Family Fun
Adirondack Fourth of July
One of my favorite times of the year is coming up — and it's coming up fast!
I don't know about you, but when I think about summer, I think about camping, s'mores, fireworks, and parades.
Well, here...
Adirondack Experience The Museum On Blue Mountain Lake
25Jun2017
Author:RaChelle HosleyAs many of you know, our beloved museum in Blue Mountain Lake has undergone a lot of changes in the last few months. They have changed from The Adirondack Museum to Adirondack Experience, the...
Tips & tricks: Camp like a pro
For as long as I can remember, I have spent a portion of my summers camping. As a family, we would always go once right when school got out in June, and again before heading back to school in early...
Kunjamuk Cave
06Jun2017
Author:RaChelle HosleyA Break in the Weather
After what seemed like weeks and weeks of non-stop rain, we finally got some much needed sunshine in the Adirondacks. So, I grabbed my friend Steven and his dog Theo and we...
Playground Hopping
Have you been as stir crazy this year as I have been? It seemed like the cold weather just didn't want to let go. Well, now that the snow is gone (and hopefully we won't see any more) all I can...
Chasing Waterfalls
When I was younger, my mom and I would always go on different hikes throughout the summer.
It had been a while since we had had this opportunity - you know how life is... I've gotten older and...
Interview with an Angler
18Apr2017
Author:RaChelle HosleyTrout season is open here in the Adirondacks, so I decided to sit down with an avid angler to talk about his love of fishing.
Charlie Warfield is an experienced fly fisherman that lives (and...
RaChelle's Law
28Mar2017
Author:RaChelle HosleyIn my house, Murphy's Law is not a thing. We refer to it as RaChelle's Law... if it can go wrong, it already has - or it will! This is the way my life goes in general, but especially over the last...
Home is where the hog is
It's nearly impossible to miss: A few miles north of Speculator, right next to Route 30, there's a boulder painted to look like a pig's head.
Affectionately known as "Pig Rock," the man-made landmark...
Cross-Country Skiing in the Adirondacks
So far this year, we have had a fantastic winter. There is certainly no shortage of snow! Storm after storm has dumped plenty of the fluffy white stuff on us.
The fantastic thing about winter in the...