Great Places: Montezuma Wildlife Refuge

This enormous 50,000 acre wildlife refuge has been described as “one of the best examples of undisturbed swamp woodlands in New York or New England.” This area is an important stopping point for North Amerian migratory birds and local waterfowl. It’s a wonderful to explore.

Don’t Forget the Archives

Due to all sorts of things going on around here, we haven’t done much traveling. BUT I want to give you a freindly reminder that I have a ton of content in our Travel Archives. I’ve arranged our trips by county. And I also have a Google map of all the places we’ve been. It’s [...]

The Highest Mountain

I came across the Life of Justin blog the other day. He had a great post about climbing the highest point in Arizona, Humphrey’s Peak near Flagstaff. It’s 12, 633 feet high. The photos are great and I enjoyed his post. The highest peak in New York State is Mount Marcy, at 5,344 feet, so [...]

The Cardiff Giant: Great American Hoax

One of the greatest shows and the greatest hoaxes of all time, the “discovery” of the Cardiff Giant stunned and amazed gullible New Yorkers of the mid-19th century. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction!

The New England Hurricane, Pt. 2

When this hurricane unexpectedly hit the northeast, the earth shuddered so severely that the strike registered in seismographs 3,000 miles away. This is part two of what happened that terrible day in September 1938.

Great Places: The Nicholas Herkimer Home

It’s been years since we were out to Little Falls, NY, to see the lovely Nicholas Herkimer Historic site. This was the place where I first caught the travel-history bug: my classmates and I went on a field trip here in 7th grade. It was a spectacular visit. I’ve taken the kids here twice since, [...]