Mini Vacation in Maine (Part 2)
If you head to Acadia, pick up a good map. The one available in the visitor center isn’t terrific. You need something more detailed if you’re going to get away…
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Mini Vacation in Maine (Part 1)
If there’s one thing Yen and I know, it’s how to maximize a weekend. Maybe it didn’t feel very wise as we sat in traffic Friday afternoon, and it sure…
Segway Tour
Yen’s sister had a groupon for a Segway tour of Boston. We decided to use it before it expired. Here we are, just having finished our training. That mainly consisted…
Rafe’s Chasm and Coolidge Reservation
Sunday after we completely annihilated the 5k, we felt like we needed a leisurely ramble somewhere, preferably near the ocean. I looked for green spaces we’d never been to before,…
Belle Isle and Madonna Queen of the Universe (not that Madonna…)
You know what Yen does? He looks for interesting places for us to go and see something we’ve never seen before. One of the moments when I knew he was…
PEM and a bit of Salem
You probably remember that the Peabody-Essex Museum is one of my favorite local museums. They are currently hosting an Ansel Adams exhibit, and so we decided to head down late…
Kayaking Hopkinton SP
It’s hot. We felt pretty tough during yesterday’s hike, when we were the only people out while every one else (presumably) sat inside enjoying the Olympics in air conditioning, holding…
Harold Parker State Park
I must have driven by Harold Parker State Park at least 20 times, coming and going from my beloved Weir Hill or Ward Reservation. With those two properties so close…
Salem
Yen’s friend Marshall and his wife were in town, so we took a little impromptu trip to Salem (they’re from CA, and Salem is where you take outta townahs). We…
East Pond
The company outing continued: Sunday we were tired from the Saturday hike and staying up a bit too late, and decided to go with something a bit flatter. It’s good…
Hedgehog Mountain
This weekend we were in the White Mountains for my company outing. No, it isn’t an Outward Bound-esque event involving rope ladders and falling backwards onto each other. Instead, the…
Revere Beach (and: This is why we can’t have nice things.)
Yen wanted to go to the Revere Beach Sand Sculpture Festival this weekend, but I was too afraid of the crowds. But when someone at work told me the sculptures…
Tower Hill Botanic Garden
“Botanic” or “botanical”? This has always driven me crazy. I think “botanic” is right, but the mouth just wants to add a little lift there at the end, doesn’t it?…
Noanet Woodlands (not pictured), Nashua River Trail (not pictured), and World’s End (very pictured)
Saturday the heat finally broke a little. [I say “finally” as if this were one of the summers of my midwestern childhood, and we’ve had a solid month above 100…
Wachusett Mountain
I’m a little surprised that Wachusett Mountain is actually called a mountain. But what do I know about such things? Anyway there it is, less than an hour from here,…