Category General
It’s been a while
Well, those several years went by quickly! Life has moved on since the end of 2016. While I’m still at the Catskill Center, Moe and I now co-own and he runs full time, Hike On Guides, a hiking and camping guiding company. Moe is the lead guide there and is having a great time introducing […]
Appalachian Trail
A funny thing happened along the way to my husband and I settling in NY and enjoying our new home in the Catskills. He realized he had the opportunity to hike the Appalachian Trail, something we have both wanted to do probably since we first met almost 20 years ago. Well, now he has the chance, so we are going to run with it!
It’s fall already?
Amazing how things can get ahead of you! It’s been a busy 2014 for me so far, both professionally and personally. Professionally the Trail Conference’s Catskills programs have continued to grow. We launched the Catskill Conservation Corps in June and in September we brought on a year-round, part time Assistant Program Coordinator to better support […]
A New Year
2014 is already looking like an exciting year. I have a number of exciting things happening in the Catskills and the rest of our regions this season at the Trail Conference. I’m embarking on year number three of writing the Great Outdoors Column for the Catskill Mountain Guide (and getting lots of information to include […]
nature and creativity
There is an interesting story and link over at Adventures in the Outdoors on a recent study that showed there could be up to a 50% increase in creative and critical thinking skills after you get outside and take a hike. I think all of us hikers know that, but it is kind of cool […]
Welcome 2013
Happy New Year! 2013 will be bringing several exciting new opportunities for me, both professionally and personally and I am looking forward to them. In the immediate future I will be spending plenty of time raising my puppy Sandy. She’s the newest member of my family and is only three months old so has plenty of growing […]