Sunrise on Beylleayre Mountain
By my estimation, we are still about a week away from peak leaf peeping action in our neck of the Catskills. But we had such a beautiful sunrise this morning that I had to dust off the drone and make a quick vid of the changing leaves.Continue reading
Gisele on a Moody Whiteface Mountain
What seems like the rainiest summer I can remember, appears to be drawing to a close. Despite unexpectedly getting soaked to the bone on more than one occasion, I can’t be too angry because our Catskills lawn has never looked better! Continue reading
Here we have a set of random photos from June, each of which does not particularly merit their own post. Continue reading
This is not your typical Saab story (get it?). It’s a story about the Saab in the woods. I first discovered this gem toward the very beginning of my first attempt to ride a section of a back country moto route between NYC and Eastern Canada.Continue reading
I hope that people have been managing okay the past couple of weeks without any new hiking content on here. Sorry to those who have been going through withdrawals. I’m here with this post to satisfy all of your hiking content cravings.Continue reading
Motorcycle season can be relatively short in the Catskills. There are some folks who are much more hardcore than I who have been riding since early April. We sneaked in one lap around the Pepacton in late April on an unseasonably warm evening. But it was quick, with no real stops and we both got pretty cold. For Britt and I, the first week of May was the first instance this spring when the weather was finally warm and dry enough to suit up and roll out for a “real” ride. Continue reading
Welp, as they say- you can’t win ’em all. We had a bit of warm weather leading up to the first weekend of April and decided to check another peak off of B’s dwindling list of 3500s by hiking Sugarloaf. We had successfully hit the adjacent peak a week earlier, and were expecting slightly better trail conditions based on the recent warmer temps.Continue reading
Awash in B’s Vapor Trail During Rapid Ascent to the Peak on Plateau Mountain
Welp, here we are at the endish of March. A few things of note from the past few weeks–Continue reading
The Author Lining up a Run | Photo Courtesy of B. Maschal Private Collection
After a notably light winter in terms of snow accumulation on the East Coast, early March has gifted us with a couple of decent storms already.Continue reading
B, Improving on Her Reaction to “Babe, Let Me Get a Snap” While She is Navigating Some Difficult Terrain.
Why hit a single summit on your hike when you can do three?!?!? For President’s Day 2023, B led me on a hiking trifecta. Continue reading