Cool Rivers

This weekend, we headed to Zealand River to find a cool place to spend the afternoon. We parked at the Zealand River day use picnic area, paid the $5 parking fee, and started walking up the road. We walked on the road, crossed the Zealand River, and quickly came to the Flat Iron cross country…

Zealand Valley Railroad Trail

Today we headed over to the Zealand area in search of the old Zealand Valley Railroad. We’ve explored a little over here before but never as extensively as we did today. We parked at the Sugarloaf Mountain trailhead parking – which was full of happy hikers. We followed the Sugarloaf Trail a short distance to…

Slide Brook with Umbrellas

This morning we headed out the door mid morning to check out the Presby Transportation Museum and Tractor Fair. Since we were in the Pondicherry area, we decided to go for a short walk on the Slide Brook Trail to check out the beaver pond. There are two spots to park – either at Owls…