scenic Blackstone River Bike Path. A gem! The ride north was a bit rough with a couple of accidents slowing things down but we made it back safely covering 8 high points, about 15 miles of hiking and running, and 300 miles of driving in 11 hours. Now we will get to work on Massachusetts town high points.