Like many Capital Region residents, our family makes an annual pilgrimage to Florida. Sometimes we fly in, but more often we drive to avoid the expense of multiple airline tickets and car rental. Even without the cost savings, I prefer to drive from Albany to Florida just to see what we can see along the…
Like many Capital Region residents, our family makes an annual pilgrimage to Florida. Sometimes we fly in, but more often we drive to avoid the expense of multiple airline tickets and car rental. Even without the cost savings, I prefer to drive from Albany to Florida just to see what we can see along the…
Like many Capital Region residents, our family makes an annual pilgrimage to Florida. Sometimes we fly in, but more often we drive to avoid the expense of multiple airline tickets and car rental. Even without the cost savings, I prefer to drive from Albany to Florida just to see what we can see along the…
Seduced by tales of free range kids, we let our kids hike the Frankenstein Cliff Trail in New Hampshire on their own. Mind you, we let our ten-year-old go off with the same mature teen who forgot to pack her hiking boots for a backpacking expedition. Despite her forgetfulness, we had good reason for our…
After a tense school year, abounding in tests that determine our eldest’s future, the entire family is wound up so tight that our fight or flight response is on full alert. Before taking flight, we had just one more chore, but it was a doosie. We had one day to pack for a hut to…
The promise of strawberry shortcake was the only lure needed to draw us to the Strawberry Festival in Schoharie, NY. For every food there is a time. At Halloween, there is the season of the candy corn. Come Easter, and you have the season of the peep. And now, I’ve found a (new to me)…
I’ve been looking for skate parks in the Capital Region. No, not for myself. Can you imagine? Middle aged mom dons breaks every bone trying to learn how to do an ollie. No, I’ve been looking for a places to take my son to practice skateboarding that are fun, safe, and preferably free. I haven’t…
Ever since he got a new skateboard in California last summer, my son has been nagging me to take him to a skate park. I told him to just go outside and practice his skateboard skills in the neighborhood, but I knew better. Skateboarding on rough asphalt is no substitute for gliding on smooth concrete….
If I could, I would stop at every roadside stand to stock up on comestibles, and to just soak in the ambience. Time being limited, I pick and choose where we pull over. The Carrot Barn lured me in for the name alone. Come on, it’s big, it’s green, and it’s called the “carrot barn.” …
One of my fondest childhood memories is a visit to a strawberry field in Maryland with my friend Ann. We rolled in on a Scooby Doo bus, tasked with filling buckets and pulling weeds. Little did they know that those weeds had nothing to fear from me, as I instead proceeded to test how many…