I've always had a thing for the smaller ski areas... they seem a little more laid-back, I guess, and I'm not so good that I need a great big hill to have fun. 

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Sunday was a good day for a hike. See for yourself; I took my new camera along. 

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"Off Track" is one year old today.

 

 

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Working out at the gym is hot. 

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I’m old enough to remember the first video games (Pong, anyway), and I’ve never liked them much. 

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Some runners head for the treadmill come winter. Some take time off. Others slog through the slush-coated streets, or take their chances on the trails. And some strap on snowshoes and race. 

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The University of New Hampshire's Cooperative Extension keeps a nice calendar listing various organized, outdoor-oriented events (those that people have troubled to tell them about). It's right here.

I'm not even sure how to pronounce "Nussdorfer," and couldn't have found the Nussdorfer Nature Area on a map before this morning. It's in central New Ipswich, and anyone up for a short, group snowshoe hike could check it out this Sunday.
   

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Do you like soul music? That sweet soul music? 

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New Hampshire voters are ringing up our 2 cents today. Soon it will all be over and we can safely pick up our phones again. 

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I went to see an old friend today, in the town where my maternal grandparents lived. You could see Monadnock across the Lake Contoocook from their house, and I've been climbing it since I was a wee boy.

 

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I got acquainted with the Dunstable Rural Land Trust property by mountain bike this past summer. No surprise, it's also a great place to ski. 

 

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Just before the latest round of snow, I went out snowshoeing on the Wapack Trail, visiting a section I hadn’t done in many years – between Temple Road in Sharon and the Temple Mountain.

  

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