Do It Yourself Raised Garden Beds!
We love gardening with our kids – it’s a great family activity! Yet for many people, gardening seems like an impossibility, often because they lack yard space, or their soil is contaminated. Once solution is to...
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How to Find Adventure in the Everyday
Once upon a time, before we had kids, on the spur of the moment Kendra and I would pull on our hiking boots, grab our backpacks, and head off to hike in the woods....
Snowshoeing in Leominster State Forest, Westminster, MA
Location: Leominster State Forest, Westminster, MA Date: February 18, 2015 Distance: 1 mile roundtrip Elevation Gain: 200 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: White Rectangles Difficulty: Easy Trail Map Freshman year of college I had...
Juno 2015 Was the Perfect Storm!
Well, winter has finally come to Massachusetts! Juno 2015 brought us over two feet of snow, and three snow days off from school last week. We spent the day of the storm safely tucked inside, playing...
Snowshoeing in Harold Parker State Forest
Location: Harold Parker State Forest, North Andover, MA Date: January 25, 2015 Distance: 2.14 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 148 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: None Difficulty: Easy Trail Map Snow! We’ve...
Outdoor Families Magazine Launches January 15!
Outdoor Families Magazine, the brainchild of MommyHiker.com‘s Jennifer Fontaine, goes live at outdoorfamiliesonline.com on January 15th! I am so excited for the launch of this unbelievable project, which, according to Jennifer, “strives to enrich the...
Celebrating Winter Trails Day at Weston Ski Track
I was so excited it snowed on Friday that I picked up Addie early from school in hopes we could go snowshoeing. Unfortunately, I was driving down from New Hampshire, where there was much...
First Hike of 2015 at Harold Parker State Forest
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”] Location: Harold Parker State Forest, Andover, MA Date: January 3, 2015 Distance: 1.63 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 102 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour, 23 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: White Squares Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] The first hike...
Goodbye 2014, Hello 2015!
It’s hard to believe another year has passed. Time really does seem to go by faster the older you get! We kicked off 2014 in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where we’d spent...
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...