Category: Walking

Day Ridges trail

What if my main purpose in life is to hike? I was lucky enough to grow up in places and times where I could roam. First in a development in the Chicago suburbs, then...

Anvil Trail

Three trails actually: Anvil Trail to start, then Schoodic Head Trail, finally Alder Trail back to Blueberry Hill parking lot. We got back to the parking lot just before dark, which is coming at...

beachcroft path

We walked this trail on October 19th, 2024 (Saturday). I wanted to post it because I might want to look it up in the future. We’ve walked it before. Maybe four times? I would...

Black Mountain

Lately we’ve developed a nice routine of hiking on Sunday. Last Sunday it was Black Mountain. Here’s the map at the trailhead. It’s hard to decipher. I think we started at the “P” under...

Heat

We are dealing with the heat over the past two days. We’ve been walking early in the morning. It’s tolerable. Then breakfast, then watering the garden. There’s a shipwreck in the photo. Actually a...

New

The Golden Houses are hung at the gallery. They look good! I had one valerian bloom in the driveway last year. Such a surprise. I don’t know how it got there. This year, I...

Schoodic bog loop

We took an enjoyable hike last weekend. The bugs are just starting to come out. They were a little bothersome, but not terrible. We got too warm – it’s hard to know how to...