Moose Brook Mystery

After opening and playing with our new Christmas presents last weekend, Andrew and Lindsay were anxious to get outside.  Lindsay had hoped for enough snow to get out on skis and the couple of new inches that fell on Christmas day provided the best opportunity.  We headed down to our local park: Moose Brook State…

Eye of the Needle

Sounds pretty dramatic, huh? Eye of the needle. We thought so too. Last weekend we woke up with a desire to get into the woods. But first we stopped at The Waterwheel for brunch. After filling up on french toast and sweet potato fries, we took the Ingerson Road in Jefferson toward Pond of Safety.…

Favorite Mountain

A couple of weeks ago we hiked up East Royce Mountain in Evans Notch, Maine and we may have found a new favorite mountain!  It was a relatively short but steep hike, ascending through two distinct forest types while following water just about the entire way.  The climb culminated with wonderful 360 views on two summits.