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Celebrating “The Power of Play” for 100 years at the Boston Children’s Museum
Kids at play in the Childrens Museum of Boston

Celebrating “The Power of Play” for 100 years at the Boston Children’s Museum

The kids at the huge waterfront museum were too busy having fun—from the toddlers in the PlaySpace wheeling mini grocery carts to the grade schoolers making their way up the soaring three story climbing structure. That's the point as the museum celebrates it's centennial.

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A hike across the roof of Southwestern Colorado
Eileen hiking the West Maroon Trail in the early morning

A hike across the roof of Southwestern Colorado

I’d always wanted to do the famous hike between Crested Butte in Southwest Colorado and Aspen –12.2 miles along the West Maroon trail, crossing the Maroon Pass which is 12,500 feet high. I’d first heard about this hike years ago when we took our kids to Crested Butte, one of my favorite mountain towns to ski.

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