Aqueduct abutment. (photo by Rich Parisio) High Falls is a place of two trails, and both have stories to tell....

Frozen marsh and oxbow. Though it's natural, in late February and early March, to anticipate the coming of spring, yet...

Frozen marsh and oxbow. (photo by Rich Parisio) Though it's natural, in late February and early March, to anticipate the...

Talus slab resting on glacial erratics. (photo by Richard Parisio) Among the many kinds of walks we take, the walk...

View of Near Trapps from the Foothills. (photo by Richard Parisio) Among the many kinds of walks we take, the...

Bluebird’s nest box, rustic bench and pavilion. (photo by Richard Parisio) Poets' Walk is one of those places in the...

Lookout from rustic pavilion. (photo by Richard Parisio) Poets' Walk is one of those places in the Hudson Valley that...

Cliff aged with icicles. (photo by Richard Parisio) For outdoor adventure close to home, mingled with scenic grandeur, nothing beats...

Cliff aged with icicles. (photo by Richard Parisio) For outdoor adventure close to home, mingled with scenic grandeur, nothing beats...

Samuel Morse house built in 1851. (photo by Richard Parisio) Had I stumbled upon Locust Grove in a remote region,...

Pitch pine on a bluff above the Hudson River. Had I stumbled upon Locust Grove in a remote region, its...

Lone White Ash tree in fog. (photo by Richard Parisio) One can take a short walk, close to home, in...

Shawangunk Ridge from the Grasslands Refuge. (photo by Richard Parisio) One can take a short walk, close to home, in...

The view downriver to Esopus Island. My favorite place for a winter walk is where land and water meet. In...

My favorite place for a winter walk is where land and water meet. In our region, this boundary zone is...

To enter the woods after the season's first snowstorm is to meet winter on its own terms and to glimpse...

My favorite time to walk along the famous Trapps cliffs at Mohonk Preserve is in late fall, when the leaves...

There is something about walking up and down through strata of stone that gives one a feeling for the ancient...

Rebecca and Sam at Willow Kiln Park, Rosendale. There are places we go to for a sense of primeval wildness,...

(Photo by Richard Parisio) “The walk to take today is the walk you took yesterday," wrote John Burroughs in his...