Tom arrived sporting his Birthday top hat and cane and regaled us with his Birthday Irish jig (of sorts). He led us on a five mile in/out hike through gorgeous forest marked by huge boulders and some cellar holes. The weather in the low 40s, and ice is beginning to form on some of the… Continue reading

Because we’ll be with our families celebrating and being thankful on Thursday, we hiked today, on Monday instead this week. Tony took us on a beautiful hike up, up, up, along his many waterfalls, to the historic Riley cellar hole, along streams where the beavers have demonstrated their dam building skills over many years, and… Continue reading

On such frosty morning I dashed out of the house forgetting my hiking boots!!! – so I had to hike in summer slip ons. Egads. Only once did the muck suck one shoe off my foot. Nancy retrieved it from 6” of black mud. Nothing to do but keep on going and it actually wasn’t… Continue reading

A spectacular day and hike with two very special guests: Donna’s son Nate, who’s an avid hiker here from California, and his son, Lincoln, 21 months old. Lincoln was wonderful for all 3 hours of the hike!!! With our help, he could call out “Yellow marker, Red marker, Blue marker, Green marker” to help keep… Continue reading