Bike Out – Train Back (or visa versa)

Ontario, Canada started the Bike Train concept started two years ago connecting Toronto and Niagara Falls. Via introduced rail cars with bike racks on select trains, allowing cyclists to stay overnight and explore a region on two wheels. As a result of the initial popularity, the service was expanded in 2008 and Bike Train project [...]

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Hepatica flowers in Skidmore Woods

Jackie Donnelly shares her photos of the beautiful spring Hepatica flowers she found in Skidmore Woods on her photographic wanderings around Saratoga. Click here for a map and info on Skidmore North Woods. For other walks around Saratoga Springs, pick up a copy of “25 Short Hikes & Interesting Walks in the Saratoga Springs, NY.”

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New Guidebook – Bike Trails of Lake George Area

Just Released: “25 Interesting Bicycle Trails in the Lake George, NY Region” by Roger Fulton & Michael Carpenter From a short, family friendly “ice cream” ride to a 50 mile long designated state bike route, this book offers more than 25 options in between. Both on-road and off-road biking locations are covered. The 15 mile [...]

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Rochester Area Parks master plan pits hikers versus bikers

By Alex Bauer, Brighton-Pittsford Post, link to original article An Ellison Parks System Master Plan approved by a parks advisory committee last month is drawing ire from hikers, mountain bikers and even some Irondequoit homeowners. The plan, which still needs final approval from the Monroe County Legislature, has been developed as a guideline for the [...]

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Nature Walks for the Average Trekker in the Hudson Valley

By Sandy Tomcho, Times Herald-Record, link to original post With warm weather approaching, it’s natural for our thoughts to turn to the great outdoors. Lucky for us, we’re surrounded by picturesque mountains, lakes and forests, courtesy of our own Hudson Valley landscape. Go! asked several local oudoors experts to recommend some walking trails to get [...]

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“Walkable Westchester” guidebook

“Walkable Westchester” provides a comprehensive variety of walking opportunities on paved paths, woods roads, dirt roads, or narrow woodland trails in urban, suburban, rural, and natural settings in Westchester County, NY. The guide, published by the NY-NJ Trail Conference, highlights over 180 parks, preserves, sanctuaries, and protected open space in Westchester County – about 600 [...]

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An Innovative New Web Site for the Park That Never Closes

Re-designed, re-engineered and re-imagined – the Adirondack Regional Tourism Council launches VisitAdirondacks.com, an exciting new Web site aimed at first-time visitors featuring high definition videos tours and interactive highlights. The new site showcases unique locations within this six-million-ace wilderness via extraordinary aerial video. After more than a decade featuring broader aspects of the region the [...]

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Hiking the Finger Lakes Trail – a journal

Click here to see photos and read the journal as Gerry hikes the Finger Lakes Trail.

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Create A Gorp

GORP (aka Trail Mix) is an acronym for “Good Old Raisins and Peanuts.” The most common modern variety adds in a sprinkle of M&M’s. But who knew there could be so many GORP recipes that there would actually be a blog about it? There is! Take a gander at CreateAGorp.

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Historically Speaking: Biking the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway (& free guidebook)

Click here for a fun read of the history of biking in the NYC area, plus information on the “Brooklyn-Queens Greenway Guide,” with maps and color photos by David Lutz. The guidebook is available FREE with a download (77 pages, supply your own binding) at www.nycparks.org. Also available are booklets on the Manhattan Greenway, Staten [...]

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