Driving from Oswego to Pike, NY | Camping by the Erie Canal in Brockport, NY | Hiking in Letchworth State Park | Camping in Cold Creek State Forest | August 2024 Once we were finished in Oswego, we had a week and a half before we needed to be in Wilmington, NC. We planned to…
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…
Bennington, VT to Great Barrington, MA | Hiking Mount Anthony | July 2024 We were only about two or three hours away from my brothers home near Great Barrington, but didn’t want to arrive too early. So we opted instead to loiter around Bennington, VT for the day. We’ve driven through or around Bennington several…