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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Hiking'
Trip Report: Acadia
October 8th, 2007 · Comments Off
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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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Trip Report: Gulfside Trail solo hike
September 4th, 2001 · Comments Off
My solo hike along the Gulfside Trail, thru the Northern Presidentials of the White Mountains
Labor Day weekend 2001
DAY ZERO? - Friday evening
I check the website www.mountwashington.org for weather forecast. Fortunately, weather observer Katie Hess gives a detailed forecast. Rain on Saturday morning, turning to fog in afternoon. She predicts Saturday and Sunday to be excellent […]
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Trip Report: Mt. Washington hike with college friends
June 26th, 2001 · 1 Comment
Mt. Washington hike with college friends MN, JL, JB: June 16, 17, 18 2001
Living in central Maine has its plusses and minuses. I love my baby Daughter and wife, and my job as a Web guy at a small, exclusive college is fantastic. But it’s lonely up here, so far from my friends and everybody […]







