It has been almost 2 months that I’ve been living in the Big Island campground in Pawtuckaway State Park. As I run through my day to day, leading programs and meeting campers, I get many questions about my living situation, and even more shocked faces when I tell them that this summer I sleep in […]
Burnham’s Marsh
Meet the Neighbors
I have been living in Pawtuckaway’s Big Island campground for just over a month now, and have truly fallen in love with this place, with the neighborhood if you will. On a Saturday morning I wake up to children riding their bikes past my campsite, to families getting together for a pancake breakfast, and to […]
WildTuckaway Delights
By Emily Barry, Interpretive Ranger at Pawtuckaway State Park Saturdays between the hours of 12:00 and 5:00 pm, picnickers descend upon Pawtuckaway in full force. It is the picnicker’s bewitching hour and the grills are ablaze, various cuts of meats and marinades sizzling over the coals. The air, with all its aromas, becomes a tantalizing […]
Pawtuckaway and I
By Emily Barry, Discover Power of Parks, SCA Interpretive Ranger There is a love story unfolding at Pawtuckaway State Park. It all started back in the spring when I started thinking about the park I would be spending the summer with as the Interpretive Ranger. Umbagog, Franconia, Monadnock…I could be up in the Great North […]