My in-laws gave my wife and I a free weekend at the Mohonk Mountain House for our 10th anniversary a few years back. It’s one of the last remaining old resorts in the Catskills and Shawangunks area of New York state, just outside of the college town of New Paltz, and about 100 miles north [...]

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I went on a 5 mile hike today in the Middlesex Fells, a natural area close to my house that has some of the best hiking near Boston. It was a sunny day and a pleasant 64 degrees. I chose to hike the Rock Circuit Trail because I wanted a good workout and because it [...]

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The Long Trail is a 272 mile trail that runs from the Massachusetts-Vermont state border through Vermont to the Canadian Border. It was established before the Appalachian Trail and is said to have been the model upon which the AT was based. The first 100 miles of the Long Trail coincide with the Appalachian Trail, but the LT keeps going north at White River Junction as the AT breaks east and heads into New Hampshire.

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Just got back from a long weekend section hike on the Mass AT: 29 miles in 2 days. I’m working on a detailed trip report now but was too zonked last night to get much done. There was still plenty of snow, but spring was in the air. I saw hawks, owls, and lots of [...]

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Phoenicia, New York
April 1, 2008
A spokesperson with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation announced today that a male lion was sighted over the weekend by backpackers on Peakamoose Mountain. Authorities report that the lion escaped a bedroom in Eastern Massachusetts sometime in the past week. Known as Ceasar, the male lion is extremely lovable [...]

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