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“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
— William Shakespeare
The Long Pond Day Use Area is about twenty five minutes deep into the White Mountain National Forest down an unpaved road. It is set in a quiet, beautiful area that feels pristine and new in the morning just after sunrise. At the very end of the road is a small dock and entry point for Long Pond. We were looking to spend the morning Kayaking somewhere in New Hampshire that wasn’t too far from Boston but that still offered views of mountains and sky and was a bit further into the woods. When you first pull up to Long Pond, it’s about 2 hours and 45 minutes from Boston. I was joined by my youngest son, Wesley, who turned 13 this summer and loves to head out and have adventures. He is probably the biggest reader in the family (after me) and we share a love of the outdoors. On the way up we listened to Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer’s book about Christopher McCandless and his wanderings and adventures that sadly led him to develop an odd sense of asceticism, taking him so far into the wilderness that it killed him. It’s hard to read that book as a parent now, as you want to encourage your kids to roam but to stay healthy and happy at the same time. Wesley is curious about why we do what we do, and why we travel to certain places, but like any thirteen year old he likes to have something to do or to go somewhere that he hasn’t beforeーa goal or a destination. He likes to do new things. We decided over the weekend to book the trip. It was pretty much a day trip; we headed up on a Tuesdayーthe night beforeーto camp out at a nearby campground, and then we headed to Long Pond on Wednesday morning.There was a problem reporting this post.
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