Learning about Northampton, the Valley, and Being a Mom…One Day at a Time
Posted in Outdoor adventures on Oct 14th, 2008
In case you have a child who has a Fall birthday, like my son does, I would highly recommend holding your celebration on Mount Tom. There are probably several good places, but here is where we went on Saturday, and LOVED: Enter the State Park from Rte. 5, right (right across the street from the [...]
Posted in Outdoor adventures, Uncategorized on Aug 29th, 2008
I first heard about The Bend about two weeks after my arrival. A neighbor told me about it, but used the names of too many small towns for me to follow him past the first left. Then, I went to the Chesterfield 4th of July Parade (which was as cool as small town parades can [...]
Posted in Outdoor adventures, Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2008
I’m not sure if this is the official name for this trail, but it is what my neighbor calls it, so there you go. (The Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School maintains it.) I tried to find more information about this trail, but could find nothing on-line. It is surprising how hard it is to [...]
Posted in Outdoor adventures, Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2008
We did it! After looking at the map a little better, we found the creek (along with the capital of Mosquito World). So, if you’re looking for some fun kid play in a great woodsy creek and have plenty of mosquito repellent, go to the south entrance of the Park , on Bachelor [...]
Posted in Outdoor adventures on Aug 14th, 2008
I am on a quest to find creeks. Small creeks that I can get into with my children, including my almost-2-year-old, and play. Nothing we’ll be swept away in. We have found an herbal mosquito repellent I am very happy with, so bring them on! Today was part one of a the quest for creeks. [...]
Posted in Outdoor adventures on Aug 5th, 2008
As if a gym, yoga classes, a sauna, two swimming pools, and free child care weren’t enough reason to join the Y, you have to check out their Lake Norwich Family Center, which is free to all Y members. My whole clan went yesterday because I had heard so much about it, and it is [...]
Posted in Outdoor adventures on Jul 30th, 2008
I live about a 4 minute bike ride (depending on who is riding with me) to the Northampton bike path, also known as the Norwottuck Rail Trail. Since two of my three children are out of training wheels now, and are eager to explore the world on wheels, we often hit the bike path [...]
Posted in Outdoor adventures on Jul 26th, 2008
Puffer’s Pond feels a lot like Walden Pond in Concord, but not as deep, as clean, or as crowded. Also, Walden Pond usually has as many triathletes training as children playing, but I didn’t one wet suit swimming the width of Puffer’s Pond. But I don’t know why, because it is beautiful. Keep in [...]
Posted in Outdoor adventures, Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2008
Our first week here, we had to check out Mt. Tom. Not because we were up for a challenging climb, because with an 18 month-old, that’s not what we’re looking for, but rather for the views. We thought it would be nice to check out out new community from above. The nice thing about [...]
