When we first met over fourteen years ago, the first place we went hiking was in Clarence Fahnestock state park. We would go as often as we could in spring and summer and even took the family here on their first inflatable boat adventure. Our typical day would be to get there early, have a…
We like to plan things ahead and do our hikes early in the morning. There have been times when it was mid day and we said let’s go for a hike. Those are rare days and usually in the fall or winter. Yesterday we planned to go kayaking with another cousin, her husband and kid….
Today was a nice day for going out and doing some trash pickup. When you enter the Mountain Dale to Woodridge NY rails to trails path, you are greeted with signs to not litter. There are also plenty of trash cans along the trail. It’s mind boggling that people come to the trail and leave…
We’ve hiked numerous times at Minnewaska Preserve state forest but have never visited Stony Kill falls. Today was the day that we went to admire this incredible waterfall. The last time when we were to Minnewaska State Park, I saw the number 6 waterfall and wondered where it was. After looking on the map, we…
I think at this point we have done the O & W Rails to Trails from Stone Ridge NY to Kingston NY at least a dozen times. I’m not exactly sure what day this was but it was last summer. My girlfriend and I scheduled to have a pizza delivered in the parking lot at…
Did you ever receive a free gift from Google Maps? Did you know that Google Maps gives you a gift if your picture gets many views? How many views? Well, definitely over a million. When we opened our Google Maps account for HBTrails we read somewhere that someone received socks from Google after their picture…
When we signed up for the NYNJ 100 Miles for 100 Years we thought it would be fun and easy. A 100 miles in a month seemed like nothing but the days kept rolling in and we were not hiking or biking. When we decided to do some bike miles, we found out that one…
