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 …
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 …
Rogers Pass
This one captures, to me, captures both the wonder and danger of winter travel in the mountains of British Columbia – the magnificence of the setting sun around the corner and the first hints of the storm that’s about to hit. I hear those two words together – Rogers Pass – and I automatically think …