Growing up in Vermont, the only winter visitors we really got were tourists heading for the ski slopes.  Nobody was overly fond of them, as they weren’t very interesting, just something of a nuisance.

It’s a different story in northeastern Pennsylvania, where the winter residents are bald eagles!  I’d hazard a guess that outside of [...]

Having grown up in Vermont, I’m no stranger to winter conditions. Harsh winter conditions. As in, three feet of snow overnight, instead of three inches. So as you might imagine, I’ve got some experience with outdoor clothing and gear, what works and what doesn’t.
All too often I see people who are [...]

There was a chill to the air when I stepped out of my office this afternoon, that faint tang that smells of winter. Days are shorter, nights are colder, and winter proper will be here soon. And with the cold weather, I notice that a lot of people stop carrying their cameras with [...]

I never presume to think that I’ve “seen it all,” no matter how frequently I visit a place. But in truth, once I get a good feel for a place, most surprises are fairly small. Which makes the big ones all the more incredible.
Saturday was cold – 28 degrees cold – at sunrise, [...]

Here’s an easy one for anybody who wants to enjoy some fall foliage in under an hour – take a drive up State Route 6, the Robert P. Casey Highway! Branching off I-81 by Dunmore, it runs northward, passing Archbald, Jermyn, and Mayfield before ending near Carbondale.
The Casey runs along the western ridgeline and [...]

Anybody who’s ever entered a golf scramble at some point believes they can win it. Of course, it almost never happens. Well I got as close as I’ve ever been last Friday at a local course. They host 9-hole scrambles that often bring around 100 golfers. Our group of three played [...]

At 7:05 PM Wednesday I officially returned to the East Coast. My Rocky Mountain fly fishing trip wore me out. I was tired and hungry, but I was home. Now, with a new sense of exploration, I plan to hit some of the Pocono Mountains’ best streams and rivers. And with [...]

I consider myself fairly “park savvy” in Pennsylvania, but I was shocked to discover that I’ve only scratched the surface when it comes to state forests and parks in Pennsylvania. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, there are 117 state parks protected for public use in the Commonwealth. I [...]

It had been years since I rode a bike. Of course, as the timeless saying suggests, I had not forgotten. Accompanying six attendees of the Pennsylvania Bus Association, I made my first tracks with Pocono Whitewater. We started from the White Haven trailhead and rode a stretch of the Lehigh Gorge Trail through [...]

I didn’t expect to like ATV trail riding very much. I love the peaceful excitement of the forest, where there are so many happenings hidden behind ferns, beneath the rippling surfaces of streams, and around every trail’s next bend. Tearing between the trees atop a buzzing vehicle would waste those opportunities, wouldn’t it?
Despite my misgivings, [...]