While in Massachusetts we had to visit the “grand canyon of Massachusetts:” Chesterfield Gorge. Chesterfield Gorge is listed as the “grand canyon of Massachusetts” on the Massachusetts government Facebook page, and we know everything that is posted on Facebook must be the truth. Most of Massachusetts is relatively flat with lots of bogs, rivers heading …
From July 2015
Nashua River Rail Trail
Monday was a lovely day, so Tom and I took the opportunity to ride the Nashua River Rail Trail. The Nashua River Rail Trail runs for 11 miles in Massachusetts, crosses the state border into New Hampshire, and continues for another 1.5 miles. The trail runs across the bed of the former Hollis Branch of …
Salisbury Beach Campground
While Tom and I were on the shore of Massachusetts we stayed at Salisbury Beach Campground. Salisbury Beach State Reservation is one of the state’s most popular beaches and has 484 camping spaces. The campground is located on a peninsula between the ocean, the Merrimack River and a wetland marsh. There are three large parking areas …
Camping with Friends
Tom and I spent the last two weeks camping with our friends, the Shaws. We have known Sandy Shaw since John and her son Steven were grade-schoolers and ended up in the same Cub Scout Pack. When Sandy and Eric got married nine years ago, I was able to perform the ceremony on the rim …
St. Matthews United Methodist Church
Yesterday Tom and I attended St. Matthews United Methodist Church in Acton, Massachusetts. It was the closest United Methodist Church and it has a really good website with the worship times front and center. The web site is so up-to-date, that yesterday’s sermon is already available to listen to. Although the outside of St. Matthews …
The Freedom Trail
The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red-brick-marked route that takes visitors to 16 historically significant sites in Boston. Although Tom and I have done parts of the Freedom Trail in the past, we had not been to Boston for a long time and the friends we have been traveling with had never done it. …
Salem, Massachusetts
After leaving Franconia Notch State Park, we headed for the beaches and history of Massachusetts. Our first stop was Salem, famous for the witch trials and Nathaniel Hawthorne. When I think of the witch trials of Salem, I used to wonder how people could give in to mass hysteria like that. Are there really people …
Cannon Campground
While Tom and I were in Franconia Notch we stayed at Cannon Campground. As I mentioned yesterday, in the Grand Canyon of New Hampshire post, there are two campgrounds in the state park. Lafayette Campground has lots of sites, but Tom and I never would have fit in any of them and there were no …
Grand Canyon of New Hampshire: Franconia Notch
Franconia Notch is the “Grand Canyon of New Hampshire” and I was fortunate to be able to spend a week in this beautiful part of New Hampshire. A notch is a v-shaped cut that you make in a tree when you are cutting it down, and Franconia Notch was so named because the notch in …
Hope
One of the most beloved verses in the Bible is 1 Corinthians 13:13: “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” We talk a lot about faith and love, but sometimes I think we forget hope. Love may be the greatest thing, but hope is very important …