While I was in MA I had time for an activation. There’s quite a few state forests next to eachother but I picked Mount Grace. This was a quick activation, I made 14 contacts with 2 park-to-park.

On my way from the Adirondacks to Massachusetts it was a bit rainy but I had time for an activation. I was looking for a spot in the Green Mountains park to activate but the rain was coming down pretty heavy due to the remnants of hurricane Ida coming through. I passed a dam that was in Townshend State Park so I pulled in to do an activation as well it was during the weekly CWT contest so I participated in that. I made the minimum 10 contacts here, I had decent signal into Europe but had trouble getting the US stations to respond. Quite a few people drove into…

After visiting my old friends in my hometown, I had a week before I went to a wedding the following weekend in Mass. I spent the week camping in the Adirondacks. The first couple nights I camped way out in the woods and had trouble getting my signal out of the trees. I made one really clear contact with EA4HCZ in Spain, who I’d spoken with before. Then I moved to a new spot at Jones Pond which was one of the best campsites I’ve ever had. Here I made 79 contacts with 11 park-to-park. I highly recommend this campsite if you like camping at a non-campground site.

I visited my friends in my home town of Binghamton, NY and had to activate the first state park I’d ever went to while I was there. I spent a lot of time here over the years. I made 18 contacts with 4 park-to-park. This park was pretty crowded but I found a quiet spot to activate.

I did a road trip to the northeast and stopped at Gettysburg on the way for an activation. I’d been to Gettysburg a few times with the Boy Scouts when I was a kid. I got there in the morning and there were very few people there, especially for the size and number of parking lots. I activated in one of the big parking lots after driving through. Only spent about 30 minutes activating and made 13 contacts.