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...
Like most of the kids in my urban hometown, I did not grow up communing with nature. As an adult, I have come to seek refuge in the outdoors, and spend a great deal...
Tonight was a cold night for skiing, snowboarding, and tubing – but I went anyway… with 14 members of the Outdoor Adventure Club! We decided to make the trek to McIntyre Ski Area in...
This weekend Kendra and I took Addie, and 18 members of our school’s Outdoor Adventures club, ice-skating on the Frog Pond in Boston, MA. Somehow, despite having both lived in Boston for years, neither...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”] Location: Mt. Sunapee, Newbury, NH Date: September 30, 2012 Distance: 4.64 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 1,329 feet Our Hiking Time: 3 hours, 40 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: Blue Rectangle Difficulty: Moderate[/box] I had been looking...
As more kids spend their time indoors – faces glued to televisions, computer screens, and video games – it is no surprise that researchers are noticing the effect the lack of outdoor time has...
Yesterday we took the Outdoor Adventure Club to Pat’s Peak in Henniker, NH. I work at an inner-city high school, so most of my kids have never been skiing or snowboarding – it’s too...
Kendra and I took Addie along on another hike with the Outdoor Adventures Club. We headed to Mt. Cardigan early yesterday morning, looking forward to hiking through the beautiful foliage. The kids were excited,...
This weekend Kendra and I took Addison, and 53 of our inner-city high school students, hiking up North Pack Monadnock in Greenfield, NH. It was the inaugural activity for the newly created Outdoor Adventures...
Today was by far the most beautiful and warm day we’ve had yet! We awoke early and after eating another great breakfast, we jumped on the bus for our ride back into the city....