i’ll spare you a long intro. here’s the stuff that happened in july, between the cracks. firstly. i’ve lived in winston-salem for 20ish years now. and for the last six, i have driven past this lotus filled marshy area at least twice a day. i always say, “i should walk there someday” and then i […]
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another summer in batavia.
after a perfectly lovely week in the adirondacks, a quick little ride out to orchard park, we finally settled in batavia for a few days. on the morning of july fourth, we awakened to perfect conditions for a full day of celebrating our nation’s independence. we had gotten in pretty late the night before, so […]
ny summer road trip.
well. before i get to that batavia post, i need a spot to put all of the photos of the in between moments of our adirondack week. the travels, the airbnb, the pit stops, etc. i’ll make it quick. first of all. here we are, all loaded up and officially hitting the road. (we were […]
rich stadium. aka: the ralph, highmark.
as soon as we settled on the dates for our summer trip to ny, i immediately hit the bills website to see if there were any public tours of their stadium that we could attend during our stay. turns out, there absolutely was and we booked it. (it made for a very long travel day […]
owls head lookout
for our final family adventure in the adirondacks, we opted for a 5.2 mile hike to owl’s head lookout. it was pretty wooded and buggy and a mostly steady incline the entire way until a final steep scramble to get us to the top. it clocked in around 1200′ elevation gain total. obligatory foot bridge […]
saranac lake kayak adventures
since i’m not a complete psycho, we didn’t hike every single day we were in the adirondacks. one day, we kayaked. haha. we had to book a little in advance and thankfully, the weather cooperated (was absolutely perfect) on the day we chose. we packed our lunches, loaded into a fleet of kayaks, and began […]
balanced rocks. adk version.
upon getting settled into our little airbnb in the adirondacks, we planned out our week of adventures. first up, a quick little hike up to some balanced rocks. there’s a lot of “balanced rocks” hikes in this country and i feel like we have been on four or five at this point. this one happened […]
the lemon squeeze (not squeezeR).
for this years family vacation, we kept things simple. a week in the adirondacks, followed by a week in western new york. and since we were going to the adirondacks first, our route would take us through the catskills, right past a hike i long ago placed on my bucket list. in 2016, when we […]
junie things.
it’s halfway through july as i type this. and we have been keeping pretty busy and active, so this all seems like a million years ago. but alas. i will do my best to recapture the moments. away we go… firstly. a lovely hike with ruby to hanging rock state park. a favorite of ours. […]
MAY-hem (2025).
it’s that time of year. when all the anniversaries and birthdays and mothers days and end of school concerts and graduations and field days and class parties come together to create the most chaotic month of mayhem for our little crew. and then there’s the in between stuff. and that’s what i’ll be talking about […]