One advantage of living on Long Island (and for me personally, advantages of living here are very hard to come by) is the presence of large bodies of water open to kayaking and canoeing. Besides the obvious Long Island Sound and the Great Sound Bay, there are several rivers that can be explored by personal watercraft. One such river, is the Peconic on Eastern Long island. It originates near Brookhaven National Lab and lazily flows east, towards Riverhead and the crotch of Long Island and eventually empties into the Flanders Bay, which is apart of the Peconic Bay. This river has been on my list ever since I moved to Long Island but for variety of reasons (most of them bullshit excuses) never got around to it.
Entries Tagged as 'adventure'
Canoeing on the Peconic River (Long Island, New York)
August 8th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Adventure, Fun, Geocaching, Kayaking and Canoeing, Long Island, Personal, Photography
Tags: adventure·Canoeing·Geocaching·Long Island·New York·Peconic River·Suffolk County
Bicycling from Maine Coast to North Central Massachusetts
June 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Adventure, Bicycling, Photography, Travel
This was another one of those plans that hatched this past winter, while the snow lingered outside and I was laying on the floor in front of the TV planning future bike trips on mapmyride.com. For this particular plan, however, lot of things had to come together – and perfectly at that. First, the weather had to be decent – at least – as I was planning to ride lite (no panniers). Second, the ride had to coincide with out visit to Andi’s parents in Lunenburg, MA. And third, because the train was leaving from Boston North Station, there would have to be a good reason for someone to drop me off in Boston with my bike. In this case, Andi’s college reunion planned for the weekend worked just fine.
Tags: adventure·Bicycling·bike ride·cycling·Lunenburg·Maine·Massachusetts·Nashua·New Hampshire·Photography·riding·Travel
Tough Mudder Bear Creek, PA (Race Report)
April 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Adventure, Personal, Photography, Travel
After finishing a Rugged Maniac 5K race in Southwick, MA in the Fall of 2010 (which was neither Rugged nor Maniac-al according to my humble opinion) we started looking for a new challenge. Eventually, my attention was caught by an facebook ad for an event called “Tough Mudder”. Dissatisfied with the Rugged Maniac and similar-length/difficulaty races such as the Warrior Dash and Spartan Race (partially, because they do offer 8+ mile and 48 hour races), the Tough Mudder looked like a formidable challenge. First, there was the distance of 11 miles, then the elevation changes since the race was held in a ski center with some snow still around, and finally the nature of obstacles.
Tags: adventure·Allentown·Bear Creek·challenge·electroshock·endurance·grit·mud·obstacle·pain·Pennsylvania·race·running·Tough Mudder
Doing Fun Things in 2011
March 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Bicycling, Miscellaneous, Personal, Travel
Perhaps posting my travel/adventure plans for 2011 will make me more likely to stick to them. And maybe not. Regardless here the first three I am already registered for. More to come later.
Tags: adventure·biking·century ride·cycling·Long Island·Montauk·New York·race·Tough Mudder·tour
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