Outdoors

Camping at Camden Hills State Park

May 27, 2008

This past weekend we camped for 4 days and 3 nights at Camden Hills State Park. A great camping area; lots of trees & hot showers with easy access to miles of hiking and ocean. The area itself is touristy with lots to do and see (if you want to ...

Soul Journey up Speckled Mountain

May 19, 2008

The journey had a difficult start. A challenging conversation in the car with my best friend about our purpose - loving and serving others, and how to do that - simplifying our lives. Ouch. My current creative pursuits and general spring time busy-ness hasn't left a lot of time for ...

Out the door to Blueberry Mountain, National Forest

May 17, 2008

We hadn't planned to hike last Saturday. Damien was gone all week to Boston training for work, by midweek Celine still wasn't walking and the weekend forecast was for rain. But a Thursday visit to the Dr. confirmed that Celine's knee was healing well and she would be fit to ...

Early Spring Education on Mount Will

April 28, 2008

The kids are learning perseverance, patience, leading, following, contentment, nature appreciation and how to leave the woods and the world as you found it.

Earth Day at Tumbledown Mountain

April 24, 2008

Yesterday was the season's first mountain hike. In a word, or rather two, it was spectacular and wet. My parents were visiting for a day on their way home to Nova Scotia from Boston, where they were cheering for friends who were running the Boston Marathon (they've run this course ...

Apatite for Adventure

April 20, 2008

Nope, it's not misspelled, we hiked Mount Apatite Park this afternoon. Our first woods walk of the season. We saw some cool wildlife including a toad frog toad amphibian laying eggs in the middle of the path. Unfortunately I think I accidently stepped on her before we saw her. Thankfully ...