Ice Storm Hiking! Or The No-Electric Slide!
With one of the first widespread Tri-State ice storms in ages, coating and encasing everything that didn’t move in a layer of glistening ice, it’s been a unique time to get outdoors – albeit very cautiously – to view up close this rare winter wonder. From my childhood days of playing snow football, sledding, four-wheeling […]
Cool It Now!! A Dozen Places to Paddle, Explore and Play This Summer
In a summer that has the country practically locked down and Kanye West running for President, suffice to say the only certainty is that nothing is normal or predictable and anything can happen. Although God only knows what the rest of summer holds, there’s two things I am betting on. One is that Coronavirus will […]
Backpack – Carter Caves
Pack It Up and Go! Make A Weekend Escape With A Local Backpack Trip With the temperatures rising and all of us stewing in the daily stresses of a pandemic, social unrest and hornet’s nest of incivility on social media, it’s prime time to unplug, get away and pour our worried souls and troubled minds […]
Rocking Hikes
Many ‘rocking’ hikes to be found across region Oddly enough, I suppose, winter is one of my favorite times to hike. Trees barren of their leaves stretch and bend, posing for silhouettes at sundown through shining hues of purple, orange and mellow yellow. Add to that the fact that many state parks and forests are […]