A Very Special Spot

The weather forecast looked gorgeous for Memorial Day so I wanted to spend the last day of our awesome 4-day weekend outside having a picnic. I googled "picnic spots in Boston" and came across this great list of ideas. Toward the end of the list I read about Hale Reservation and I decided we should check it out.

"Hale Reservation is a private, non-profit educational organization that manages over 1,100 acres of woodlands, including four ponds and over twenty miles of trails in Westwood and Dover, Massachusetts".

Westwood is only 20 minutes from our house. We packed a picnic lunch and headed out to enjoy a beautiful morning outside (preferably communing with nature, not people).

We parked the car in an empty lot and walked a few hundred feet to Noanet Pond. This is what we saw.

I got more than I could have wished for...
It was absolutely beautiful.
And secluded.
And there was virtually no one there.

There was a dad with 3 boys fishing.

[We counted seeing < 15 people when we left at 12:30]

We could see a beach across the way so we decided to hike over to check it out. The kids were enchanted with countless grasshoppers, rocks, and dragonflies along the way.

When we arrived, the beach was gloriously empty.

[If you're looking for me this summer, I'm pretty sure this is where you'll find me.]

We ended with a picnic lunch and this was our view.

You don't realize how much you have missed

having a special place like this until you find it.

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