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Clear and easy to follow. It's sad to see how many herd paths are forming along the ridge top. It's necessary to detour using the Mount Holyoke summit road and a short herd path around the south side of the Mount Holyoke Summit House. The M-M goes right by the house, around which is a fence...

In organizing our pictures, I found some from a walk in Brooks Woodland Preserve in Petersham MA from February. On this walk we encountered an odd and interesting ice formation. We've never seen anything like it and have no ideas how it could have been formed. It was concentric wavy-edged...

We've been working on redlining this Trustees of Reservations plot. We parked on East road, walked to intersection 51 then looped back over the hill on a mix of forest roads and trails. Trails were dry. We found a few blow downs, all were easy to get around. Most intersections are numbered...

We parked on South Royalston Road. The TH for Newton Reservoir has been expanded to include a good size parking area, enough for several cars. There is parking for several cars outside this area. We walked to Millers River along Old Stage Road to pick up Interconnect. We walked that to the...

It was a beautiful day to be out! RnR mugged for the camera on all but one of the summits. Here's our album of RnR's pictures, though I don't think we can top how Amicus captured the view of Washington across Lake Winnipesaukee.

It was a beautiful day to be out (aren't they all?). Boo is curled beside me on the couch, snoozily oblivious to having burrs picked out of his hair. It was good to meet some people that I've known only from the forums for years - especially Bookah! I learned today that I've been pronouncing...

Yep. But I can't post just yep 'cause it's too short.

I don't know but will ask RnR once he's home. A few minutes later is good - it gives us extra time to frost cupcakes tomorrow morning!

A few of us are still planning to meet at Gould at 9 to join Peakbagr part way. We'll peel off at some point to do a loop hike to avoid the problem of car spotting with dogs who are strangers to each other. This is beyond Dugan-3.75-leg's capabilities but Caboodle will be raring to go!

Hey! It's been, what, ages? since I've checked in with VFTT. Thank you SO much for your birthday wishes!

My vet doesn't do an annual heartworm check any more. They recommend heartworm preventive year-round with a check only every other year. I asked for Boo to be tested anyway and was surprised when they assured me it wasn't necessary. a. Since when does a vet turn down revenue, and b. why...

They're looking for them to teach orienteering and do some geocaching. The current front runner is the Garmin e-trex.

It's a common misconception that ticks die in the cold. Here's an article on the deer tick life cycle. It says, in part, that our cold New England winters help keep them at bay because they become inactive at temperatures colder 45F.

I don't know how they intend for these to be used but will attempt to clarify.

I received the following question from a friend who knows I use a GPS. The research I did before buying mine isn't applicable for their needs. Any thoughts?

This is part of a general recall on peanut butter and pastes and foods containing them. FDA info regarding this peanut-related outbreak of salmonella here It's important to know that the extent of the outbreak and possibly linked products is not yet known. New products may be added in the...

There's still a sign on route 2 eastbound that route 140 south is closed. I can't wait to check out some of my favorite dog-walking haunts this weekend to see how they fared.

Woohoo!!! Power back! Do I ever feel sorry for anyone still out. A check of Nat'l Grid this morning shows close to 20,000 accounts still without power in Massachusetts alone.

There is no canister. Mine is at least a couple of decades old and is a multi-fuel version though I've never burned anything except white gas.

I do love my Peak 1. I also have an MSR Whisperlite, but the stability of the Peak 1 can't be beat