Towns and Trails

The 2010 Tri-State Trek, a 3-day 282-mile bike ride from Newton, MA to Greenwich, CT to benefit the ALS Therapy Development Institute, will take place on July 23-25. For those not familiar with this ride, it is an incredible event that raises critical funds for ALS research.

Steve House, one of the worlds premier high altitude climbers, will be hitting the road in support of his new book, Beyond the Mountain.

The forecast called for rain, rain, and more rain, but we were determined not to let it ruin our weekend backpacking trip. For several months, we had been planning to spend a weekend camping near Mount Greylock in Western Massachusetts.

Boston officials have reportedly reached a deal with a Canadian company, the Public Bike System Company, to bring a network of bike sharing stations to the city.

After reading our recent posts on the Lower Mystic Lake and the Mystic River, a colleague sent me an email letting me know that Boston’s Channel 5 will be running a feature on the River tonight.

About a month after posting our article A Paddle Along the Mystic, a reader pointed out that the Lower Mystic and the Mystic River are supposed to be no wake zones.