The Granite Roots of Mt Monadnock – Part 2
The hike up Monadnock and back was a short 3.8 miles, leaving me plenty of time in the day for exploring the surrounding area. Conveniently located just a 15 minute drive from Monadnock State Park is...
The Granite Roots of Mt Monadnock – Part 1
Maybe just as momentous as my ascent of Mt Washington last year, I finally got around to hiking one of America’s fabled peaks - Mt Monadnock. Forever enshrined in the...
The Last Chair Up Mt Cube
It is Mid-Spring, which means the awkward season between ice and mud in the White Mountains. Trying to avoid the mud and soft slushy snow of higher elevations, we elected to climb...
Adventures Along the Farmington Canal Trail – Counter Weight Brewing
It is early October and I had just biked to Kinsmen Brewing along the Farmington Canal Trail in Connecticut. After having my fill of a delicious lunch and a pint in the sunshine, my destination shifts South to...
Kinsmanship Along the Farmington Canal Trail
It took nearly a year since I started cataloging my brewery trips to finally get to Connecticut. Out of the 6 New England states, I have explored Connecticut the least. My extent of exploring the state has been...
Moosilauke and the Brewhouse of the Dammed
Over the course of my quest to hike each of the New Hampshire 4k footers, I have now hiked quite a few miles along the Appalachian Trail. On a chilled September day, I finally got the chance to hike Moosilauke, the first of the New Hampshire White Mountains most thru-hikers experience on their 2,190 mile quest to...
Hikes Up Mt Washington With Views To Share
Today was the day. After years of hiking the lesser peaks of the New Hampshire 48, I was finally ready to hike the ultimate peak - Mt Washington. Really, I don’t know what took me so long to finally climb the tallest peak in the Northeast. Maybe I was...
Bike Adventures on the Cape Cod Rail Trail – Hog Island Beer Co
For those of you thinking that I spent all my time hiking, you might be happy to know that I’m not so one dimensional. In addition to hiking and kayaking, I also enjoy long distance bike rides, especially ones with a brewery at the end of the trail...
Hiking Mt Waumbek with Rek-Lis Abandon
The sun is shining down on the endless expanse of hills and forests as we’re driving through the Northern White Mountains to Jefferson, NH. The goal is to peakbag yet another 4k footer before the day is through - Mt Waumbek in the Pliny Range, the second Northernmost of the NH48. Today, I am accompanied by...
Massachusetts Newest Brewery – Faces Brewing Co
If you’ve been following along thus far, you might have forgotten that this is a beer blog with all my accounts of hikes and kayak adventures. Well for this article...