Typically Backyard Road Trips offers the reader slightly off the beaten path, family-friendly places to visit in New England. Along with the majority of the population whose lives have been disrupted by the pandemic, the “road trip” element of this website has been curbed for now. Let’s be honest, most of us, including myself, never […]
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Similar to a recent trip to Cambridge to go to a natural history museum and taqueria, this trip also didn’t start out to be a Backyard Road Trip. Living in Plymouth, Sandwich (MA) is an easy excursion for me. With beaches, museums, and restaurants, it has much to offer the family. On a windy March
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So far this has been quite the March. With temperatures that hit the 70s in New England, it would typically mean a joyous start to spring, but the Coronavirus has cast a dark cloud on everything. In the last few years, it’s been cold and snowy all through the month; this year it’s beautiful but
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The South Shore of Massachusetts has truly a wonderful collection of protected land. Luckily, with the sprawling development that is enveloping the area, protecting parcels of land is a real need. Even Plymouth, which used to be considered remote, is undergoing a rapid transformation into a suburb in certain parts. Thanks to groups such as
Let’s be honest for a minute. I haven’t grown up yet. I know this because last week my buddy Mike and I spent the majority of our vacation week at various breweries. Not just that we went, but that we culled from these various New England breweries cans (or bottles) of craft beer that we
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The South Shore of Massachusetts is known for one peculiar culinary creation, the bar pizza. Of course with its proximity to the sea, all things fish are also on the menu, but the bar pizza is the region’s specialty. On my first introduction to the dish, I thought it was just a small-sized pizza, a
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Of all of these brewery guides, for this one I had absolutely no input. It was also one of the most difficult entries, not only because I am a man, but because a few of the responses I got when asked, “What’s your favorite brewery for girls’ night?” the answer was, “I wouldn’t go to
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Over the past few years, Plymouth, Massachusetts has become a craft libation destination. It all began with the Plymouth Bay Winery which has had to put up with a superb waterfront view for over 20 years and has flourished under ownership by Michael Carr during the past several years. The craft beer movement began in
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Oftentimes I have a Backyard Road Trip planned in full. Between one and four destinations all set to go. Believe it or not, though, I still take trips with no intention of writing about them. For instance, last month my family and I visited New Bedford and ended up at the whaling museum and Moby
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For this next “best brewery for” article are recommendations for breweries for an older crowd. Actually, they are all brewpubs. Same as the other entries, I asked around to see which places are best for an older demographic. Geography spanned coast to coast on this one with three on the east coast (all in New
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