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Kayaking with Kids at Bashakill
After looking at the Bashakill for seven years we are finally kayaking here. We walked the trails and have now kayaked the marsh more than all combined trips at the Delaware. To me, this place is breathtaking with it’s 360 degree view. Today, we took my hubby’s cousin, her husband and their two kids on…
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First Time Kayaking the Basha Kill
Wurtsboro New York has a lot of hiking and walking trails. The area also has a giant 3,000+ acre wildlife management area called the Basha Kill. This area was purchased in the 70s and transformed to a marsh. It houses plenty of wildlife including owls, eagles, red-winged blackbirds, blue herons, and warblers. Over the years…
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Hiking Mullet Loop Trail With Family
During these strange times, it’s hard to know when or if you should go hiking with family. We have been staying away from our family for two months. When we do see them, it’s from six feet apart and only for a few minutes. We have four essential workers in our families and they get…
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Picking Up Trash for Earth Day 2020 at the Bashakill Marsh
Earth Day is on April 22nd and so is my birthday. This makes me want to go out and be even more connected with earth. So, each year we try to do something, however small it may be. It makes my heart feel good and we really need it during these quarantine times. Trash at…
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Panoramic Gallery of Basha Kill Wildlife Refuge in Wurtsboro on 4/21/20
We checked the weather and it said you have 2 hours before it downpours. The weather man is usually 99.999% wrong but we didn’t want to chance it. We went for a short hike by the Basha Kill Wildlife Refuge Center in Wurtsboro NY. We live in Wurtsboro for 7 years now but been here…
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Cleaning Bashakill for Earth Day 2020
Did you know that Earth Day is on April 22nd? I do because it’s also my birthday. Every year we try to do something special like clean around the house, plant trees and pick up trash on the trails. This year due to Covid-19, a lot of volunteers are staying home and Earth Day cleanup…
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Hiking Roosa Gap In the Snow
When you wake up on an April morning and find three inches of snow outside your home, you can go back to sleep or go hiking. We chose to go hiking at Roosa Gap and bring our garbage bucket. Well, the bucket stayed empty since if there was any trash, it was buried under the…