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…
June 22, 2017 | Hiking Buck Mountain | Last Adventures in New York (for now!) After returning from our Midwest trip, reality kicked in and we have been very consumed by our upcoming moves. We were pretty bummed that we couldn’t go out and enjoy the area more in our last weeks, but we made the most with…
Hiking to Snowy Mountain Fire Tower • May 12, 2017 Our time in New York is wrapping up quickly, and so we decided it was time to get serious about finishing the Fire Tower Challenge. The thing about the challenge is that you have to hike all 5 peaks with fire towers in the Catskills (Hunter, Overlook,…
Hiking to Cat and Thomas Mountains • May 10, 2017 Yet another chapter in our adventure with the military has come to a close: Curtis has finished his training in New York! Unlike his last graduation where we spent our last week packing, cleaning, and moving, we have a bit of down time before the next…
Hiking to Owls Head Fire Tower • Weekend in the Western Adirondacks, Part 3 • April 24, 2017 On the last day of our short getaway, we faced a difficult decision: how many hikes could we fit into our day? We really wanted to do 2, but the peaks we planned to hike would be a total of 10 miles…
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,…