Last week (1/1/17), we started our year off on the right foot by going snowshoeing! We are learning that with long work schedules and unpredictable weather, it’s always good to take advantage of days off when it’s also over 30º, and New Year’s Day happened to be one of those perfect days! We headed up…
Great Barrington, MA to Tupper Lake, NY | Camping in Shelving Rock Area | Hiking Hackensack Mountain | Camping at Lake Eaton | July 2024 After our weekend in NYC, we spent one more full day at Curtis’ brother’s place in the Berkshires. We enjoyed spending time with them at home, in nature, and visiting…
Before we leave the Northeast, I thought I’d share a compilation of videos I have from our time living in New York, and a couple from Connecticut as well. Here’s just a sampling of the fun we had over all different seasons in Upstate New York! I wish I had more to show our journey…
Hiking the Southern Half of the Brent Trail | Gleason-Hubel Wildlife Area | April 2021 As we’ve mentioned in our last few posts, we had been training all of March and April for a backpacking trip. Most of our training had just consisted of walking longer distances on flat trails while carrying our heavy backpacks….
Oswego to Tupper Lake, NY | Death Brook Falls | Buttermilk Falls | Goodman Mountain | March 2023 One of the things that we have to deal with in my new job is that, just like in the Navy, sometimes we stay longer at places than we initially planned – like in Illinois where we…
Haley Farm State Park • Ledyard Glacial Park • Sunset at Seaside • Charlotte’s 3rd Birthday On July 9, the day after visiting our first Sky’s the Limit Challenge site, we decided to go out and visit our second site in the challenge, located in Haley Farm State Park. Haley Farm is directly East of Bluff Point in Groton….