Driving from Potsdam to Oswego, NY | Thousand Islands Region of New York | Alexandria Bay, NY | Tibbetts Point Lighthouse | A Week in Oswego, NY | August 2024 This morning, we woke up in the parking lot in Potsdam, NY, and immediately took Charlotte on a walk around the park. I then made…
Hiking to Azure Mountain Fire Tower | Potsdam, NY | August 2024 Today was a Saturday, and knowing how busy it can be in the Adirondacks on a summer weekend, we set our sights on a hike in a more remote area that we hadn’t visited before. From where we were in Tupper Lake, it…
Hiking to Coney Mountain | Finishing the Tupper Lake Triad | Tupper Lake, NY | August 2024 Today, we shook things up a bit by letting me (Jess) go for a hike while Curtis waited at the trailhead with Charlotte. Last year when we visited the Adirondacks, we started hiking the Tupper Lake Triad Hiking…
Hiking to Buck Mountain Firetower | Buttermilk Falls | Kayaking Eaton Lake | Adirondacks, NY | July 2024 On our first morning at Lake Eaton, we decided to go check out a nearby fire tower hike: Buck Mountain. This one is actually a newer addition to the Firetower challenge, as it wasn’t on the list…
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…
Killington to Weston, VT | Hiking in White Rocks National Recreation Area | Hiking in Okemo State Forest | Camping in Greendale Campground in Green Mountain National Forest | July 2024 When we left our boondocking site in Killington Resort, we had several ‘chores’ that needed to be done in town, and the closest town…