planner girl / trail chaser / bird watcher
I actually tried to do this hike a few Sundays earlier, but the trailhead parking lot was full. Rather than wait around hoping for a spot to open up, I decided to come back another day. I figured a Tuesday evening would be much quieter, and since Josh was working…
Sometimes the hikes you have the lowest expectations for end up being the ones that completely surprise you. That was definitely the case with Bear Slides. I’ll admit, I wasn’t expecting much from this hike. The mileage was short, it wasn’t too far from home, and it seemed like the…
This was not the original plan for the day. My first choice had been Stonewall, another hike on the Adirondack Gateway Challenge. But when I arrived where the trailhead was supposed to be, I found myself at the end of a residential road. There were houses surrounding the area, people…