October 10th 2022: Apple Picking in Tyngsborough, Hiking in Littleton

 After spending a fun day apple picking at Parlee Farms in Tyngsborough, which still has the best apple cider donuts in town, 

We decided to go for a fall hike at Cloverdale Conservation Area in Littleton, where the loop path we took from the parking lot at 63 Great Road is shown below in pink.

Nice views of fall foliage, 

but nothing much else here, with the cow tunnel here blocked by vegetation.

At least we got to try those donuts again.

Recommended Places to Visit: Tyngsborough

Recreation

Fruit Picking
Parlee Farms
97 Farwell Road
Recommended Dishes:
Blueberry Crumb Bar
Blueberry Bread
Apple Cider Donut
Apple Cider Slush

Parks
Riverfront Park
71 Frost Street

Water Bodies

Flint Pond
End of Flint Road

Lake Althea
End of Oakridge Road

Locust Pond
Locust Avenue near Middlesex Road 

Cow Pond Brook Reservoir
2 Wilson Way

Shopping Malls
Tyngs Tarry
164 Westford Road


Hiking
Recommended:
Sherburne Nature Center
46 Coburn Road

Lowell Dracut Tyngsboro State Forest
66 Althea Avenue

Tried:
Shady Glade Conservation Area
Primrose Lane

Beaches
Mascuppic Lake
End of Maplewood Avenue


Architecture

Places of Worship

First Parish Meeting House
214 Middlesex Road

Evangelical Congregational Church of Tyngsborough
23 Kendall Road

Saint Mary Magdalen Church
93 Lakeview Avenue

Schools
Tyngsborough Elementary School
205 Westford Road

Academy of Notre Dame
180 Middlesex Road

Innovation Academy Charter School
72 Tyng Road

Town Facilities
Town Hall
25 Bryant Lane


Bridges
Tyngsborough Bridge
Frost Road between Middlesex Road and Pawtucket Boulevard


Commercial Buildings
Flint's Corner Plaza
150 Westford Road


Historical Buildings
Old Town Hall
10 Kendall Road

Restaurants

Highly Recommended:
Caribbean
Bahama Breeze (chain)
413 Middlesex Road
Recommended Dishes:
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Mojo Marinated Pulled Pork
Firecracker Shrimp Street Tacos
Warm Chocolate Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Chinese
Feng Shui Kitchen (chain)
150 Westford Road
Recommended Dishes:
Coppa Mascarpone
Spring Flower Roll

Tried:
Italian
Caffe il Cipresso
130 Middlesex Road
Recommended Dishes:
Vitello alla Taormina
Spinach and Artichoke Pop-A-Tinis
Cream of Pepper Soup


Dessert
Bittersweet Bake Shoppe
9 Kendall Road
Recommended Dishes:
Napoleon
Raspberry Pinwheel
Raspberry Chocolate Pecan Pie


Breakfast

Country View Diner
171 Middlesex Road
Recommended Dishes:
Belly Buster Special

July 14th 2019: Picking All Kinds of Fruit at Parlee Farms, Tyngborough

This morning, we went to Parlee Farms in Tyngborough to pick all kinds of fruit,

namely cherries, blueberries

and strawberries,

and also got to try their Blueberry Crumble Bar, Blueberry Bread,

Apple Cider Donuts, which were the absolute best ones I have had to date,

and Apple Cider Slush.

A really big farm, where we had to sit the hayrides just to get to some of the picking places.

Absolutely fun day of fruit picking to say the least. Definitely better than Tougas.

July 3rd 2018: 5 Towns in the Morning

I started out this morning in Nashua NH,

Sandy Pond Park, 1 Sacred Heart Drive

Park Social

New Fellowship Baptist Church

Peacock Players

Frida Rota

Casimir Place, 119 Temple Street

Fire Department

St. John XXIII Parish

moving on to Hudson NH,

Community Church of Hudson

St. John the Evangelist Church,
25 Library Street

Hudson Firefighters Memorial

Bell Tower Plaza, 43 Lowell Road

Presentation of Mary Academy

Mission Pointe,
Oblate Drive and Inspiration Path

New Life Christian Church

Ayers Pond

then Tyngsborough,

Riverfront Park, 71 Frost Road

before going on a hike to finish off the Dracut portion of the Lowell Dracut Tyngsboro State Forest, where the path I took is shown below in pink.

The water bodies in this area were not bad, but the ones I explored before were better.

I visited one more place in Lowell

Donohue Park

before calling it a day for sightseeing in the morning.

Later, we decided to have dinner at Darrna Restaurant, a new Mediterranean restaurant in Malden. Nice decor for a small place.

Pretty delicious starters too.

We got the Zarib of Lamb (smoked piece of lamb served with rice, vegetable and special sauce),

which came well presented in a large portion that we both could not finish, and the meat was somewhat fall off the bone and tasty with the sauce as well. Really good dining experience here, I have to say.

We ended the day with a Yogurt Green Tea from Chatime nearby.

Good to have a Mediterranean restaurant in a town full of Chinese ones.

June 5th 2018: Finishing Up Tyngsborough in the Morning

I headed to the town of Tyngsborough this morning

Flint's Corner Plaza, 150 Westford Road

for several hikes. My first hike was at the Shady Glen Conservation Area on Primrose Lane.

Nothing much of note here, and really overgrown.

I would not have made it out if not for the blazes on the trees.

My next hike was at the Sherburne Nature Center.

The path I took here is shown below in pink.

Nice views of the beaver pond,

but not much else in the woods. Definitely much better than my first hike though.

My last hike for the day was at the Lowell Dracut Tyngsboro State Forest, where the path I took for today is shown below in pink.

Nice views of Lake Althea,

although the other water bodies here were a little muddy to get to.

With that, I called it a day, passing through Dracut

Old St. Mary Magdalen Church,
250 Tyngsboro Road

on the way to some dessert at Dairy Delight in Malden,

getting a Grape Slurpee to go.

Way too sweet, and made my tongue black.