This is it, the best mountain bike for the money - the Trek 3700. I was for a long time a Specialized bike guy, but they became too clunky and expensive. Then I purchased a used (practically new) one of these off Craigslist for my son.
It has everything you need, it looks cool and it has [...]

There are quite a number of good extended bike trips in the area -Miles Standish State Forest, Cape Cod Canal, Nickerson State Park (Brewster, Cape Cod, right on the CC rail trail), Lexington/Concord RtT, Northampton RtT. I’ll post more on these later. Here is a list of MA trails: http://www.massbike.org/bikeways/
Here is a map of [...]

I’m of the opinion this is the best map to get if you are hiking in the Whites (NH). They probably make for other areas of the country as well. It is waterproof, colored well, and just plan easy to read.  The AMC maps are fine, but this one just has it all.
www.mapadventures.com 
(I bought my copy [...]

 
This is probably one of the best sites for map reading I have ever seen. Lots of downloadable powerpoints. The author also covers the use of the military compass (brings back old memories).
Scouting in my view does not adequately cover land navigation and compass work. Some time ago it was decided that scouting would cover orienteering, not [...]