[box style=”rounded” border=”full”] Location: Ward Reservation, Andover, MA Date: August 7, 2012 Distance: .8 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 120 feet Our Hiking Time: 1.75 hours roundtrip Trail Blazes: Yellow circles (Bog Trail and Rachel’s Trail) and...
Summer usually equates to vacation time for teachers, yet somehow, Kendra and I have managed to jam-pack our days thus far. As soon as school ended, we both spent a week developing curriculum for...
My wife grew up in the upstate of South Carolina, so every time we south to visit her family, we inevitably end up hanging out in Greenville. It’s a charming little city with a...
Kendra and I have always loved going to Pride. What’s not to love? Rainbow flags everywhere, block parties, and lots of gay people! Before we started dating, we went to Pride to check out...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”] Location: White Mountains National Forest, NH Date: May 27, 2012 Distance: 6.6 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 2,050 feet Our Hiking Time: 5.25 hours roundtrip Trail Blaze: Yellow rectangle Difficulty: Strenuous[/box] Though New...
It’s hard to believe a year has already past since I wrote a post for the 2011 Blogging for LGBT Families Day. In some ways, our entrance into the world of parenting was rather...
While camping up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire this weekend, I woke up to Kendra excitedly whispering, “Jen, get up! There’s a moose!!!” Dazed, I stumbled out of the tent in my...
I have a confession to make. I do not like bugs, or worms, or mice, or any creepy crawly creatures. As a kid, I was not interested in catching frogs or inspecting critters –...
I did not go tent camping as a kid. I grew up in the inner-city, and the closest my family ever came to communing with the outdoors was a trip to some sort of family camp...
We are so fortunate to have a national system of almost 400 protected historical, urban, and natural sites spread throughout our country. Since 1916, the U.S. National Park Service has provided the world with many...