Ringing in 2016 in North Conway, New Hampshire
After a whirlwind Christmas, we decided on the spur of the moment to head to North Conway, New Hampshire for New Years. We spent the morning of December 31st packing up our snowshoeing gear...
Category: New Hampshire
Hiking Mt. Monadnock in Jaffrey, NH
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Mt. Monadnock, Jaffrey, NH Date: April 24, 2015 Distance: 4.5 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 1,801 feet Our Hiking Time: 5 hours, 8 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: White Dot (White Dot Trail) & White Cross (White Cross Trail) Difficulty: Moderate...
Hiking West Rattlesnake Mountain in Holderness, NH
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: West Rattlesnake Mountain, Holderness, NH Date: November 11, 2014 Distance: 2.41 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 489 feet Our Hiking Time: 2 hours, 23 minutes round trip Trail Blaze: Yellow Rectangles Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] When I resigned from...
Camping With Infants: It Takes a Village
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...
Ringing in 2014: Outdoor Fun in New Hampshire
When it comes to New Year’s Eve, Kendra and I prefer quiet celebration, so when our friends Meg and Marcy invited us to spend the holiday in a cottage in the woods of New...
Hiking West Rattlesnake Mountain via Old Bridle Path, Holderness, NH
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: West Rattlesnake Mountain, Holderness, NH Date: October 14, 2013 Distance: 3.11 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 351 feet Our Hiking Time: 2 hours, 28 minutes round trip Trail Blaze: Yellow Rectangles Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] This is my third...
Bicycling the Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, MA – Nashua, NH
Kendra’s parents, Boris and Jane, are in town to help us with the twins. Usually when they visit from South Carolina, we go camping, or hiking, or some other adventure, but this visit we’ve...
Hiking Mt. Kearsarge, Warner, NH
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Mt. Kearsarge, Warner, NH Date: July 24, 2013 Distance: 1.37 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 400 feet Our Hiking Time: 2 hours, 35 minutes round trip Trail Blaze: White Triangle (Lincoln Trail) & White Rectangle (Rollins Trail) Difficulty: Moderate/Easy...
Hiking Mt. Major, Alton Bay, NH
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”] Location: Mt. Major, Alton Bay, NH Date: June 2, 2013 Distance: 4.14 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 1,168 feet Our Hiking Time: 4 hours, 15 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: Blue Rectangle (Mt. Major & Major-Straightback Link...
North America’s Best Campgrounds: Dolly Copp Campground in Gorham, NH
One of our favorite campgrounds – Dolly Copp – is tucked away in the White Mountain National Forest, just outside of Gorham, NH. Kendra camped here as a young kid with her parents and...