Foliage Outdoor Adventure Blog
This autumn, follow along as outdoor adventurer Heather Atwell paddles, cycles, hikes, runs and searches for fun under a canopy of fall foliage.
Guest Blog: Foliage Season Isn't Over Yet
It isn't over till the leaf lady sings!
November 1, 2010 at 11:26 AM | 1 Comment | Post a Comment
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Foliage season is more than half over, and the color is slowly migrating from northern to southern New England. The maples turned golden early enough so that there was a buzz about an early season, but it just didn't happen. This year's warm weather continued into October, delaying the frost that paints sugar maples a neon red. Then several autumn storms blew in, and blew away any leaves that had ripened enough to drop. So is it over?
AMC Great Kids, Great Outdoors Blogger Shares Top Fall Hikes for Kids
Kristen Laine hikes through Yankee's top foliage towns
October 26, 2010 at 5:05 PM | Post a Comment
In a recent four-part series, Kristen Laine, who writes the blog "Great Kids, Great Outdoors" for the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), featured ten of the 25 towns that made Yankee Magazine's "Top 25 Foliage Towns" list in the September/October 2010 issue. The series, called "Great Kids, Great Outdoors Top 10 Towns for Fall Hikes," focused on the towns that earned a top score for hikes from Yankee, along with a couple of Kristen's personal favorites from the list.
Tour Boston on a Bike with Urban AdvenTours
Make it happen
October 22, 2010 at 11:03 AM | Post a Comment
Back in 2004, Andrew Prescott decided to stop working as an accountant. He founded Urban AdvenTours, a Boston bike tour company. Today, Urban AdvenTours, located in Boston's North End near the New England Aquarium and Faneuil Hall, operates a full-service bike shop with bike rentals for all ages, and hosts a myriad of themed bike tourssuch as a City View Bicycle Tour, Tour de Boston, Funway to Fenway, Paul Revere Ride to Freedom, plus a limited time only Emerald Necklace and Fall Foliage Tour. This tour travels through 15 miles of the historic Emerald Necklace park system. The last foliage tour is on October 31. Make haste to get this in before all the foliage falls.
5 Questions for AMC's Rob Burbank
Favorite fall hikes, hiker etiquette and what to pack for lunch
October 14, 2010 at 4:49 PM | Post a Comment
Cool temperatures and spectacular views sum up why fall is my favorite season to hike. Fortunately for all of us who love the outdoors, in 1876, a small group of outdoor enthusiasts founded the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC). Today it is the nation's oldest conservation and recreation organization. Its 12 chapters span the northeast from Washington, DC to Maine. The AMC has over 100,000 members, advocates, and supporters and they offer 8,000 trips a year which focus on outdoor fun. Who better to give the scoop on fall hiking, than Rob Burbank. Based in New Hampshire, he is Director of Media and Public Affairs for the AMC. He is also a member of Appalachian Mountain Club's White Mountains Four-Thousand Footer Club for having climbed all 48 recognized peaks in New Hampshire with elevations of 4000 feet or greater.
Fall Craft Fairs and Fun Outside
In Manchester, Vermont!
October 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM | Post a Comment
I love brilliantly colored fall foliage, but what matters most to me is the color of the sky. If it's blue and the sun is shining, then foliage could be peak, post-peak, almost peak and I'd still be perfectly happy. Luckily for us weekend warriors, the last few fall weekends have been perfect examples of ideal fall weather.
