Posted on October 1, 2009 by Ray Bisson
I recently attended a quarterly meeting for the New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association, which was held at the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel. I was not looking forward to the long ride from the Seacoast to Attitash along Route 16. Luckily the meeting was short and I was able to start the drive home before it [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2009 by Ray Bisson
If you drive along Route 4 between Durham and Dover Point, you will see a picturesque old wagon sitting on top of a hill at an old farm. If you drive this route in the winter, you can see hundreds of people sliding down the hill. Wagon Hill Farm is a 140 acre farm, which was purchased by [...]
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Posted on June 30, 2009 by Ray Bisson
Recently, we learned about the Gonic Trails at Mount Isinglass Recreational Area in Rochester, NH. This facility is located a short distance from Route 125 in Gonic; a village of Rochester. The facility is part of the Waster Management Turnkey Recycling & Environmental Enterprises. On our first visit, we stopped at the nature trails. The trail [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2009 by Ray Bisson
We recently took a hike to South Mountain at Pawtuckaway State Park. We wanted to go on an easy first hike in the hopes that our four year old would enjoy hiking and we could do additional hikes this summer. We wanted to stay close to home, but do a walk that we have not already done. I found this hike [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by The Mom Entrepreneur
The Polar Caves in Plymouth, NH is a great family tourist stop. It includes a series of caves and passages formed by the falling of massive boulders nearly 50,000 years ago as the third continental glacier moved southward over New Hampshire’s White Mountains. You can explore the Rock Garden, a jumble of glacially deposited granite boulders and [...]
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Posted on January 19, 2009 by The Mom Entrepreneur
My family recently discovered snow shoeing as a great family fitness activity. I was not sure if my kids would enjoy or have the patience for it. My husband took the boys out into the backyard over this past holiday weekend. They made paths in our big backyard and through the woods. Every afternoon, my kids [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2009 by The Mom Entrepreneur
Recently, I discovered WikiHike.Org, which was launched on March 1, 2008 by two individuals desperate for a website with usable and accurate information about hikes around the world. The two assembled a modest database of their past hiking adventures in an attempt to draw outside interest. After a month of allowing friends and family to add and [...]
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Posted on December 23, 2008 by The Mom Entrepreneur
I came across this activity on the NH Division of Forest and Lands (NHDFL)website. NHDFL offers a patch to kids and adults who visit five NH fire lookout towers through an initiative called the Fire Lookout Tower Quest program. The mission of the program is to increase the public’s recognition of, and appreciation for, the critical roles that [...]
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Posted on November 22, 2008 by Ray Bisson
I recently went on a field trip with my oldest son, and his 3rd grade class, to Northwood Meadows State Park in Northwood, NH. Northwood Meadows State Park is a free, unstaffed, 674.5 acre facility, which is open year-round. There are trails for hiking, biking, snowshoeing, and cross country skiing and many can be used for snowmobiling. [...]
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