• 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…

  • birdhouse birdcam - birding

    BIRDCAM 2025: The First Visitors

    May 15, 2025 - By 

    BIRDS HAVE COME… and I am thrilled. And also, I have no clue how this camera app works. It has been a little over two months since we hung the bird house (March 11, 2025) … and I received the first “security alert” that there was movement in the birdhouse on May 11, 2025. And oddly enough, while playing in the app for a minute, trying to figure out how it worked – I noticed there was a security alert recorded back on April 21st – how I missed this – I do not know. So here is what has…

  • 4 3 2 1 Way Challenge - hiking

    Hiking to Rock Pond

    April 9, 2025 - By 

    Hike number three for today was Rock Pond. The longest hike, and also my favorite. The brochure for the 4-3-2-1 Way Challenge I had picked up showed this bridge on the cover and I wondered if we would be seeing this today, or if it would be a search that would end with me having done all of the hikes listed as part of the challenge just to find this wooden bridge. This hike was originally completed on 7/11/2017. Hike Report Needless to say… we found the bridge here at Rock Pond. Trip Stats Rating On a scale of 1-10,…

  • birdhouse birdcam - birding

    Tris Home Birdhouse with Camera – 2025 Setup

    March 11, 2025 - By 

    For my birthday last September, my in-laws gifted me this birdhouse with an inside camera allowing you to watch what happens inside. I WAS SO EXCITED to put this out… and today was the day! You may be wondering why I waited until now (March) to put this up, seeing as I received it in September… Not sure I can really explain that… other than putting it out for the winter seemed like a waste? I wasn’t sure how the camera would react with the cold and if birds would even use the house in the winter. – clearly I…