Hiking Ashoken High Point Trail | Ashoken Rail Trail | Catskill Mountain Park, New York | May 2025 It rained off and on through the night, and we woke up today to a wet and chilly morning in the Catskills. Rainy days are tricky in the van, because we can accept that we’ll end up…
Hiking Slide Mountain | Catskills, New York | May 2025 As we contemplated how we would spend our time in the Catskills, I knew that I wanted to take the opportunity to get a few more peaks tallied towards my peakbagging goals. In making a list of the peaks I ‘most desired’, I naturally included…
Collegeville, PA to the Catskills in NY | Hiking to Raymondskill Falls in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area | Visiting Grey Towers National Historic Site | Camping in the Catskills | May 2025 Our time in Southeastern PA lasted almost 4 weeks, and when the end of our time arrived, we were definitely ready…
Valley Forge National Historic Park | Horse-Shoe Trail, Wolfinger Trail, Valley Creek Trail, and the Pawling Sycamore | King of Prussia, PA | April & May 2025 Even though we weren’t staying close to Valley Forge this year, we still visited it several times during our month in Southeastern PA. And despite having visited so…
Hiking in Monocacy Hill Recreation Area | Douglassville, PA | Walking Across the Benjamin Franklin Bridge | Downtown Philadelphia | April 2025 During our first weekend in Southeastern Pennsylvania, we had two full days to do whatever we wanted, and it was still early enough during our time here that we were super motivated to…
Schuylkill River Trail | Black Rock Sanctuary | French Creek Trail | Perkiomen Trail | Phoenixville, PA | April 2025 While visiting King of Prussia over the last couple of years, we had heard good things about nearby Phoenixville, but never made the effort to drive over there. Because we were staying closer by in…