So fellow travelers, today is the final day of the 2017 Great New York State Fair . This photo is from 2011 because I won’t have photos from The Fair this year. You see, for the first time in forty two years I am not going. This is a decision without precident and far out of […]
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Turning the Page on an Endless Summer
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 4, 2017
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Mountain Spells
So fellow travelers, we have spent three days discovering the majestic power of the mountains in Rainier and Olympic National Parks in Washington. Mount Rainier (above) and Mount Olympus (below) They are spellbinding. Yesterday at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, Favorite Older Daughter and I hiked a trail leading to a lookout point. It […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 27, 2017
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Spirit of 60 Road Trip Part Five: Echoes
“It is an incalculable added pleasure to any one’s sum of happiness if he or she grows to know, even slightly and imperfectly, how to read and enjoy the wonder-book of nature.” Theodore Roosevelt So fellow travelers, after the tour inside the house, we stepped out onto the grand porch over looking the grounds of […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 5, 2017
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Zen Moment: Woodpecker’s Haiku
So fellow travelers, I’ve just returned from a week of camping with a good friend at one of the wonderful State Parks we are blessed to have here in Upstate New York. Round Lake Trail at Green Lakes State Park Lots of rain meant plenty of time to write, so I can promise a series […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 30, 2017
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Detours
So fellow travelers, on a recent camping trip, I spent some time hiking one of my favorite trails near Lake Ontario. Delilah and our camping buddy Sammy hiking the trail a few years ago. This trail is unique because it starts with a handicap accessible loop, a short gravel path through shrubs and new growth […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 3, 2017
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Road of Omission
So fellow travelers, a zen moment of awareness from yesterday’s trek in spring weather. It’s late February. Here in Upstate NY, if spring weather shows up in March, we consider it early. Spring weather in February is well, it’s just so unnatural, frankly it’s unnerving. Then again these days what isn’t? Don’t get me wrong. This […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on February 23, 2017
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Treasure Hunt : Looking for Lewis and Clark
So fellow travelers, I first met Lewis and Clark at PS 26 in Yonkers NY. Faded filmstrip images from third grade history lessons peaked my interest. Soon I was scouring the shelves of my local public library, reading everything I could find about their journey. The details of their expedition ignited a lifelong desire to […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 29, 2016
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Solace and Solitude
So fellow travelers, there are moments in the steady onslaught of things which must be done when every fiber of my being cries out for respite. Late this afternoon was one of those moments so Delilah and I headed for a park which I knew would have less foot traffic than our usual walking trail […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on June 16, 2016
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Return to Sterling: postscript
So fellow travelers, a few more thoughts rattling around my brain about the first hike of the season. I returned from my Spring Equinox hike feeling more peaceful than I had in weeks. As I said in my earlier post, I didn’t know what shifted, I just know something settled in my heart which eased […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 13, 2016
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Return to Sterling: Lakeside
So fellow travelers, if there is one lesson I have learned and taken to heart, it is this: When my soul is restless, when something is amiss, when my body, mind and spirit are out of sync there is only one reliable remedy I can take. I take a hike, or at the very least […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 6, 2016
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