I do understand, and mean to be sympathetic, to the hard scheduling problems (work and personal) that limit when you can go off and just do fun stuff. bunny_hugger and I are fortunate in having the kind of jobs that make so many trips easy to arrange.

We do have notions of a New England Parks Tour that'd give us the chance to discover some of the spots near you. Not sure when that would be, but, you're not planning to flee the area anytime soon, are you?