I grew up in Rochester, NY, where my Dad was born and raised. But the year I started college, my family moved to the middle of nowhere on top of a hill above the farm where my mom grew up. Going back to Rochester doesn’t feel like going home anymore, despite the 18 years that […]
My aunt said “You do love your hikes don’t you!!! It occurred to me that yes, I did. But I didn’t actually have any words for why. I said that I did because I liked the quiet. Hiking today with the dog, I thought about it. I didn’t come up with much. The quiet was […]
I’ve got a fever. Spring fever, specifically. To celebrate Spring I tried another of the Broome County Dozen this weekend and was less successful this time. Jones Park is an odd little place that looks like an abandoned warehouse park. The trails are around back of a mint chocolate chip green building. There is no […]
Well this past week the temperature approached 70, in March. Thank you, weather Gods. This weekend, however, it did not. Me and the dog went hiking anyway. We tried to knock another item off the Broome County Dozen challenge and we were not 100% successful. This was entirely due to my navigation errors. We arrived […]
Then Let’s Try Again Well the last attempted adventure did not go so well. So we tried again. This time was Trevor Sperr Memorial Park in Elmira. The weather was about 5 degrees warmer, but more importantly the wind chill was a lot less. The park is everything you could wish for. It’s got a […]
My insides are trying to crawl to my outsides. I’m sure you’re all feeling this. No? Just me? Maybe a less gruesome description is, I have cabin fever. Are we on the same page now? So I had to get out. Me and the dog tried Hickories Park in Owego. It was loaded with other […]
I can’t coin the term Microadventure, that belongs to Alastair Humphreys and the word basically means an adventure that is “small and achievable, for normal people with real lives”. Technically I think it’s supposed to be an overnight adventure but who has time for that, really? I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea lately and […]
It’s been 70 degrees every day for a week. And sunny. And it’s going to be 70 degrees for another 5 days. That’s close enough to an Indian Summer for me. To celebrate, me and Chief checked another hike off the Broome County Dozen hiking challenge. This time it was Hawkins Pond County Park in […]
I don’t really like bouldering. That’s rock climbing without the harness and ropes, so you usually stick pretty close to the ground. Don’t get me wrong, bouldering has some positives. You don’t need any equipment except some shoes, you don’t really need a partner, but should have a spotter. It’s technically more difficult so you […]
Do you ever feel like things just aren’t going that well? Not like they’re going wrong, exactly, these are all absolutely stupid first world problems. It’s just that sometimes I feel things could be going more smoothly. Like you go to the farm where they have the world’s best apple cider donuts, but they are […]
