There is something special about taking the long way. The old fashioned way. The hard way. Sure, there are planes and trains and buses and cars and bikes, but there’s just something about going for a hike. For a long walk, for a short stroll, to relieve your mind of tolls. To soak in the …
What to Look at When Everything is Brown and Dead
The transitional phases. You know, that time of year in fall and spring when the dominate color of the landscape is brown. The deciduous trees are leafless. The flowers are dead, but still standing. The ground has some patches of green here and there but is dominated by mud and chlorophyll-depleted grass. What is awesome …
3 Ways to Find Trails
Situation: you decided to go for a walk, but you don’t know where to go. Maybe you’re new to walking/hiking as a hobby and don’t know how to find places to go to. Maybe you have done the same trail too many times and want some new scenery. Maybe you just moved somewhere and are …
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 …