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 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…
Our 11th Wedding Anniversary | Walking Across the Brooklyn Bridge & Through Central Park | July 2024 We woke up in our hotel and after breakfast, packed our bags, checked out, and hit the town again. It was promising to be even warmer than the day before so we wanted an early start. We had…
Our First Visit to New York City | 11th Wedding Anniversary Getaway | Visiting Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Site | Taking the Staten Island Ferry at Sunset | July 2024 Our visit with Curtis’ brother happened to fall over the weekend of our 11th wedding anniversary. Joel and his friends graciously offered to watch Charlotte…
Driving from Allegheny National Forest, PA to Bradbury Mountain State Park, ME | Camping in Green Mountain National Forest | Hike Old Stone Tower, VT | Pierce Home State Historic Site | Bradbury Mountain State Park | June 2024 After making it through the warm night in Pennsylvania, we really only had to get through…