We make an annual pilgrimage to the Northeast Kingdom to bike the 100-plus-mile web known as the Kingdom Trails. We pedal across fertile green pastures, past immense red barns still standing from the early 1900s, and sweep up and down on soft forest trails dusted with pine needles, all within arm’s length of fragrant spruce […]
The Deerfield River surges in the Berkshire towns around Charlemont. Power company dam releases cause rapids to tumble down two stretches of the river: the exhilarating Class IV rapids of the Dryway and the mellower Class II and III rapids farther south, in the deep pools of Zoar Gap. But you don’t have to own […]
When I was young I dreamed that, one day, I would become a ski model for a Warren Miller film. Though I never made it to the big screen, I’ve done a little skiing for photographers. It’s fun, but certainly not as glamorous as I’d thought it would be as a youngster. Take my day […]
Video: See Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps discuss some of these best food places on NECN’s “TV Diner”. Since New England is the birthplace of this young nation of ours, it makes sense that it’s also the origin of some of our favorite foods, from turkey dinners to blueberry pancakes. Get Our FREE Yankee […]
I am from upstate New York. And not the upstate that is one to two hours from Manhattan. No, no. I grew up north of Albany, New York State’s capital, about 8 hours from Buffalo, NY and three hours from NYC. Of course, those who live north of Syracuse also refer to themselves as “upstaters” […]
This is about how a small group of people has changed the way we look at some of the largest creatures in the world. Their base is Maine’s Mount Desert Rock, an island of three to four acres, depending on the tides. It’s a speck in the vast Atlantic, 23 miles from land. Since 1973, […]
If you could survey the generations of Cape Cod visitors and draw a composite picture from their most lasting impressions, the result would almost certainly be a sketch of Route 6A, Old King’s Highway (named after the cart path that early settlers used to travel to and from Plymouth Colony). This section of the Cape […]
I spent twelve years living within 40 minutes to my favorite places to ski, and could sneak out for some midweek afternoon turns, so I never considered myself to be a weekend warrior where I had to cram all my outdoor pursuits into the weekend. After the last two weekends, though, it’s official. I’ve become […]
Yankee’s editor, Mel Allen, knows that I taught skiing for years so he keeps asking me about ways he can improve his turning and edging. I haven’t seen him ski yet, but based on his simulated ski moves, I am guessing that the tips below will help him. (As a little side note, I love […]
Hopefully, hearing about the snowfall earlier in the week, or seeing it yourself, has inspired you to make plans to ski this weekend. And if you haven’t made plans yet, I’ll take this moment to tell you — you should ski or ride this weekend. I have quite a full itinerary for the weekend. I […]
Around this time last year, despite my love of skiing, I thought it would be so much easier to forget that I’d ever skied and devote my winters to playing ice hockey. My hockey equipment is much cheaper than my ski equipment, and it only costs $4 and takes five minutes to get my skates […]
This new year might be off to a good start for two reasons: Ah–snow. First day on the slopes for me was this past Sunday at Cannon Mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire — CannonMt.com. I’d been wanting to ski at Cannon for years from all the great things people say about it, like the terrain […]
