Water? Check. Rockin’ rocks? Check. Interesting trees? Check. 18 Mile Creek has all of my favorite “hey, before we continue, we need to stop and appreciate this” elements. Seriously. I had a hiking buddy who formed a habit of running way ahead of me, finding cool rocks, and leaving those rocks on the middle of …
Cohoes Falls: Niagara’s Eastern Wannabe
Cohoes, a six-story waterfall. Between 70-90 feet tall, Cohoes Falls is New York’s second tallest waterfall. The tallest are the American and Bridal Falls of Niagara Falls, both between 90-120 feet in height. By no means is Cohoes — or Niagara for the matter — one of the world’s tallest waterfalls, but the Mohawk River …
Meet the Dork Who’s Exploring New York
My name is Jules Hoepting (jewels/joules, hope-ting), a 21-year-old dork who has taken to walking around and testing my phone’s photo storage capacity. Canadian by birth, I grew up in the flat part of New York, the former basin of Lake Ontario. When I was one year old, my mom moved to Orleans County for …