Looking Back at 2017

As a new year begins, we wanted to look back at 2017 to see where we explored throughout the year and what locations we were able to cross off our list. About this time last year, we made a wishlist of places we wanted to visit in 2017. I am happy to report that we hit quite a few of those locations, as we made it a priority to get outdoors as much as possible last year.

Just steps from our October Mountain State Forest Camp Site.

A cairn along the shoreline of Grape Island in Boston Harbor.

Summit of Barnard Mountain in Katahdin Woods & Waters NM.

To recap, here is the short version of our 2017 list:

1. Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

   • Visited in August, 2017 (blog post to come)

2. Camping on an island in the Boston Harbor

   • Visited in July, 2017

3. October Mountain State Forest

   • Visited in June, 2017 (blog post to come)

4. Visit 10 Massachusetts State Parks

   • We made it to 3 of the ones on our list: Bradley Palmer, Great Brook Farm, and Maudslay.

   • Plus, we hit up 3 other MA state parks: Castle Island, Quabbin Reservoir, and Natural Bridge State Park.

Bradley Palmer

Great Brook Farm

Maudslay

Castle Island

Quabbin Reservoir

Natural Bridge State Park

While we only made it to about half of the places we had hoped to, we were able to tackle the Top 3 from our list! In total, we visited 10 state parks, 10 National Park Units, and went on 4 outdoor adventures. I will call that a success!