Photo of Andy Arthur

Andy Arthur

The color television assures us that April showers bring May flowers. 🌷🌻🌼 I'll believe it when I see it, though there are definite hints of the green up -- grass is looking greener in the city, some bushes are starting to bloom and there are signs of the days to come. Days have gotten longer, windows open and it's generally just nicer then not that long ago.

Second Pond Trail

 Second Pond Trail

The Second Pond Trail is a 2.5 mile hike back from Chatiemac Lake Road in Bakers Mills.Β While the trail can be muddy, especially in the spring, this remote lake is good for solitude and brookies.

Tenant Creek Falls Trail

An interactive map of the new trail up to Tenant Creek Falls, at least the lower falls, as apparently the DEC has not digitized the improved trail up to the upper falls and Tenant Creek ATV Trail - Dominic Bridge (which doesn't apparently exist in state's SAM database). It's actually kind of neat that there are places that state doesn't have on their map.

Four Wheeling

A couple ride past on a UTV on the narrow shoulder of NY 43 as I head through Averal Park in rural Rensselaer County.

Taken on Thursday April 30, 2020 at Taconics.

Griswold Heights 1952

According to state tax records, Griswold Heights was constructed around 1950. By 1952, most of the projects were done and as you can see from the 1952 aerial, few things have change in Griswold Heights in the past 70 years.