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  • 8 Steps to Planning a Family Bike Trip

    8 Steps to Planning a Family Bike Trip

    This article was originally published on goeast.com. Family bike trips can be a terrific way to reconnect with the people you love most. They nurture a healthy sense of adventure, build grit, and often provide plenty of opportunities to problem solve together. They require some flexibility and a willingness to embrace the vulnerability that comes… Read more

  • White Rim Trail

    White Rim Trail

    3-day self-supported tour on Canyonland’s 100-mile White Rim Trail This story was originally published on goeast.com. As I struggled to the top of a gentle, rolling hill on Mineral Bottom Road, I was sure we had made it.  It’s only 12 miles of riding from the top of the canyon to the parking area and surely… Read more

  • Losing the Green Mountain Stage Race

    Losing the Green Mountain Stage Race

    There’s a unique sound that vibrates from a peloton. It’s something like a purr or a hum or a whir, but it’s not quite any of those. As I was thinking about this while concentrating on and adjusting to the subtle, nearly imperceptible movements of the cyclists around me, it dawned on me from my… Read more

  • My 16-year-old and His Friend Hiked Vermont’s Long Trail…By Themselves

    My 16-year-old and His Friend Hiked Vermont’s Long Trail…By Themselves

    This story was originally published on goeast.com. As I watched my 16-year-old son and his friend walk into the woods at the Massachusetts/Vermont border to begin their northbound thru-hike to Canada—alone—I fought the urge to run up the trail with them. Despite my beaming smile and outward excitement, I was still conflicted about whether or… Read more

  • Biking Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument

    Biking Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument

    This article was originally published in the Summer 2018 edition of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Wilderness Matters. In mid-May, a group of Appalachian Mountain Club trip leaders visited the KWWNM, some for the first time, to explore and learn about the recreational opportunities it holds. When I pulled into the parking lot at the Matagamon Gate with my two… Read more

  • The AMC Winter Hiking Series Leads to New Adventures

    The AMC Winter Hiking Series Leads to New Adventures

    This article was originally published in the Summer 2017 edition of the Mountain Passages. In the pre-dawn hours of Christmas morning, my sons are leaving their warm beds, not to creep downstairs to check their stockings but to don their hiking clothes and collect their pillows to prepare for the trek to Grafton Notch State… Read more