Cool Rivers

This weekend, we headed to Zealand River to find a cool place to spend the afternoon. We parked at the Zealand River day use picnic area, paid the $5 parking fee, and started walking up the road. We walked on the road, crossed the Zealand River, and quickly came to the Flat Iron cross country…

Zealand Valley Railroad Trail

Today we headed over to the Zealand area in search of the old Zealand Valley Railroad. We’ve explored a little over here before but never as extensively as we did today. We parked at the Sugarloaf Mountain trailhead parking – which was full of happy hikers. We followed the Sugarloaf Trail a short distance to…

Secret River Pools

Last weekend, after a few days of heat, we decided to go exploring in the White Mountain National Forest on local forest roads in search of a secret pool to wade in. We don’t want to give away our favorite spots, but we will give you some advice: look for cars lining the roads. That’s…