The mineral springs are by far my favorite thing about Historic Congress Park, but there are many other features in the park worth seeing if you’re in Saratoga Springs, New York. The park is situated in the center of downtown, between the Saratoga Race Course and Broadway, so it’s fairly easy to just happen upon…
Saratoga Spa State Park: 2018 To be perfectly honest, I’m surprised I don’t write about the springs in Saratoga Spa State Park more often. I frequently roam the park exploring different trails, watching birds, and tasting the spring’s waters, while taking photographs and documenting changes. Saratoga Spa State Park is my favorite place to go to “walk…
Hayes Well Spring in front with Geyser Island Spouter in the distance. Natural Springs Don’t Freeze February 6, 2017 – I’m fairly certain that the springs in Saratoga Springs, NY are a constant 55°F. When I left my house to explore the different springs in Saratoga Spa State Park today, the weather said it…
Yaddo Mansion September 29, 2016 A History of Yaddo The property on which Yaddo stands originally housed a farm, grist-mill, and tavern operated by Jacobus Barhyte, a Revolutionary War veteran who fought at the Battle of Saratoga. Many well-known writers of the 1830s and 1840s dined at Barhyte’s tavern, among them Edgar Allan Poe.…
Tallulah, the forgotten “leaping water” tucked away, just slightly out of view, from those who pass her by. I had searched for her a few times. I had walked past her numerous times. never knowing she was patiently waiting… on the hillside for me to find her. On some Saratoga Spa State Park maps there is…
It’s interesting how different a place can be in a years time… or less. Becky and Andrew were visiting Nathan and I for a weekend in October, and we decided to go for a short hike nearby. I’m not sure who made the decision, but we ended up going to Dwaas Kill Nature Preserve. I…
I am curious. I am directionally challenged. I am determined. I had some time to kill before work and I just happened to be in Saratoga Springs, NY. I was nervous to do something alone, but I desperately wanted to explore and have myself an adventure. I decided to check out the park around the Roosevelt…
I had been waiting… April 9th the park gates opened to Park Tour Road and the National Park Service announced park fees would not be collected until May 1st. Knowing this, I had to make it back to Saratoga National Historical Park before the crowds started rushing in. Being able to drive the nine mile…
My First Encounter I still get weepy when I think about it. My friend Michelle, her brother Brian, and I came across a beaver caught in a beaver guard for a culvert one day while we were hiking in Rutland State Park, Massachusetts. Brian did his best to free it. Michelle made phone calls trying…
I knew it was bound to happen. I would like to claim it was writer’s block. Traveling, hiking, celebrating! I’ve been busy. i had a hard time deciding when and what to write about. so i wrote nothing at all. Now I feel I need to write the last month’s hikes down. Before it becomes…