I had an excellent meeting with Nancy Bourassa, founder of Lyme411 and member of the New Hampshire Lyme Legislation Committee, this past Monday in Meredith where we had a serious brainstorming session on how the NH State Park Bloggers could better deliver on its promise to run for Lyme Disease Awareness. Kate and I first saw […]
Month: June 2012
Mt Washington State Park: Ride to the Sky 2012
On Thursday June 14, 2012, The Mt. Washington Auto Road sponsored their second motorcycle Ride to the Sky event of the week. Ride to the Sky Event on June 14, 2012 Among the many motorcycle participants that attended one individual was appealing in his presence. Steve Pudlo, 56, from Norwich Conn., a motorcycle enthusiast since […]
A family fun weekend in the New Hampshire Lakes Region
This past Memorial Day weekend blessed us with some of the best weather this weekend has seen in years and our family took full advantage of it as we explored some of New Hampshire’s Lakes region. Just as we have done every year for the past seven years, we have gone to the lakes region […]
The Lovely Lupines of Sugar Hill
I have to confess that I find the Franconia Notch area to be one of the most beautiful in New Hampshire. When I vacationed last fall and saw how dramatically blue the sky could be against the fiery foliage I thought, “this is the notch in prime season.” Then I visited in winter when the […]
Don’t Miss the BIG Picture
Two Saturdays ago, I went hiking with NH State Park Bloggers Kate and Mike and our friend Tom and the best barking hiking partner ever Arie. The day was beyond spectacular. Our view stretched for probably about 80 miles, the air was cool and rejuvenating, our foot steps were confident and strong, and despite overflowing […]
What is wrong with these people?
What drives people to brink of exhaustion and to push their bodies too far? You heard about the teenager from Fresno, California whose body hit the wall with only 30 meters to go. Her muscles were systematically giving up on her and everyone watched her barely crawl across the finish line. For other examples of […]
Mt Washington State Park – Monday June 18, 2012
The summit is now in full swing in summer mode. Over the next 4 months more than 300,000 people from around the world will visit Mt Washington State Park. Kicking off summer is Motorcycle week in New Hampshire and they had great weather this year. All the ‘bikers’ we met were awesome. Thunder in the mountains is a […]
Bugs and Blooms of the Bog
A soggy bog might not be your first choice of places to spend a sunny morning in June, but I have a feeling a stroll along the Ponemah Bog boardwalk might change your mind. Who knew that these “peatlands” could be such beautiful places?I was introduced to the bog by its steward Jack Gleason of […]
I don’t like running! But still, I run?
I was asked why I run…. “Why do I run?”…pause for more than a few seconds…all I could answer with was a big fat “I DON’T KNOW.” Given the fact that I run more days out of the week than not, my answer was followed by a blank stare back at me. I got to […]
Mt Washington State Park, Tuesday June 12, 2012
The last of the early June snowstorm left us this week. Our cool, wet weather has been replaced with near calm, warm, humid weather. The first wave of Alpine Flower Bloom is now past peak with several more peak blooms on the way. The warm near calm conditions are perfect for alpine insects to rise […]