Hammock Relaxation
I’m not convinced I want to sleep in one when camping but I will use one to read in on a warm summer day.
Rebirth, Renewal
The monarch butterfly. This insect has always caught my imagination and marvel. Since childhood when I used to collect the caterpillars in a jar and watch them transform into a winged being that defied logic. To think this fragile, creature makes a trip that most of us wouldn’t consider without an airplane every year baffles …
Whiteface
After a full weekend of hiking decided to drive up Whiteface Mountain to see if the spotted sunlight would give me some decent vistas. The drive up Veterans’ Memorial Highway to the top of Whiteface Mountain—New York’s fifth-highest peak at 4,867’—isn’t your typical automotive experience it is reasonable, nothing that is going you make you nervous …
Cobble Hill
After my first full weekend hiking with the KOAC decided to do a couple of smaller trails around the Lake Placid area as a kind of keep moving or seize up exercise. 1. Cobble HillLocation: Lake Placid, NYElevation: 2,332 feetDistance: 2.2 miles round-tripTrailhead: From the intersection of Route 73 and Route 86 in Lake Placid, …
Jay Peak… er Mountain
Everyone seems to say one but it’s officially, I guess, the other. A glorious day for a hike, especially a mostly bare ridge, after the day before. At least for the newbie. Jay Mountain Trail is a 11.1 kilometer moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Jay, New York that features beautiful wild flowers …
First Real Hike…
in a very long time. Joined a small group from the Kingston Outdoor & Adventure Club for my first real hike in, well, a very long time. I walk / hike all the time of course. Modest short and mostly flat paths in Eastern Ontario and on my car travels. Haven’t down major ups and …
So Long My Friend
Deep, deep pain.
Wonder
The wonder of childhood. Don’t ever lost it. If you do spent a day with kids. Grandkids. The Aquatarium. Wonder renewed.
Colours In The Sky
Cape Vincent
Cape Vincent, New York a small town at the point where Lake Ontario and the waters of the Great Lakes squeeze into the St. Lawrence River on it’s way to the Atlantic. A quaint, deeply historic town with a beautiful lighthouse and an annual gathering of the Kingston Outdoor Adventure Club. The Lighthouse, or at …