[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Osgood Hill, North Andover, MA Date: April 27, 2013 Distance: 2.3 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 72 feet Our Hiking Time: 2 hours roundtrip Trail Blaze: Blue Circle (Stevens Trail) & Green Circle (Osgood Hill Trail) Difficulty: Easy Trail...
For all of us Bostonians, last week brought a range of emotions – terror, anger, fear, relief, pride, and determination. During last Friday’s manhunt for Suspect #2 in the Boston Marathon bombing, my body...
I love taking my Outdoor Adventures Club students into nature! It’s a great opportunity to get to know my students outside the classroom, and I love how excited they get when they hike their...
I had a visceral reaction when I first found out about the bombings at the 117th Boston Marathon. The same fear, confusion, and grief I felt during 9/11 flooded my body. Like most Bostonians, I...
Today and tomorrow will be important day in U.S. History. This morning the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for and against Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California after it had been legalized, leaving many gay...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Harold Parker State Forest, Andover, MA Date: March 19, 2013 Distance: 1.64 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 131 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour 10 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: Dark Green Rectangles...
Addison totally digs owls, so when I read that the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon in Canton, Massachusetts, was having a special “Hoot Happenings” event this past weekend, we had to go! My...
“Jen… wake up! There’s an animal in our basement!” One would think such a proclamation from my wife would shock me out of sleep, but ever since a few years ago, when we heard...
One of our favorite things to do on the weekend is explore local sites managed by the trustees of reservations in Massachusetts. We’ve hiked Weir Hill in North Andover, and Holt Hill in Andover,...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Amy Gordon Taft Reservation, Andover, MA Date: February 21, 2013 Distance: .54 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 65 feet Our Hiking Time: 40 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: A.V.I.S. Triangles Difficulty: Easy [/box] Kendra’s mom, Jane, came to visit us...