Towns and Trails

Don’t panic! We’re just on vacation for a couple of weeks. Dave and I will be celebrating our first wedding anniversary with a road trip to Lake Michigan.

Tyler Bradt, a 22 year old professional whitewater kayaker, and previous owner of the world’s highest waterfall run, has reclaimed his record with a 186 foot plunge off the Palouse Falls.

After reading our recent posts on the Lower Mystic Lake and the Mystic River, a colleague sent me an email letting me know that Boston’s Channel 5 will be running a feature on the River tonight.

NBC’s Today Show has been running a segment called “Today Takes a Vacation,” where the anchors travel across the country to broadcast from different locations. Their first stop this year was Lake George in the Adirondacks!

Although we’ve suspected it for a while, the New York Times recently confirmed that Adirondack black bears are smarter than the average, well, bear.

About a month after posting our article A Paddle Along the Mystic, a reader pointed out that the Lower Mystic and the Mystic River are supposed to be no wake zones.