One visit to the Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory in South Deerfield, Mass.; one soft landing of a monarch butterfly on your shoulder, and you’ll be transported to an ideal summer day.
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Category: Family
Step by step
The secrets behind a small-town parade.
UpCountry Tubing Guide
By Francesca Olsen Backyards and sloping state parks are good, but area ski resorts are stepping up the tubing game with groomed lanes, ski lifts so kids won’t get tired, and free-running hot chocolate. Because you don’t need to rent equipment, tubing can be a cost-effective way to fly down a mountain. Most resorts supply… Continue reading UpCountry Tubing Guide
The Ski Guide: Western Massachusetts
By Scott Stafford When the first snow falls, dozens of men and women begin scrambling up and down local hills and mountains of local ski resorts in a frantic effort to manufacture tons of artificial ground cover as quickly as possible. They are the snow makers. And while that may sound mystical, it is actually… Continue reading The Ski Guide: Western Massachusetts
The Ski Guide: Southern Vermont
By Chris Mays For James Hadley, getting ready for ski season is mostly about mental preparation. As the weather turns, a flurry of thoughts of snow and the local slopes come to him. “It’s on my mind daily to say the least,” he said with two days left to September. “The anticipation.” Even though he… Continue reading The Ski Guide: Southern Vermont
Home for the holidays
Four quintessential New England towns welcome Christmas-season visitors.
The Elf Express: Magic in the mountains
A vintage 1940s train slowly enters the small Vermont station. Christopher Pop-In-Kins, the top elf waving gleefully, stands alongside his fellow elves. A curious crowd of children and their families wiggle in anticipation.
