This year my birthday happened to fall on a Saturday. So to celebrate L, his parents, and I took a very long day trip. We headed to Watkins Glen State Park to hike the Gorge Trail. Being a very warm Saturday, the trail was crowded but as always worth it. We have had a very…
Winter Walk: Stonybrook Park
This winter we were able to share this wonderful place with my parents. While my parents were here we had settled in, caught up, eaten many yummy cookies and great meals, and we were ready to walk some of it off. So we took my parents to Stonybrook. Because of our mild December, we were able…
Lessons Learned: Round 2
Last weekend we reserved a campsite at a state park down the road from us in . We had been watching the weather reports closely and were not sure how much rain we would get but decided to go anyways. After, all we both have lived in the northwest. Thursday and most of Friday I spent…
Our First Camping Trip: Part two
For the first part of our camping trip please see: our first camping trip: part one Sunday was had set aside to be my birthday outing day. The campsite became quiet as the local campers packed up for check out at 11am. We both took the morning slowly and took quiet showers. I had the…
Our First Camping Trip: part one
Although Luke and I have been together for more than 3 years we have never been camping just the two of us. So this summer we are staying local and enjoying some of the amazing sites here in upstate New York. Luke took off work June 20th-June 24th and we reserved a camping spot at Tauhannock…
Playing tourist with the Grandparents
It's always fun when family come in from out of town; we love to play tourists and being hosts. The season they come during and their personal interests determine which types of activities and locations we get to share with them. This past week my grandparents (dad's parents) came into town for a visit on…