Thanksgiving Weekend in Montreal • Hiking Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain, New York • November 24, 2016 Having the holidays off — or even being able to spend them together — is no longer a given for us. I guess this means we’re officially adults. Oh how we miss those easy college days, with nice long summer and winter breaks,…
Fall to the Rising Sun Trip • Road Tripping and Hiking in Maine • October 9, 2016 After over 2 weeks in Canada, it was time to return to the US. So, with one last stop at Tim Horton’s, we said goodbye and began heading West. As we drove South on I-95, we were feeling tired and…
Hiking Vanderwhacker Mountain, New York • November 19, 2016 Last Friday when we checked the forecast for the weekend, we saw it was to be 60º and sunny on Saturday, followed by 30º and snowy on Sunday, with the rest of the week being filled with cold and chances for more snow. Obviously, that’s a sign…
Fall to the Rising Sun Trip • Caledonia Gorge and Mount Carleton Provincial Park • October 7-8, 2016 To be completely honest, we had made no plans after our visit to Prince Edward Island. I mean, most of our trip was pretty flexible, but we at least knew where we wanted to go next and what we wanted…
Hiking to Prospect Mountain • Lake George, NY • November 12, 2016 Our first hike last weekend may have resulted in lessons on what not to do and how to recover from a series of failed hiking attempts, but I’m happy to report that we actually applied some things we learned for our next hike! Namely, we…
Kaaterskill Falls and Vroman’s Nose Hikes • Catskill Mountains • November 11, 2016 Our Veteran’s Day adventure was one full of little life lessons. We began our day with sleeping in — we have been just terrible at getting up early on hiking days. We’ve been remembering how when we lived in Arizona, we’d often get up before the sun so…