Hiking and Dining with the Family

For Mother's Day, JO's mom organized an outing to The Barn at Gibbet Hill for exploring the "castle" and dinner at Rapscallion's in Acton.  Typically I like my hiking more adventurous and my dining more urban but we had so much fun I just had to share them on my blog.

Back in the trails at The Barn at Gibbet Hill is the remnants of an old castle that was never completed.  It's a short walk to get to the structure and you can explore in and around it.  There happened to be a CosPlay shoot which made it even more fun.

We then headed to a nearby State Park to do a little more hiking.

We finished the day with dinner at Rapscallion's on their patio.  A lot of the patios I've experienced out of the city have views of the parking lot or malls, which is always a downer, but this patio is set back from the street.  It abuts the parking lot, but doesn't face it, and there aren't too many people so it's not a distraction.  Your surrounded by beautiful trees and a grassy field.  You can still see the street but it's definitely a little ways away.  Each table has an umbrella and the chairs are those wrought iron metal ones that look so lovely.

Rapscallion's is a brew pub and the beer certainly didn't disappoint.  The food was also very good, everyone enjoyed what they got.  The flavors were fresh and clean and the portions were a good size.  It was a little suburban oasis and a perfect place to enjoy the lovely weather.