Day 5 Plan – May 2022 Brush Fire – Damage Check
As soon as I finished my hike last Saturday I was already thinking ahead to next week. My plan on Saturday was to keep working on the 4000’s around the Furnace Brook area to build off my Day 3 hike … Continued
AllTrails Map – Day 4
I really regret not taking the quick side trip to complete the inner track of Eliot Loop. I’ll have to remember to include that when I cap the Challenge off with the Skyline Trail. Part 2 of the hike – … Continued
Video Stream – Day 4
If you haven’t guessed by now, I’m really trying to avoid any post-production video editing because it’s the ultimate time suck. However, as long as I’m using an old iPhone as my bodycam it seems I’m destined to capture the … Continued
Day 4 – A tale of two hikes – Part 2
After we got back to the parking lot at the Trailside Museum, Patricia and Penny had had their fill of hiking for the day. I was given advanced notice that this was likely going to be the case so I … Continued
Day 4 – A tale of two hikes – Part 1
Today’s hike happened in two parts. Part 1 started around 10am at the Trailside Museum with Patricia, Penny, and four Au Pairs from Patricia’s LCC group with Cultural Care Au Pair. The plan was to hike the most popular trail … Continued
Day 4 Plan – Great Blue Hill and Little Blue Hill
Patricia is gathering her Au Pair group for a hike up the popular red-dot trail to the summit of Great Blue Hill on Saturday. She’s an LCC for Cultural Care Au Pair so she organizes monthly activities for the group … Continued
Video Stream – Day 3
The video streams for the first two days of my hiking were bad. Really really bad. I’m not striving for National Geographic levels of adventure video here, but the camera (an old iPhone 6s Plus) should at least be pointed … Continued
Day 3 – Fowl Meadow, Swamp Trail, Orchard Trail, Green Hill Path, and Field Path
Went for my longest hike so far and covered almost 8 miles (or 7.5 depending on which app you trust). Started out at the Burma Trail Parking lot with Patricia and Wesley. No chance of getting lost on this one, … Continued
AllTrails Map – Day 3
Tired. So. Very. Tired. Longest one day hike so far. Took a little over 3 1/2 hours but it was great day for a hike.
Burma Road and Fowl Meadow Plan
The ranger at the Trailside Museum advised me to walk the trails along the outskirts of the Blue Hills early in the season because they get overgrown and harder to follow by summer. So this weekend I’m going to tackle … Continued
Day 13 – Hawk Hill and lots of Paths
I am way behind on making these blog posts. It is currently mid-October and I’m just now getting around to catching up with hikes I wrapped up in July! So the next several... READ MORE
Video Stream – Day 12
This is both a fun and torturing video stream. It’s great to hear the kids when they are getting along and having fun and not so great to hear them screaming, arguing and... READ MORE
Day 12 – Snakes on a Trail
Given the attention grabbing title, I’ll lead with some spoilers. Yes, we saw a snake. Yes, Wesley almost stepped on it. No, it did not bite us. With that out of the way,... READ MORE
Video Stream – Day 11
This may be the most entertaining of the videos depending on your point of view. The guys and I chatted about all kinds of topics from the mundane to the unique. And occasionally,... READ MORE
Day 11 – The Boys
I recruited my friends Jamie and Doug to join me on a post-Independence Day hike. We met up at the small parking lot at the corner of Chickatawbut and Randolph. Once we hit... READ MORE
Video Stream – Day 10
Foiled again by my iPhone bodycam – so the video was split into two parts and we missed some of the funnier moments of when I got us turned around and confused. READ MORE
Day 10 – Father’s Day Hike
As a gift for Father’s Day, my kids decided to gleefully join me on a short afternoon hike. NOT! I coerced and blackmailed my kids who reluctantly agreed to come with me only... READ MORE
Video Stream – Day 6, 7, 8, and 9
At this point I’m not entirely sure why I’m still recording these videos. At some point I may have the time to go through the videos and edit them into a highlight reel... READ MORE