[box border=”full”]Location: Swamp Rabbit Trail – Greenville, SC Date: August 7, 2014 Distance: 3.92 miles round trip Elevation Gain: 43 feet Our Bicycling Time: 1 hour round trip Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] Right before we left Massachusetts, our friend Ivan dropped...
I have vague memories of fishing a few times as a kid. I definitely had a fishing pole and tackle box at some point, but without anyone to really foster my interest, it faded...
This weekend we started our epic East Coast 2014 summer road trip. Well, epic for two moms, almost one-year-old twins, and a 4-year-old. On Saturday we traveled to Pennsylvania. It was a long day in...
[box border=”full”]Location: Crane Beach, Ipswich, MA Date: July 20, 2014 Distance: .62 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 68 feet Our Hiking Time: 27 minutes Trail Blaze: None, but there are maps posted. Difficulty: Easy Trail Map [/box] We are not generally beach people,...
Once upon a time, we considered ourselves seasoned hikers. We packed the 10 essentials. We planned ahead. Then we had a baby. When Addie was born, we made some adjustments. The essentials list expanded....
Okay, not really, but it certainly helps to camp with amazing friends who like your kids. And by like, I mean are willing to change a poop-loaded diaper in the middle of the night on...
Camping with a toddler is challenging. Add in eight teenagers, most of whom are not English speakers, and things get even more interesting! As the leader of my school’s Outdoor Adventure Club, I take the kids...
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our...
Since Addie was born, we have had a vegetable garden in our yard. Each year we grow tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, peppers, and a variety of herbs. However, since moving last summer, we now have...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Harold Parker State Forest, Andover, MA Date: April 6, 2014 Distance: 1.55 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 168 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour 16 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: None! Difficulty: Easy Trail Map [/box] Spring is here! Finally!...