• 4 3 2 1 Way Challenge - hiking

    Hiking Blue Ledges

    August 3, 2025 - By 

    Darby is now an almost 6 year old chocolate lab. She has been our wild mountain biking dog since 4 months old… sadly she’s got some arthritis issues that we’ve been working through – so biking is on the back burner (for now)…. Enter her HIKING era… This is our first hike since we started injections and I wanted to pick something pretty low key. Blue Ledges (aka: Blue Ledge on the Hudson) seemed to be the right choice, plus it’s one of the eligible hikes for the Indian Lake 4321 Way Challenge – and I love me a hiking…

  • 4 3 2 1 Way Challenge - hiking

    Grassy Pond

    April 9, 2025 - By 

    Next up on our day of easy hikes for the 4-3-2-1 Way Challenge was Grassy Pond. This one was just a little bit longer than the last. Hike Report After completing Deathbrook Falls, we headed just a short way down Route 28 to the trailhead for Grassy Pond. Here we found another easy trail with some minor elevation and a beautiful pond destination. This trail was a bit muddy in spots, but overall was a great hike. Trip Stats Rating I would give this a 6 out of 10. While it was an easy hike, the views of the pond…

  • 4 3 2 1 Way Challenge - hiking

    The 4-3-2-1 Way Hiking Challenge

    April 6, 2025 - By 

    I came across this hiking challenge back in 2017 and figured it would be a breeze to complete seeing as it only consisted of 10 hikes total. Enter life… and now 8 years have passed. I’m close… but still not quite finished with this challenge. Read more about the challenge requirements here. The challenge requires the completion of 4 easy rated hikes, 3 moderate rated hikes, 2 difficult rated hikes and either Snowy Mountain or Blue Mountain. When I originally started this challenge back in 2017, I had all the easy hikes marked off in one day. And then when…