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Massport to Nachursetts: Wellfleet Bay

September 28, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Passport to Nature, Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay, Wellfleet August 2016 At this point, I've only been to two Mass Audubon properties (of 21). Regardless, I imagine this one at Wellfleet Bay has to be one of the best. The Nature Center is large, modern, informative, and quite impressive. And the trails out to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts, Nature Centers, passport to nature

Massport to Nachursetts: Long Pasture

September 27, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Passport to Nature, Mass Audubon Long Pasture, Barnstable August 2016 The little center in Barnstable on the western end of Cape Cod is, I think, the newest of the Mass Audubon Centers. It's in a house that has been converted to... well, most of it appears to still be a house, but the living room is now a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Animals, Beach, Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Giant Goofy Things, Hoang, Massachusetts, Nature Centers, passport to nature

Mass Audubon Passport to Nature

September 27, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mass Exodus? Mass Audubon Passport to Nature Warning: This page/challenge is absurd for me to even consider. It’s in Massachusetts. I don’t “do” Massachusetts on this website. Yet, here I am. “Doing” Massachusetts. Sigh. Though, if you sully yourselves and click on the links or tags, please know I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Massachusetts, passport to nature

CCMQ

August 26, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cape Cod Museum Quest 2014- I have no plans to ever expand on this idea for several reasons: I've spent an entirety of 20 days on Cape Cod in my life (at least 10 of which were spent entirely at a beach), I have no idea how many more days I'll spend on the Cape in my life, and getting to museums is not even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Blog, Calvin, cape cod, CCMQ, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts

South Florida: 2010

October 3, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everglades and South Beach April 20-23, 2010 Oh look! Hoang and I went to South Beach again. My parents were awesome for watching Damian for a few days in Delaware and we flew out of Philly for a few days in the sun. Here are 19 pictures. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Florida, Nudity, Vacations

Vacations Intro

October 3, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Vacations with Hoang and Family 2001 Onward This page is a work in progress. I realize that Hoang and I are the only ones who look at these pictures but that's sort of the point. Just an organized place to keep our vacation memories together. We've had more fun than should be allowed... then we had kids and, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Vacations

Fenwick Island, DE: 2012

September 1, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Yeah, That's Right. Delaware. Fenwick Island, DE 2012 August 21-27, 2012 Who vacations in Delaware? We do. Some family friends have a house in Fenwick Island, which is on the border with Maryland and is more or less the sleepy northern end of Ocean City, MD. Because we’re cool, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Delaware, Vacations

Las Vegas, NV: 2012

August 31, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Viva Las Antibiotics Las Vegas, 2012 May 29-June 2, 2012 I had a work conference in Las Vegas so I asked my parents if they could deal with our sons for a few days to allow Hoang to join me in the desert. Note: I asked them 13 months in advance and got my sister, who lives very near my parents, to agree to assist … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Hoang, Nevada, Vacations

Day 7

January 8, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hurricane Swirly Earl September 3, 2010 All week we'd been hearing about the impending doom named Hurricane Earl. And there we were, on the south coast of Rhode Island about to be wiped off the face of the earth. As it turned out, quite fortunately for us, the storm weakened and turned eastward and was nothing more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Rhode Island

Day 6: Rhode Island 2010

January 8, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Green Scene September 2, 2010 Tired of the beach, we struck out north up to Portsmouth for half the day. At some point in my life I got four free passes to any Newport Mansion properties. Two years prior, during our first Rhode Island trip, we all went to see The Breakers I think. Since the passes had no … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: BEARS!, Damian, Hoang, Plants, Rhode Island, Vacations

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