Drive out to Royalston, Mass., just to see the waterfalls and you will spend more time in the car than on the trail. That could be good, if you like short hikes.

 

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I can not recommend The Story of Stuff highly enough. I urge everyone to watch it, with your children if you have any.

 

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If you’re going take off on a whim for a weekend in the White Mountains, you’re going to need a guide book and a bit of luck.

 

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I wasn’t the least bit worried about bouncing down the upper Kennebec River in a raft, myself. I’d done it before, with a bunch of friends many years back. It was a wild trip, and heaps of fun. 

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I don't usually do this sort of post, but I thought I'd share my fleeting fascination with a sport that's completely unfamiliar to me: stand up paddle surfing. 

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I like camping and I don’t mind roughing it, but it’s hard to argue against the benefits of beds, a screened porch, hot meals, warm showers, and cold beer. 

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Yards and gardens aren’t the only places that require weeding. Local ponds, marshes and rivers also are at risk of becoming overrun by weeds, and the aquatic kind are every bit as tough to eradicate as the terrestrial types. Pulling weeds by boat has got to be more fun than picking them out of the ground, though, right?

 

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The price of gas being as it is, some clever folks are looking toward two-wheeled alternatives. Scooters are all right, but you can’t do better than bicycles, which burn nothing but calories (I get about 30 miles per pizza slice, or thereabouts).

 

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Stay inside, and if you do go out, don’t breathe. That's our government's advice today for people in Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties. Stop and think on that for a minute.

 

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Gravity is free, and so is the slalom skateboard clinic being hosted by the Antrim Parks and Recreation Department on July 26.

 

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Mike's Service Station saved my Sunday, and I want to thank them publicly and profusely for it.

 

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Two staffers from the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, a naturalist and an ecologist, will lead a group trek up Gap Mountain on Aug. 9.

 

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I didn't think to take any photos of blueberries, tho we did stop to nibble a few. 

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It’s pretty clear that the powers that be Hudson have about had it with the town's skate park, and that’s a shame, but perhaps a good chance for some more progressive thinking group to score some nice ramps cheap.

  

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Mountain bikers love singletrack. Sometimes it seems as though narrow, twisty trails are all we ever talk or think about… that and bikes.

 

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