Went on an impromptu road trip with a friend of mine to explore some trails and breweries on the east coast. We left my place Sunday at midnight and drove through the night to Massachusetts, with the first stop being October Mountain State Forest:
http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/reg... so we could play around on the Appalachian Trail. It was pretty cool to see and sign a trail register on the top of Becket Mountain! We had the woods to ourselves and fashioned a great loop of AT and one of the local trails while taking lots of pictures and exclaiming repeatedly how beautiful it was.
Next stop was Tree House Brewing which has some of the highest rated beers in the US and is known for their outstanding IPAs:
http://treehousebrew.com/ As per the custom, we lined up outside for over an hour before they opened to get the day's allotment, which was 8 cans of a beer called Julius that was worth every second of the wait. Spent the night in Worcester, MA which was selected for a bar with an outstanding local tap list.
