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If you are outside as much as I am, usually the Weather is the first thing you need to know every day.  The local satellite image will show cloud cover, while the current radar loop shows any precip.  In winter, the snow/ice/rain radar is best.  After a storm, a cool map shows the past 24-hour precip.
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I've always been a big adventure and travel freak!  As a kid we spent many hours out in the Florida Keys and the Florida Everglades.  We did long camping trips from Florida up to Canada almost every summer. I took my first major roadtrip to Prince Edward Island with Brad when we were teenagers, and that likely changed my life. I learned that summer that when an opportunity arises, ya gotta "go for it".  Four years later spent two months on a honeymoon tour of the U.S. National Parks.  After finishing school, I headed out for the famous 1987 Three Month Roadtrip all across America!  But that was only the beginning. I took another 5 month 1990-roadtrip, three more months for the 1992 Rock-Climbing tour with Ricky, then 4 months in 1994. After hearing the hundredth traveler say "Why do you leave beautiful New England in Summer, then stay there in the freezing wet cold all winter?", I decided to change the departure strategy. So in winter of 95-96, I took a four month backpacking trip throughout Central America.  Hitched and rode the bus all around Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras.  At the Panama Canal, a bunch of the folks I was with at the time were headed south, but I needed to go home and work for awhile. But the following year I took another four months to check out South America, including the Galapagos Islands, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, etc.  Until recently I would always come back home to do consulting and contract work, often working lots of hours or multiple jobs.  Then in 1999 I took a permanent career position, an excellent deal, working outside on the rivers mostly. But in 19 years, when I retire, I'm off to Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, Africa, and the rest of the places on my list. The summer of 99 was quiet, but got in a short trip to San Salvador, Bahamas for some marine biology research.



I would guess that hiking and backpacking were the major influences so far on my journey through life. Like most of my friends, I used to way out of shape, smoke cigarettes, watch too much television, work too many hours, etc. Heck, half of my friends are still like that (they need to "kill their television"). In the mid 80's I got into backpacking in a big way. That is why I did the 1987 Roadtrip, since most of that trip was just weeklong backpacking jaunts through all the different National Parks. Places like the Grand Canyon, Mount Hood, the Grand Tetons, the Olympic Peninsula, the Four Corners area; you could spend a lifetime exploring these areas. Throughout the northwest the Glaciers and the old dormant (and sometimes active!) Volcanos, as well as the climbs leading to them are spectacular.  Up around ten thousand feet the Alpine Meadows are wild!  Hostels are everywhere, and if you are looking to meet cool travelers that are open for new adventures (and if you like staying somewhere with a real bed, shower and kitchen for ten dollars a night) these are the places to head for.



New England is truly a hikers paradise! I've summitted 64 of the 65 highest peaks in New England, and some peaks I seem to climb 4 or 5 times a year. Mount Washington is an awesome peak, especially if you skip the last 500 feet to the summit and just hike around on the plateau. The spring skiing in Tuckerman Ravine is incredible even for spectators.  Mount Monadnock is the best climb for the effort anywhere, but go up the back ways or during lousy weather to avoid the crowds.  Baxter State Park and Acadia National Park in Maine are two of my favorite destinations if I have time for the drive. I think we have all done big chunks of the 2000 mile Appalachian Trail. I can walk from my house to Mount Watatic, and I've seen a hundred sunsets from its excellent summit.  I can also walk from my house along the Midstate Trail to Mount Wachusett, which contains the largest known Old-Growth Forest in the state.  One September I backpacked most of the Long Trail in Vermont; it is a three hundred mile ridgeline trail from Massachusetts to Canada, with cabins and leantos about every three hours. For those living in beantown, the Boston Harbor Islands are in your back yard.. Jump on the ferry and go see what you are missing!  Out west HotSprings were always a favorite hiking destination; I've soaked for many hours in dozens of natural hotsprings.  I sure wish there were some in New England.


