The ideal mix of family fun in a great spot, and cheap! Imagine, if you can, a campground on Cape Cod. You are probably conjuring images of either sand dunes, beaches or lobster-schlock…and possibly all three! Nickerson State Park, in Brewster, MA, has none of these. Instead, you’ll find campsites nestled into a beautiful woodland […]
Here are a handful of New England traditions to commit to now, before it’s too late. June: Visit Quechee, VT in June for their 34th Annual Hot Air Balloon Festival. July: Did you know every summer in June and July, Montreal plays host to the International Fireworks Competition? July: Spend the Fourth of July camping on the Boston Harbor Islands, and […]
Just a few days ago while walking through the Boston Common this writer came upon a woman peering into a leafless willow tree. It turned out she was a birder, out hunting for the afternoon. She was nice enough to share her binoculars with passersby and the view they revealed was one we all hope […]
Night hikes. Have you ever done one on purpose? If you are like us, there has surely been a time or two you’ve white-knuckle hiked down a mountain trail in the dark. You may have been without a headlamp and cursing the person(if it wasn’t you) who hours earlier promised you wouldn’t need a map […]
It’s Thanksgiving and at some point you will watch Planes, Trains & Automobiles. It can be very easy to treat our nation’s only sanctioned four day holiday as an excuse to sit on the couch and ignore the outdoors. But Thanksgiving weekend, with all it’s carb-loading meals and extended family visits is actually an outdoor […]
November can be a difficult month to motivate outdoors but just like every month in New England, it has it’s charms. Fall walks in the woods present open views to stands of white birch. The sun hangs closer to the horizon, creating beautiful colors in the sky late in the afternoon. And then there’s Thanksgiving. […]
Start your trip at Noanet by parking by the Caryl Park athletic fields in Dover, MA. It’s a nice field and depending on weather, having a kite, frisbee, or soccer ball isn’t a bad idea. You know, its not a bad idea to just have a frisbee and kite in your car pretty much […]
Sometimes an incentive helps get kids outdoors. When the weather turns cold, kids never refuse hot cocoa with marshmallows. The next time you head outside for a chilly day walk/hike/whatever consider whipping up a batch of hot cocoa before you leave the house. Not only can you use it as a lure to get them […]
It may sound cliche, but apple picking is a must do New England outing in the fall. Have you been apple picking before? Of course you have. In fact, we bet you’ve been enough times that you are probably thinking, “OFC, are you kidding me? Apple picking is the best you can come up with […]
Where a fun geocache quest through the woods is rewarded with a bad Al Pacino movie As we’ve mentioned before, to kids, geocaching is treasure hunting. And treasure hunting makes for a great excuse to get those kids outside, exploring the woods. Elm Bank Reservation offers a unique quest. Your geocache goal is a big final cache […]