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Entries Tagged as 'Hiking'

Purgatory Chasm

September 7th, 2009 · Comments Off

We returned once again (our fifth visit?) to one of our favorite spots, Purgatory Chasm State Reservation, this time with a friend of daughter’s to keep us company. It was our guest’s first hike, and she was duly impressed.
Purgatory Chasm is a great little hike, quite challenging in spots and it involves a lot [...]

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Tags: Daughter · Hiking · Son

Purgatory Chasm and a paddle

August 17th, 2008 · Comments Off

Today we did our annual Purgatory Chasm hike, followed by a paddle.

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Tags: Boating · Family · Hiking · Outdoors

Trip Report: Acadia

October 8th, 2007 · Comments Off

Acadia trip with JB
10/4/07 to 10/8/07 (Columbus Day Weekend)
I had suggested this trip to my old friend JB as kind of a reliving of our younger days. We hadn’t travelled together in a few years, and I hadn’t been to Acadia since 2003. A young person I knew spent a weekend in Acadia in late [...]

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Tags: Bicycling · Boating · Camping · Hiking · Outdoors · Trip Reports

Family Vacation: White Mountains Region of New Hampshire

August 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

WHEN we planned this trip originally, we thought we would bring the popup camper. But after Cape Cod, we decided that it might be too much of a strain on the Soob to pull the trailer through the mountains. It was hard enough on the vehicle for it to pull the popup for a short [...]

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Tags: Family · Family Vacations · Hiking · Travel

Purgatory Chasm

June 17th, 2007 · Comments Off

In what has become an annual rite, we spent Father’s Day on a hike. We chose that perennial favorite, Purgatory Chasm. One of the cool things about Purgatory Chasm is all the little nooks and crannies to explore:

After the hike, we went to a nearby pond for our first all-family canoe trip. All told, things [...]

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Tags: Boating · Family · Hiking · Travel

Autumn hike

October 21st, 2006 · Comments Off

A great day for an autumn hike, at Blue Hills … the kids look a little tired after climbing up the mountain.

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Tags: Family · Hiking

Purgatory Chasm fun

September 4th, 2006 · Comments Off

Today, Labor Day, was our first non-work day at home, with nice weather, for some time. We decided to visit one of our favorite spots, Purgatory Chasm, in central Massachusetts.

Purgatory Chasm is a naturally occurring small rocky canyon. It’s a wonderful hiking spot for kids, because it’s challenging but not too difficult for them to [...]

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Tags: Family · Hiking

Father’s Day Hike

June 18th, 2006 · Comments Off

For Father’s Day, the family took me for a lovely hike at World’s End reservation. It was a coastal hike, and I kind of expected it to be like the coastal hikes I so loved in Maine: rocky, breezy, utterly beautiful. However, I was surprised to find that it was more grassy than anything, and [...]

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Tags: Family · Hiking · Son

Trip Report: Cape Cod

September 13th, 2003 · Comments Off

Cape Cod with college friends, September 13 and 14, 2003
This year’s trip got off to an inauspicious beginning. The date proved to be a poor choice (for which I take responsibility), as MN had to withdraw due to circumstances related to an unexpected job change. My Wife, too, experienced a welcome but unexpected job change, [...]

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Trip Report: Acadia National Park

May 12th, 2003 · Comments Off

Hiking and bicycling in Acadia with the Appalachian Mountain Club
My wife had been planning for some time to take the kids and visit her family, several states away. I idly scanned the AMC “Outdoors” magazine looking for something to do while they were away. Bingo! A 3-day bicycling weekend with the AMC for a dirt-cheap [...]

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Tags: Bicycling · Hiking · Travel · Trip Reports