In the late 1980's  I took some instruction courses with the Appalachian Mountain Club and got heavily into Rock Climbing and Whitewater Kayaking. The AMC is an excellent place to begin learning these skills.  When we were both really "in shape", Ricky and I spent a whole summer climbing all across America!   A couple years ago I slogged up to 19.000 feet on the Cotopaxi Volcano in Peru just for fun!  Then few years ago I finally broke down and bought a Mountain Bike; this time of year you'll find me out riding on the frozen lakes and the packed snowmobile trails.  The Rails-to-Trails projects are popping up everywhere as a way to connect the old railroad right-of-ways to multi-use bike/hike/walk/ski paths.  Get out and enjoy!



Being an outdoor and Environmental junkie, I've always been into Wetlands. Nothing beats watching the salamanders heading for the Vernal Pools during the spring migration.  Locally the beavers are creating all kinds of new wet areas. It seems like I've almost always lived on a lake; a tiny cabin on a lake is a hundred times better than any trophy house away from water!  Recently I've been into studying the aquatic insects that are found in the waters.  Every spring I find huge piles of shell middens from freshwater mussels.  I belong to a bunch of the Massachusetts River Watershed Associations, and if you have time and energy to volunteer, these are great places to meet like minded folks.  Endangered and Exotic Invasive Species seem to be spreading and taking over a lot of our outdoor environments; something we should be aware of.  Maybe Global Warming is responsible to some degree.

New England has it all.   Cape Cod is a vacationland.  Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are just a ferry ride away. so get out there and have some fun!  Kill your television and get out there and "do" stuff; it would be the best move you could ever make!



(Note:  Nearly every image on all these pages is a hyperlink back to the source of the image)
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my OTHER home pages (mostly just for additional storage);
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Kayaking * Mountain Biking  * SCUBA (in Fla.) * Rock&Ice Climbing


Photo Pages:
PhotoPage #1
 #3 Various pics #4 '87 Roadtrip  #6 Old pics  #9 Fishing Pics
Cool photo pages 
Colombia; Tayrona Nat'l.Park  '97
(Beauty photos!)
Baxter State Park;
Maine (Great pics!)
Grand Canyon  1994 Ice Climbing
(Me & Ricky)

SEARCH - the Ultimate "All-in-One" Search Page
Commonwealth of Massachusetts  DEM * DEP * DFW * EOEA * MWRA
Fitchburg State College  * LibraryCatalog



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A few countries I've traveled to (construction in progress)
Belize Costa Rica Ecuador Colombia Guatemala Panama
Honduras Nicaragua Peru Venezuela Galapagos Canada

Some Other Pages:

Astronomy

Great Backpacking Info!

Garlic (my favorite "food")

HomeBrewing

Youth Hostels (best places to stay in America)

Ipswich River

Lighthouses of New England

Outdoor Science Schools

Vernal Pools

Southwest USA

Sunsets

Vermont's Long Trail

Tuckerman Ravine (ski it if you're nuts!)

Mount Wachusett

Mount Watatic (my backyard romp)

Rails-to-Trails

1992 Climbing RoadTrip

HealthLinks

My Favorite Volcanoes

Randolph Mountain Club

White Mountains, New Hampshire


Pages soon to be....
South America Trip Everglades N. P. 
1987 RoadTrip 1990 RoadTrip Hiking List 1994 RoadTrip
National Parks Grand Teton N.P. Winter Ecology Native Americans
Smithsonian Trip
Photography
Digital Cameras
Global Warming
HOTSPRINGS
GPS

 
 
A few more sites:
Massachusetts Newspapers Magazines  Nashua River WatershedAssn PBS NewsPapers
 Network Diagnosis (check your connection HERE)
 Bahamian Field Station for Marine Biology
BeachBabe Carol's HomePageThis links to a great source of computer-related info, reviews, downloads, etc.


Don't be without these Excellent freeware/shareware programs:
ACDSee NetMeeting ICQ WebFerret AOL Instant Messenger

 
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