11.30.12 “I walked abroad in a snowy day, I ask’d the soft snow with me to play; She play’d & she melted in all her prime, And the winter call’d it a dreadful crime.”- William Blake That is the poem “Soft Snow” from the exceptional English poet and artist, William Blake, who’s birthday was this past […]
Month: November 2012
Pure Tranquility at White Lake State Park
While driving down White Mountain Highway (Route 16) on a brisk Thanksgiving eve, I proceeded to take a left onto State Park Road in Ossipee, New Hampshire. As the road narrows, pine trees thicken on either side, suggesting that I had arrived at a peaceful place. At road’s end I discovered the glacial depression known as White Lake. Looking […]
Monadnock Trails Report 11.21.12
11.21.12 Here is a quick pre-Thanksgiving report from the Monadnock Trails this week. The trails are all in good shape following a week’s worth of favorable November weather, which will mostly continue through the holiday and weekend. Turkey Day (would it be Tofurkey Day for us vegetarians?) and Black Friday look like they will be […]
Monadnock Trails Report 11.16.12
11.16.12 “November has tied me to an old dead tree. Get word to April to rescue me.”- Tom Waits Last week, I was able to happily report of the first snowfall of the season on Grand Monadnock. Especially with the little amount that fell, not surprisingly, it is now all gone. And once again, Monadnock’s […]
Mount Washington State Park 11-16-12
We are enjoying an ‘Indian Summer’ here at Mount Washington State Park with temperature inversions making it warmer at the highest elevations and colder in the valleys. The resulting high clouds have been making for some spectacular sunsets too. Many local ski areas are taking advantage of the cooler nighttime temperatures to make artificial snow. […]
Try the park less traveled…
Less frequently visited than many other state parks (although gaining popularity amongst mountain bikers), Ahern State Park is conveniently located just outside downtown Laconia, off Route 106 North. It remains nicely secluded from the hustle and bustle of the Lakes Region on the shores of Lake Winnisquam. Mountain biking, jogging and walking are some of […]
11.08.12 Monadnock Trails Report
11.08.12 Welcome to the Monadnock Trails Report; an escape from election talk, fiscal cliffs, the Mickey Mouse take over of Star Wars (can they possibly sink that franchise even more?), the stock market, Twilight, Syria, Baseball Winter Meetings, and the continually frustrating NHL lockout. However, of course, we can’t escape talk about the weather. The […]
Fall Fun at Northwood Meadows State Park
It was finally a weekend without rain, and my little man and I had a few hours to ourselves away from the rest of the family, so we decided to go to Northwood Meadows State Park, directly off of route 4 in Northwood, NH. We had passed it often on the way to grandpa’s, but […]
Monadnock Trails Report 11.02.12
11.02.12 Welcome to our post-hurricane edition of the Monadnock Trails Report. I want to start off with a genuine and heartfelt thank you to all police, fire, ambulance, rescue, and other personnel and volunteers that worked so hard before, during, and since the storm to provide help to their communities, wherever those communities may be. This […]
Pedaling Along the Pemigewasset
Catching some of the last rays of sunshine before Sandy rolled in, I trekked to well-known Franconia Notch State Park last Saturday. If there’s one park in New Hampshire that’s most convenient to drivers and also has the best variety of year-round outdoor activities, in my opinion, it would have to be here. Although I’ve […]