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, …
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 …
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 …
Deep, deep pain.
The wonder of childhood. Don’t ever lost it. If you do spent a day with kids. Grandkids. The Aquatarium. Wonder renewed.
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 …
I’m probably the textbook definition of an introvert. I’d rather stay home most nights than go out to one social event after another. I enjoy quiet, solitary activities like reading, writing, gaming, gardening, or drawing. I’ll always choose the company of a few close friends over a wild party. I do my best work alone. …
Coffee. Interesting shadows.
One of my favourite local spots threw up a sunset tonight.