Ayers Gap This post is another from the archives of the old website. Jim Wheeler (woodnotejim) is the writer and photographer. I love living in Franklin; there’s so much beauty here. The only catch is, all of its real gems are hidden. Thankfully, you don’t usually have stray too far from the path to find […]
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A seaside oasis in the midst of a tourist mecca- Plymouth, MA Another “throwback” post from the old website, this trip highlights one of the most popular destinations in Massachusetts, Pilgrim Memorial State Park. This park is best known as the resting place for the enshrined Plymouth Rock. winter in Plymouth Harbor My last
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This is the next post from the “Archives” series. Originally found on www.backyardroadtrips.wordpress.com Fox Farm Brewery Since my first visit last June (2017), every time I’m back in Connecticut, I make it a point to visit Fox Farm Brewery in Salem. Not only is their beer top notch, but the barn the brewery is housed
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This is the first part of Backyard Road Trips archives from the former site: www.backyardroadtrips.wordpress.com My mind has been so clouded with phrases such as unfiltered, New England style, sour and imperial that when a bottle adorned with the silhouette of a bear arrived in my fridge, I almost shed a tear. Oh how I
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Stumbling onto the unexpected is one of the pure joys of travel. The word unexpected sums up my recent backyard road trip to Biddeford, Maine. On my way up to Portland, I had wanted to stop for breakfast or lunch (I guess that’s called brunch) at Biscuits and Company in Biddeford. Unlike many of the
When I lived in Rockland, Massachusetts, I frequented parks such as Wompatuck State Park and Bare Cove. They were both popular places to walk dogs, run and ride bikes, but always had an unusual feel to them. I knew they were both sites used by the military. It just seemed unusual to me that
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A trip to Vermont has become at least a bi-annual excursion for my family. Typically we stay in either Burlington, Stowe or Woodstock. Coming from the South Shore of Massachusetts, the Quechee/Woodstock area, also known as the Upper Valley of Vermont is actually the closest destination to us in the Green Mountain State. Beer Stops:
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Friends recommended Ella’s Wood Burning Oven in Wareham, Massachusetts, years ago. Last week I was finally able to get there, and I wish I had earlier because the food was truly delicious. Ella’s chef/owner, Marc Swierkowski, was the head chef at the Crane Brook Restaurant and Tea Room in Carver which was universally lauded. Crane
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Family-friendly Brewery Backyard Road Trip! The proliferation of breweries in New England these days means that any time that there is a child-centric activity, there will be a brewery close by! That’s great news for us parents. (Although, my three and a half-year-old son seems to get as excited by the prospect of the brewery
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The idea of a backyard road trip is to become a tourist in your own backyard. Truthfully, many destinations that I cover I have been to before. This trip though, which happened in last autumn, was totally new. I had been to Maynard before since my favorite eastern Massachusetts autumnal auto route is up Route
