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 [...]

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 [...]

After 8 months of living in PA, I finally made it to the Delaware Water Gap!  The day was perfect, the drive wasn’t too long, and the trip was definitely worth it – although I’m a bit disappointed that I didn’t manage to even glimpse the Delaware River itself.  Which means that I have a [...]

It was about this time last year that I was ready for a vacation but didn’t have the money to really go on vacation, so I did the next best thing: I booked a “Raft and Stay” package for Kent and I at The Inn at Jim Thorpe.
The package was incredibly affordable. For under $200 [...]

The village of Delaware Water Gap is not quite like any other place in the Poconos. So small that its Main Street is only four blocks long, the quiet town with surprising pops of color sees a remarkable amount of foot traffic. This is because it is nestled alongside the world-famous Appalachian Trail.
At any time [...]

With over 35 courses in the Pocono Mountains, wannabe golf pros such as myself are presented with a good problem – Which course should I play? Of course, the plan is to play them all eventually. (Enter vacation days). So far, I haven’t found a course I didn’t like.
A few weeks ago [...]