Tag: Off the beaten path

This summer, writer Erin Quinn will share some of her favorite off-the-beaten path adventures right in our own backyard: first ...

Country Living extravaganza at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck In cafes, antique shops, yard sales and attics alike, Hudson Valley ...

In addition to its rich riverfront, Dutchess County is also home to some of the Hudson Valley’s grandest country drives ...

Corinne Mol discloses open secrets and secret secrets   A great way to survive sweating hot days and to get ...

(Wikicommons) Summer in the Catskills without an automobile   How is summer in the Catskills if you don’t drive? Still ...

(Photo care of Wayfinder Experience) Dante DeCecio writes about theatre camps and abandoned buildings   Walking through the hilly and ...

Dakota Unity Riders in New York City. Note: This week’s column is the final installment of a series recording my ...

Old cement plant near Saugerties.Photo by Rich Parisio. This week’s column is part of a series recording author Rich Parisio’s ...

Ebony Jewelwing. (photo by Rich Parisio) I must confess I had to steel myself for this walk in the blazing ...

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome’s 1909 Bleriot. In all the days and years that have followed, I don’t know that I’ve ever ...

Skytop, Mountain House and Mohonk Lake from Eagle Cliff. (photos by Rich Parisio) One of the pleasures of living in ...

Entrance to the Stanford Wildlife Preserve. (photo by Rich Parisio) After a week or more of mostly rainy weather, the ...

(L-R) Rock fissures, Sam, rock-splitting oak at Giant’s Ledges. (photos by Rich Parisio) For a sense of wildness in nature, ...

Tidal channels at Tivoli Bays. (photo by Rich Parisio) There are walks we take that are best thought of as ...

A Canadian goose family. (photo by Rich Parisio) A beloved place is like a reliable friend: it demands nothing from ...

Marshy shore with Tussock Sedge. (photo by Rich Parisio) On my recent spring walk at Thompson Pond, at the foot ...

Cascades on Peters Kill. What does one make of a hike that begins at a graveyard? Only that the human ...

Vernooy Kill Falls. (photo by Rich Parisio) The trail to Vernooy Kill Falls leaves the road to enter a moist ...

Catskill view from fire tower. (photo by Rich Parisio) Spring is a kind of kaleidoscope. Its array of delicate colors ...

Spring pool. (photos by Rich Parisio) To climb a crag like Bonticou is an exciting outdoor experience, but to view ...