Cold Climbing in Cat Creek, Day 1 • Hiking Overlook Mountain • January 6, 2017 Last week, Curtis had a 4-day weekend! Never ones to pass up an opportunity to travel even a short distance, we had been toying with several ambitious trips. Boston, Philadelphia, even NYC. I don’t know why we wanted a city so much,…
For the first time in our 3 years of marriage/4 Christmases married, we were unable to travel home to celebrate the holidays. 🙁 We knew pretty much from the start of the year that it would be unlikely with Curtis’ schedule and had accepted it, but it was still sad to see pictures and hear…
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…
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…
Hiking to Kane Mountain Firetower • Fall Festivities • October 2016 We packed our last 2 weeks of “freedom” with hiking almost every day and soaking up the beauty and colors of fall. I don’t think we could have chosen a better time to be here and living it up in the Northeast. We were able to really relish this…