My husband was sweating through his T-shirt on a snowy Saturday morning in December, pitchfork in hand, goats milling about, and Diane the Mule looking at him like this city slicker desk jockey had truly lost his way. The barn was smelling better, but there was still a lot more to clean out, maybe another…
Category: Catskills
Winter Break
Spring holds its breath in the Shawangunk Mountains. It’s been one of the mildest winters in years–terrible for skiing–great for hiking. Nature looks confused; buds bloom next to anemic patches of snow while a pond layered with both ice and melting puddles sleepily weighs its options. We traveled to Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz,…
Green Peace
Two hours north of New York City sits the Catskills Mountains, a region reminding us that the Colonial Dutch and wild cats once roamed there. We repeated a July weekend we spent in Windham last summer–we obviously liked it so much that we decided to not change a thing except add a hike to the…
Head to the Hills!
Two months ago, we made the drive from New York City up to the Catskill Mountains for a family wedding and were shocked to discover that such green tranquility was only a two-hour drive away. Keeping afloat as the grind grinds makes one oblivious to the fact that there is a world beyond the greater…