Archive for March, 2009

A Family Vacation

March 31st, 2009 – 7:37 am Posted by Michele
Tagged as: Camping

With the downturn in the economy, many families are reconsidering summer vacations.  The typical week at the beach or trip to a resort has become too costly for some.
However, although renting a house or booking a hotel for the week is quite expensive, there are other options for vacation.  Maybe this is the summer to [...]

Outdoors with the Kids

March 24th, 2009 – 6:59 am Posted by Michele
Tagged as: Hiking

“You should be playing outside.”
How often is it heard that parents wish their children would leave the comfort of a tv or computer screen and venture outside?  Based on experience and Internet searches, it happens frequently.
However, in addition to sending your child to play in the yard or ride a bike, you can help by [...]

Back from Oak Ridge, TN

March 10th, 2009 – 11:53 am Posted by Bea
Tagged as: Water Sports

Here I am! Safe in my dorm room in Boston, Massachusetts, after surviving the flight on a Dash 8~100; that may sound fancier than your B 747-400, but in reality it was a two propeller plane with nine rows that sat 37 people. To make it even funnier, the last row was like the last [...]

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

March 3rd, 2009 – 11:17 am Posted by Bea
Tagged as: Water Sports

Saturday was the first day of Spring Training 2009 for the Northeastern University Women’s Rowing team. After traveling on Friday from 6:30am until 4pm by taking a series of flights, we found ourselves in a hotel in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. You’re probably thinking, why Tennessee? Can you even row in Tennessee? Just imagine my thoughts [...]