North Pack Monadnock (Really)

Remember a few weeks ago when we tried to hike North Pack Monadnock and failed because of my poor direction-writing-down skills? Well, today we succeeded. And it was worth the…

Weir Hill and Bánh Xèo

What I didn’t mention in the previous post is what we did after we finished our outings: we ate bánh cuốn. This is one of Yen’s favorite dishes (he has…

Long Hill

Saturday was a really beautiful day: blue sky, a little breeze, and temperature in the low 70s. We got up early, drove over to Arlington to pick up Yen’s mom,…

North Pack Not Really

The alternate title of this post is “Making the Best of a Mistake.” Yen picked out North Pack Monadnock as a good hike for us many weeks ago, but life…

Yen’s Illinois Adventure

You’ll see this next photo and think, “I knew you were going to the Midwest for Labor Day, but I didn’t realize you were traveling back in time.” No, we…

Excursions

Yen has been collecting random photos over the last few weeks. None has really been enough for a post on its own, so we’ve put together a post on these…