Is an old tourism town situated on Saco Bay on the Atlantic. Still a popular summer beach destination I decided to visit well after summer had ended. The town was mostly deserted with the majority many tourist-oriented businesses, including clam shacks and T-shirt shops boarded up for the season. The wooden pier on the beach containing many …
Suddenly on the way to work this happened.
Out chasing a sunset – don’t judge – and took a second to look the other way. That as sometimes is was where the action was.
There is something about driving an axe through a piece of wood. Something therapeutic. Profound. Releasing.
It’s been one heck of a ride though.
I’m not convinced I want to sleep in one when camping but I will use one to read in on a warm summer day.
The monarch butterfly. This insect has always caught my imagination and marvel. Since childhood when I used to collect the caterpillars in a jar and watch them transform into a winged being that defied logic. To think this fragile, creature makes a trip that most of us wouldn’t consider without an airplane every year baffles …
After a full weekend of hiking decided to drive up Whiteface Mountain to see if the spotted sunlight would give me some decent vistas. The drive up Veterans’ Memorial Highway to the top of Whiteface Mountain—New York’s fifth-highest peak at 4,867’—isn’t your typical automotive experience it is reasonable, nothing that is going you make you nervous …
After my first full weekend hiking with the KOAC decided to do a couple of smaller trails around the Lake Placid area as a kind of keep moving or seize up exercise. 1. Cobble HillLocation: Lake Placid, NYElevation: 2,332 feetDistance: 2.2 miles round-tripTrailhead: From the intersection of Route 73 and Route 86 in Lake Placid, …
Everyone seems to say one but it’s officially, I guess, the other. A glorious day for a hike, especially a mostly bare ridge, after the day before. At least for the newbie. Jay Mountain Trail is a 11.1 kilometer moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Jay, New York that features beautiful wild flowers …