New from New England

[Actonthegoat]

Now that your alpines are older are you planning a day trip or overnighter? I would love to hear how it goes as we live in Maine and are still quite snowed out of the woods and then it will be wet----I must teach our kids not to fear water! I am working with a year old wether who hates water and I don't know yet if it will work out when he might have to wade across a stream---he's quite a jumper. I too am looking for rocky trails not too far from home. Western Maine has some after a few miles in the woods. How far will you travel to pack with your boys?

- Hoping to do a couple of overnighters this summer. Always open to suggestions within a two hour drive from boston. I've found a couple of good rocky trails in the NH lakes area and Mt Tom in MA looks promising. just need to figure the camping logistics. Hike length - i think they could comfortably do 5 miles for each of two days. Probably more, but i don't want to push them too hard yet. Would like to get them carrying an empty pack soon enough too.