Today we woke up in a beautiful Chenango Valley State Park and ate our staple breakfast: oatmeal and Nutella sandwiches. After looking at the map, we realized it was going to be our hilliest day yet, but all of us were in good spirits and ready for the challenge. Later that day, we stopped at […]
Today, we biked 26 miles, with some small issues, which were all resolved. We had breakfast at a café, where we ate bagels some nice and breakfast sandwiches. We then went to the D&R trail, where the majority of the biking happened. We took a nice lunch break at a farm house/shop, where we bought […]
We woke up in the morning and and learned that Otto and Paulotta had caught a mysterious stomach bug, and they had stayed up the whole night not feeling great. Jaya, Sasha, Lachlan, Roman and Jack all slept well. Jasper had gotten very little sleep because he stayed up with them for emotional support, and […]
7/26 We woke up this morning all safe and snug in the tents we set up in the dark last night. We enjoyed a scrumptious pastry breakfast and walked to catch a bus into town. When we got to Bar Harbor, we decided to go on a gander. Post-gander, we met in the park for a […]
Anxious Trekkers and Trip Leaders met in Bryant Park in Manhattan this morning to begin a 400 mile journey up the scenic Hudson Valley and Champlain Valley. The group boarded a Metro North train to Irvington, NY and there met some additional Trekkers. The highlights of this Trek include The Walkway over the Hudson, the […]
We woke up at 6:30 and said goodbye to our favorite campsite. We had bagels and peanut butter and Nutella for breakfast. Seth led us to our first stop, Shaws, where we ate a yummy lunch and tried to dry off from the rain. Once we started biking again, everyone was cold and wet, so […]
Today we biked through the scenic hills of upstate New York, stopping for a snack in the morning at a local market (the name of which I do not remember.) They found a sweet cat there that let us pet it. After that we stopped at a farm stand for lunch: some fried veggies as […]
Today was a great start for our D&R trip. After talking with the parents and going over everyone’s bikes we descended into the depths of Penn Station where we got food and boarded our train to New Brunswick, NJ. When we got off the train, we found the nearest park and taught the kids everything […]
We left the campground today after eating cereal, yogurt, and blueberries with honey. We cruised through the neighborhood with gingerbread houses, stopping to check out the rocking chairs and décor. We caught our morning ferry, had some snacks, and took a nap to the rocking of the boat. When we arrived in Hyannis, it was […]
The perky D&R Trekkers and their 2 Trip Leaders met in Manhattan early this morning to begin their 6 day journey along the off-road trail that follows the Raritan Canal and Delaware Canal. After a PATH train ride to New Brunswick, NJ, the Trekkers will bike through Rutgers University, Princeton, Trenton, the site of Washington […]