Our favorite non-hiking adventures
Basic Information Date of trip: 07/09/2022 – 07/16/2022 Where we stayed: AirBnB cabin in Ellsworth, ME Itinerary Day 1 – Saturday: 9-hour drive with stop at Ogunquit, ME – 1) Kayaking and walking Ogunquit Beach; 2) Walking Marginal Way Day 2 – Sunday: 1) Beehive Trail; 2) Sand Beach Day 3 – Monday: Dorr Mountain […]
Introduction The Basin is a gorgeous waterfall that cascades into a large pothole in the Pemigawasset River that originated from a melting glacier during the end of the Ice Age. This was day 2, part 2, of our White Mountains, New Hampshire get-away. Our Impressions The Basin can be combined with a hike but given […]
South Street Seaport or the Seaport, is a historic neighborhood in downtown Manhattan, right next to the Financial District, on meeting point of Fulton Street and the East River. Its purpose is to give its visitors a glimpse of commercial maritime life during the 18th and 19th centuries. Basic Information Date of trip: 04/26/2022 Location: […]
Basic Information Date of Adventure: 12/05/2021 Location: Gansevoort Street to 34th Street and 10th Avenue to 12th Avenue, NYC. Distance: 1.45 mile one-way How to get there: take NYCT Subway A, C, E, L train to 14th Street and 8th Avenue to enter the southern part of the park A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 […]
Running is defined by Wikipedia as “a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot.” Humans have been running since the times they were being chased by predators to save their lives. Competitive running can be traced back to ancient Greece, to around 2,700 years ago, where it played […]
Yoga Origins Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline that originated in ancient India over 5,000 years ago. In Sanskrit, the word yoga comes from the root “yuj,” which means to attach, join, harness, yoke. A practitioner of yoga is called a yogi (male) or yogini (female). It was practiced by Brahmans or Vedic […]
Basic Information Date of Trip: 10/02/2021 – 10/03/2021 Location: Durham, NY Where we stayed: The Gifford Hull-O Farms is a living farm. It was started by John and Sally Hull in 1786 and is still operational today, seven generations later, by Frank and Sherry Hull and their sons. The original house, built in 1810, is […]
Basic Information Date of Adventure: 09/12/2021 Location: south shore of Long Island, NY, part of Suffolk County Please visit our first hiking Fire Island trip and our second biking Fire Island trip for more details. Our Impressions What can I say? We love Fire Island. This was our third trip there, second time with bikes, […]
Although hiking on flat ground can be done by anyone of any fitness level, ascending strenuous mountains does require a good amount of strength. Sheldon is a long-distance runner while I prefer a variety of exercises anywhere from HIIT to cardio kickboxing to weightlifting to yoga and to Pilates. As a Jamaican, Sheldon was born […]
Date of adventure: 08/08/2021 Location: NYC Cruise from Brooklyn to Statue of Liberty and back This was a privately rented yacht for a group of 30 people. The weather was not promising and showed rain and storms so, unfortunately, quite a number of our large group chickened out and did not show. At the end, […]