☀️🐍 Bathing Beauty
May 20, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
🌜 Mashipacong Shelter
May 21, 2025 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
New Jersey has been pretty fun so far but today was a colder (high 40’s) rainy day which meant we had to keep moving to feel warm… but carefully because the rocks were so slippery. Early start inRead more
🌜 Camping near Pochuck Mountain Shelter
May 22, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Mile 1354.4
19,5 miles of wet hiking today. Major pit stop in Unionville NY for groceries, pizza, and then 5 miles of hiking into the darkening forest, attempting to get shelter space… but it wasRead more
What’s up with the sun anymore??
May 23, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Will we ever see it again? There have already been 2 full days of rain and this is our forecast 😭
Swampy boardwalk (0.9 miles)
May 23, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
It was amazing and swampy, and we were so glad to experience it on the long boardwalk.
I’m such a sucker for stagnent water
May 23, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Love to take photos of reflections off of ponds and puddles - I always stop 😂
NY | NJ
May 23, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We did this border crossing a couple times… but now we are in NY for good 👍
Finally the sun ! And a 🌈 rainbow!
May 23, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
The clouds broke for a minute and gave us this gift, a rainbow over Greenwood Lake
My Chili Bread Bowl
May 23, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
I had an idea and executed it as perfectly as possible. Decent bread is quite a luxury on trail but there are a lot of good deli’s in this area so I decided to make a chili bowl, and it was greatRead more
🌜 Stealth camping near 1371.3
May 23, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Mile 1371.3
It was a rainy and wet day for most of today with a partial clearing in the afternoon showcasing a fantastic rainbow over Greenwood Lake. From up here we could actually see elements of theRead more
Evolving: laughter ➡️ tears
May 24, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Some good laughs at the neighborhood bar
The Occasional Random Lawn Chair
May 24, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Perfect placement of this random lawn chair in a utility easement… although I did have to brave a field of poison ivy to approach it. #longpants
🌜 Primitive Camping near mile 1380
May 24, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Today was fun but sort of a low mileage adventure. Started out the day somewhat late, hitting trail about 10am… and then after a few miles descended into Greenwood Lake. Breakfast at Buzzed CaféRead more
Water shots
May 25, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
So amazingly beautiful!
May 25, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Harriman has some great forests!
The “Lemon Squeezer”
May 25, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Super tight spot on trail. My bear can was scraping the sides 😂😬 immediately after the squeeze there was a vertical wall climb that was fun to figure out 🫠
Huge picnic with Linda & Joe, and Sharon
May 25, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Huge spread provided by Linda and Joe at the picnic area including pan fried pirogies, fruits breads, chips, dips, sweets & treats. Little Foot’s family friend Sharon was there too and she broughtRead more
🌜William Brien Memorial Shelter
May 25, 2025 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
We got an early start at 6:30 today with fun motivation: meeting friends on trail for a picnic lunch. The terrain was pretty challenging, At one point it was a vertical climb with our packs on! WOW! ARead more
Mile 1400!!!
May 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
That’s about 2/3 complete!
Burn Cycle
May 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Forests will burn and ultimately regenerate- the space in between can also be elegant!
A warning for foragers!
May 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
“A slow and painful death awaits you!” 😱 the rest of the sign said that even ingesting the smallest spores of some species can be deadly! I’m taking no chances 😂 mushrooms are banned fromRead more
Bear Mountain Bridge
May 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Crossing the Hudson River on the Bear Mountain Bridge!
Ruins in the woods
May 27, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We often arrive at ruins in the woods, perhaps an old farmhouse or a hunter cabin that may have burned down… this one had a plaque stating the history. It makes me wonder about all the other thingsRead more
🐸 Some cool frogs at the beaver pond
May 27, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Sometimes they were hard to see- the green markings around the mouth were especially good camouflage in the spring grasses near the pond!
Dead Ringer ☎️
May 27, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
They said you can use this phone to communicate with the dead. After I tried it and heard nothing I started wondering if I would get norovirus 🤮☠️🦠