Day 9 – Seville, Spain
Today was relaxing but hot! Today was my first full day in Seville, Spain! For breakfast, I had a delicious croissant. Then, I realized I wasn’t even in Paris yet and had already had...
Tagged: Historic Sites
Day 7 – Tavira, Portugal
Today had a great start but a sadly disappointing end. Then, it got good again. Today, we woke up early and went to go have breakfast. I had a delicious warm kinder bueno crepe...
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...
Lowell Folk Festival: A Celebration of Culture
I was a 14-year-old seasoned Junior Park Ranger when the first Lowell Folk Festival was held in 1990. It was a spinoff of the National Folk Festival, which was held in Lowell from 1987-1989....
Hiking at Crane Beach, Ipswich, MA
[box border=”full”]Location: Crane Beach, Ipswich, MA Date: July 20, 2014 Distance: .62 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 68 feet Our Hiking Time: 27 minutes Trail Blaze: None, but there are maps posted. Difficulty: Easy Trail Map [/box] We are not generally beach people,...
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...
Family Fun at the Wenham Museum in Wenham, MA
Quite some time ago, we received free passes to go to the Wenham Museum in Wenham, MA. Though we kept meaning to visit, something always seemed to pop up and derail our plans. However,...
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...
Hiking Osgood Hill & Stevens Estate, North Andover, MA
[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...
Maple Syrup and Cows at Appleton Farms in Ipswich, MA
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,...