Upcoming Events 2012
First Snowshoe Event of the Season . . .
. . . is happening in the woods of Hubbardston as our friend, Lucinda, takes us on a wonderful hike to a place she discovered several years ago, Taylor Camp. It will be great to get outdoors back on those snowshoes!! And, if you don’t own a pair, we have several pairs that other ladies have been kind enough to let us borrow in the past. Just give me a call @978-297-1933 and let me know if you’d like to give it a try. Remember, if you can walk, you can snowshoe -- nothing to it!!
Please register one week ahead so we can plan on a few ladies to help us with driving over to Lucinda’s house. We would like everyone to contribute $2.00 so we can pay our drivers for gas. Dress warmly, in layers, and come out for some fun in the woods!!
Date: Saturday, January 14th.
Meet: Westminster Police Dept. @ 9:00 a.m.
Return: Approximate time: 12:00-12:30 p.m.
Don’t forget a snack and drink!
(No snow??? I will EMAIL all registered participants by Friday night at 7:30 PM if we have to cancel. We will try to have a reschedule date for you at that time.)
A Second Snowshoe Event . . .
. . . is happening on Saturday, February 4th as Ginger has offered to take us around the delightful Cook’s Canyon near her home in Barre, MA. We will be out for 2 hours and returning to her house for a light lunch. Can you bring something to share -- soup, sandwiches, a dessert??
Once again we would just like you to contribute $2.00 that day to pay drivers out to Barre. Please email me at nanp44@aol.com or call and let me know if you’d like to join us and what you’d like to bring along for lunch. Another fun time in the snow with friends! Hope you can join us!
Date: Saturday, February 4th.
Meet: Westminster Police Dept. to carpool to Ginger’s house in Barre at 9:00 A.M.
Return: Approx. 2:00 P.M. back to Westminster or feel free to follow us over to Barre if you have to leave earlier.
Please let me know ahead of time what you’d like to bring along for lunch. Thanks for that!
No snow??? I’ll email all registered participants by Fri. night at 7:30 P.M. and we will reschedule for another date in February.
Snowshoe Weekend
Mt. Cardigan & Newfound Lake Area
February 18- 20, 2012
This weekend is filled at this time. Participants will head up to Newfound Lake on Saturday morning with a stop for breakfast, followed by a few hours of snowshoeing in the lake area. Our lodging accommodations will be at the Coppertoppe Inn, Hebron, NH.
Sunday is our snowshoe up the side of Mt. Cardigan from the area of the AMC Lodge.
Full weekend details will be emailed to participants by February 1.
Lead On Girls Night
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Instead of our seasonal Book Club Meeting, this night we will come together for the movie review of "The Secret Life of Bees". I know several of you have read the book, so it will be interesting to hear how the movie compared to the book!
It's a soup, salad, and bread meal -- bring your favorite to share!
Gather time at Nan's house is 4:00 p.m. with movie to start by 5:30 p.m., followed by discussion of the movie.
Come by, get comfortable and enjoy food and fellowship with friends. Great way to spend a cold winter's night! Please let me know what you plan to bring along.
(If weather is stormy, we will reschedule for the following Sat., March 10, same time and place).
One More Opportunity to Get Out on Snowshoes!!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
If there's still snow on the ground on this date, the group will venture out one more time on snowshoes to Princeton, MA and part of the Audubon property. Check details as they become available.
Cost: $4.00
If you are not on our mailing list and would like information on this event or other 2012 activities, let us know and we will be happy to include you in our newsletter mailings, which details all activities for you.
Never been on snowshoes????? Give it a try...we've got extra snowshoes you can borrow for the day!! If you can walk....you can snowshoe!!!!
Sixth Annual Lead On Women's Retreat
Patriot's Day Weekend
April 14-16, 2012
Of all the things I love doing with this group, I honestly have to day that I love nothing more than having a yearly retreat with all of you. I just love it!
Our time this past February in Newburyport was unique, lovely and spiritual. Our friendships grew, and I so enjoyed our lovely candlelight dinner with fireplace charm & Andre Bocelli!
Plans are in place to have our retreat at Cape Cod in Centerville, near Craigville Beach and directly on one of Cape Cod’s largest lakes, Lake Wequaquet. This lovely, 5-year-old home is big (5 bedrooms, 4 ½ baths) and sleeps 12 or 13 comfortably. Oh, did I mention the Chef’s kitchen, steam shower, Jacuzzi, gas fireplace and amazing sunsets over the lake from the deck? Now, this will indeed be a “real retreat”!
The subject of our retreat is the “Fruit of the Spirit” (Galatians 5:22). “The Fruit of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
The Fruit of the Spirit is a wonderful study for Christians at any level of spiritual maturity. As we grow in our spiritual walk, the Fruit of the Spirit are the goals set before us.
I have been reading and researching these for some time as I prepared for a retreat with ladies from my church on this subject. That was a shared weekend of subject discussion with my pastor’s wife and I. I just love the subject matter so much that I have decided to present the same to my hiking friends. It’s been a growing experience for me, and I hope it could be for you as well.
The Fruit that really speaks to me is “peace”…..the calm, quiet order that takes place in the soul instead of the “doubts, fears, and alarms.”
I would love to have discussion about “peace” and let you all choose two others that may be on your own heart. When registering, let me know if you have a preference. If several seem interested in one or two of the Fruit in particular, then we shall have discussion on that one. It’s your retreat, so let me know your thoughts!
The location of our retreat is a perfect one for a big group, and the subject matter will be equally wonderful! Hope you’ll consider joining us. I think you’ll be blessed and remember: EVERYONE needs a “little retreat” with friends now and then!
Exciting White Mountain Spring Hiking Weekend
June 1-3, 2012
We have a wonderful hiking weekend planned once spring arrives that I think you'll all enjoy!! It's 2 days of hiking the weekend of June 1-3.
We’ll head up to the White Mts. on Friday evening and enjoy a little time at our favorite cabins on the Pemi River, followed by 2 hikes: one 4,000 footer (Mt. Osceola) on Saturday, with a lesser hike for anyone who'd prefer that, and on Sunday, Mt. Tecumseh at 4,000 ft. too.
Both hikes are located in the Waterville Valley area of the White Mts. If you feel you are not up for doing two 4,000 footers, consider coming along anyway, as an alternative to hiking will be available to anyone who'd like a nice, half-day hike with wonderful views in the Waterville area.
Our lodging is at the Mt. Liberty Cabins in Lincoln, NH. Single & double cabins are available.
For more information, cost, and details, contact Nan at nanp44@aol.com.
A few spots remain for this wonderful late Spring 2012 Adventure. Come out and enjoy a great White Mountain Weekend!
