Eight Family-Friendly Activities in Middlebury, VT
We spent our summer living just outside of Middlebury, a little town of just over 8,000 people in the western part of Vermont. With three kids five and under, we spent a lot of time...
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Hiking at Harold Parker State Forest, Andover, MA
[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!...
6 Reasons Our Hike With the Kids Was an Epic Fail
With 7-month old twins, and a three year-old, every venture out of the house has the potential for disaster and the opportunity to become an epic fail. Unexpected pooplosions, vomiting, crying, and myriad other obstacles...
Hiking at Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsborogh State Forest, Lowell, MA
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsborogh State Forest, Lowell, MA Date: March 20, 2014 Distance: 1.28 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 193 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour, 3 minutes round trip Trail Blaze: Blue and Silver circles with hiker logo Difficulty: Easy Trail...
Snowshoeing at Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsborough State Forest, Dracut, MA
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsborough State Forest, Dracut, MA Date: February 20, 2014 Distance: 1 mile roundtrip Elevation Gain: 184 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour, 3 minutes round trip Trail Blaze: None! Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] With temps close to 50...
Snowshoeing at Vale Reservation, Andover, MA
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Vale Reservation, Andover, MA Date: January 19, 2014 Distance: 1.28 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 101 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes round trip Trail Blaze: White Squares Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] We were hit with a...
Snowshoeing at Mazurenko Farm, North Andover, MA
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Mazurenko Farm, North Andover, MA Date: January 4, 2014 Distance: 1.56 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 59 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes round trip Trail Blaze: Green (Reas Pond & Scout Trails), Red (Locust Trail),...
Gear Review: Kelty Kids FC 1.0 Carrier
While hiking with Kendra’s parents in South Carolina, I got the opportunity to try out her mom’s Kelty Kids FC 1.0 Carrier with Addison. We went a on 3-mile hike on a easy trail...
Safe and Sound! We’re back in MA!
Not sure what got into us, but we ended up driving for 26 hours straight, arriving at my sister’s house at 9:30am this morning. Kendra and I took turns alternating between sleeping and driving,...
Weir Hill Hike
It has been much too long since I updated this blog. Having a baby will do that to you though. Though I could write pages about what it’s been like since Addison came into...