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The ridgetop known as Jensen’s Ledges is crowned by a series of sculptures created by stacking bluestone slabs.
The ridgetop known as Jensen’s Ledges is crowned by a series of sculptures created by stacking bluestone slabs. ( Pamela Chergotis)

Upriver energy

Along the Upper Delaware River, way upriver, is a teensy place called Lordville, where you’ll find a trail to the top of...

Day Tripper
18 Mar 2025 | 11:30
Henry on the Overcliff Trail, Mohonk Preserve, Kerhonksen, N.Y. (Photo by Pamela Chergotis)
Henry on the Overcliff Trail, Mohonk Preserve, Kerhonksen, N.Y. (Photo by Pamela Chergotis)

Benched

After many weeks submerged in his recliner and packed in ice like a halibut, Tom was desperate to get back on the trail....

Day Tripper
02 Jan 2025 | 01:29
The view from Split Rock Lookout in the remote western Catskills
The view from Split Rock Lookout in the remote western Catskills ( Photo by Pamela Chergotis)

Last licks

The branch had to go. It was blocking the topmost spot on the communal kayak rack, where our new sit-ons would fit perfectly....

Day Tripper
26 Aug 2024 | 01:24
This wide-open view overlooking Culver Lake is an ideal spot for a picnic.
This wide-open view overlooking Culver Lake is an ideal spot for a picnic. ( Photo by Pamela Chergotis)

All paths lead to the A.T.

We discovered two new climbs to the Appalachian Trail, up to that prickly, spiny rock nougat that makes your fancy hiking...

Day Tripper
13 May 2024 | 04:14
‘I wanted to sit on the frozen bank and the watch ducks fly in that way they do, in tight formation a foot above the water.’
‘I wanted to sit on the frozen bank and the watch ducks fly in that way they do, in tight formation a foot above the water.’ ( By Pamela Chergotis)

Alone with the river

We had avoided the faintly blazed, indifferently cleared, ridiculously steep Pioneer Trail for a long time. Then one day,...

Day Tripper
02 Apr 2024 | 01:43
An unremarkable stretch of the Appalachian Trail, at any moment, can become a wonder.
An unremarkable stretch of the Appalachian Trail, at any moment, can become a wonder. ( Photo by Pamela Chergotis)

The whoosh of a living cloud

The newly fallen leaves were making walking difficult. We were on the Appalachian Trail, normally an easy trail to follow,...

Day Tripper
28 Dec 2023 | 11:39
A bust of a Boy Scout with a thousand-yard stare sits atop the Tower of Friendship, a Depression-era obelisk on newly public Scout land in Tusten, NY.
A bust of a Boy Scout with a thousand-yard stare sits atop the Tower of Friendship, a Depression-era obelisk on newly public Scout land in Tusten, NY. ( Pamela Chergotis)

Orange means go!

I’ve been reminded lately of mornings growing up in my gritty industrial town in North Jersey, when I’d sniff the air for...

Day Tripper
20 Sep 2023 | 11:16
The Delaware River blanketed in smog from Canadian wildfires on June 7, less than a month after the pandemic was officially declared “over.”
The Delaware River blanketed in smog from Canadian wildfires on June 7, less than a month after the pandemic was officially declared “over.” ( Pamela Chergotis)

This time, there’s no safe bubble

After the United Nations produced its we’re all going to die climate report in March, Al Franken looked into the camera....

Day Tripper
08 Jun 2023 | 02:06
We have time: a busy family’s mantra

We have time: a busy family’s mantra

There is a sense of urgency in the spring. Even as the days warm up and we spend long afternoons enjoying the sun and shirking...

Day Tripper
01 Mar 2023 | 10:27
Home sweet base camp

Home sweet base camp

If I made an activity chart of my retirement so far, the biggest slice would be devoted to cleaning. In nine months I’ve...

Day Tripper
27 Feb 2023 | 11:16
Breaking free of the desk chair

Breaking free of the desk chair

My Fitbit, like a secret spy, has spent the past dozen years creating a dossier on me. I bought it to replace an old-style...

Day Tripper
22 Nov 2022 | 11:45
The Picture Window, overlooking a curve of the Upper Delaware, is part of 60 miles of Boy Scout trails in Sullivan County, NY to be preserved for public use.
The Picture Window, overlooking a curve of the Upper Delaware, is part of 60 miles of Boy Scout trails in Sullivan County, NY to be preserved for public use. ( Pamela Chergotis)

When the campers go home

During the height of camping season along the Upper Delaware, the air is filled with wood smoke, the river with rafts, and...

Day Tripper
17 Aug 2022 | 09:21
During the Sheep Mania of the 19th century, rock walls like these at Wawayanda State Park went up in a frenzy.
During the Sheep Mania of the 19th century, rock walls like these at Wawayanda State Park went up in a frenzy. ( Pamela Chergotis)

The wonders underfoot

Tom Wessels stands next to a stone wall at the start of his Reading the Forested Landscape YouTube series. Sporting a frizzy...

Day Tripper
28 Jun 2022 | 01:08
AllTrails led the writer — via Waze, after jotting down its directions onto some reliable notepaper — to Bald Mountain, elevation 2,723.
AllTrails led the writer — via Waze, after jotting down its directions onto some reliable notepaper — to Bald Mountain, elevation 2,723. ( Pamela Chergotis)

A funky little party mountain

I’m merging with traffic as Anne Boleyn takes her last trip down the Thames. A Boleyn watcher since sixth grade, I know how...

Day Tripper
11 Mar 2022 | 03:59
Scorched earth elegy

Scorched earth elegy

I didn’t know what I was looking at. I recognized only a sickening dread. The badlands of the Shawangunk Ridge at Sam’s Point,...

Day Tripper
19 Jan 2022 | 12:45
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