Hiking & Drawing at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
With Evan’s open-heart surgery cancelled, Kendra and I have suddenly found ourselves with a lot of unplanned free time this week. Her mom, Jane, flew up here to help take care of Addison and...
Category: Outdoor Adventures
Green Friday Hike: Snowshoeing on Weir Hill
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Weir Hill, North Andover, MA Date: November 28, 2014 Distance: 1.04 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 229 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour, 4 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: Yellow Circle (Stevens Trail) & Blue Circle (Weir Hill &...
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...
Tips for Tandem-Carrying Kids While Hiking
My new job has meant more time at home with Evan and Kate, so we have been joining my friend Jenn and her daughter Abby on hikes! And so, I have become one with...
Bicycling the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, Lowell-Westford, MA
Location: Bruce Freeman Rail Trail – Lowell-Westford, MA Date: August 31, 2014 Distance: 13.82 miles round trip Elevation Gain: 171 feet Our Bicycling Time: 2 hours 4 minutes round trip Difficulty: Easy Trail Map Biking is quickly creeping up on...
Hiking Mt. Pisgah in North Carolina
When Kendra and I were first dating, she invited me to drive with her to South Carolina. What she didn’t tell me was that her parents, Jane and Boris, were out of town, and...
Hiking at Oconee Station Cove Falls Trail, Walhalla, SC
[box border=”full”]Location: Oconee Station Cove Falls Trail,Walhalla, SC Date: August 10, 2014 Distance: 2 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 181 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour 44 minutes Trail Blaze: Yellow Square above Rectangle Difficulty: Easy Trail Map [/box] Even with gray, drizzly...
Bicycling the Swamp Rabbit Trail, Greenville, SC
[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...
Fishing on the Saluda River in South Carolina
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...
Exploring Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
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...