Veteran’s Day 2012 – Some Thoughts on A Nation Divided
Today we celebrate our Veterans – we give thanks to Kendra’s dad who piloted a helicopter of the U.S. Army in Vietnam, my grandfather, who served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, and Kendra’s...
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Hiking the Andrew Brook Trail, Newbury, NH
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”] Location: Mt. Sunapee, Newbury, NH Date: September 30, 2012 Distance: 4.64 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 1,329 feet Our Hiking Time: 3 hours, 40 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: Blue Rectangle Difficulty: Moderate[/box] I had been looking...
Canoeing on the Ipswich River, Ipswich & Topsfield, MA
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Ipswich River, Ipswich & Topsfield, MA Date: September 17, 2012 Distance: Approx. 4 miles roundtrip Our Canoeing Time: 3 hours roundtrip Difficulty: Easy [/box] I must admit, despite having rowed for over 20 years, I only...
5 Tips for Taking Toddlers to Museums
I know what you’re thinking. Toddler + Museum = Potential Disaster. Oh the things that could go wrong – a temper tantrum on the floor of a crowded gallery, sticky fingerprints left on a...
Attack of the Chipmunk! Oh, and some camping and hiking…
For us, Labor Day weekend is reserved for camping. Even though Kendra and I start teaching the week before, we get Friday and Monday off, which makes for the perfect amount of time to...
Getting My Inner-City Students Into Nature’s Classroom!
As more kids spend their time indoors – faces glued to televisions, computer screens, and video games – it is no surprise that researchers are noticing the effect the lack of outdoor time has...
Fun in New Hampshire’s White Mountains – Camping, Hiking, Train Rides, and Swimming!
I am amazed what a difference three months makes in a camping experience. In May, we took Addie camping in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and though she enjoyed it, she wasn’t speaking...
Hiking Weir Hill, North Andover, MA
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Weir Hill, North Andover, MA Date: August 11, 2012 Distance: 2.3 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 235 feet Our Hiking Time: 2 hours roundtrip Trail Blaze: Yellow circle Difficulty: Easy[/box] For the past few...
MASS MoCA: Our Trip to the Museum of Contemporary Art
Today we visited MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, the largest museum of contemporary art in the United States! Opened in 1999 in a former textile mill, it houses over 100,000 square feet of exhibition space. Though...
Hiking at Natural Bridge State Park, North Adams, MA
Today we traveled across Massachusetts to North Adams, a small town nestled in the Berkshire mountains in the northwestern part of the state. Though our goal was to stop at the Museum of Contemporary Art, we...