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,…
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…
The History of Lake George • Lake George, New York Jess: After our hike last weekend to Prospect Mountain, we went on a little tour of the touristy town of Lake George, NY. We focused our time around walking along the side of the lake, admiring the mountains surrounding the area, and checking out the sites…
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…
End of October 2016 • Hiking Pillsbury Mountain, Our First Snow in New York, and Turning 24 Curtis’ first week of work happened to be the week of my 24th birthday. I wasn’t too bummed, I mean, how can I complain after the amazing, adventure-filled fall that we’ve had? I just decided to make the most…