Saratoga Battlefield Wilkinson Trail: The Turning Point

Three of Three in a Series on Saratoga Springs, New York

Take the 4.2 mile hike through history.

So today I’m 364 days closer to age 30. In other words, I celebrated my 29th birthday yesterday. Between cards and calls, emails and presents (no Bounty Hunter; but highlights included a new backpack for both myself and Rufus), I thought about where [...]

Geyser Creek Trail: Taking the Waters

Two of Three in a Series on Saratoga Springs, New York

Spring water from Saratoga Spa State Park.

A rotten-egg bouquet with a surprisingly sweet finish. Complex and metallic; notes of rusty nail. My tasting notes would frighten even the most adventurous wine lover. But it wasn’t wine I sipped along the Geyser Creek Trail in [...]

Petrified Sea Gardens: Something Rich and Strange

One of Three in a Series on Saratoga Springs, New York

Full Fathom Five…

“Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a Sea-change
Into something rich & strange.”

-Shakespeare, The Tempest