Hike #37 - Sourland Mountain Preserve; or, "Rocky II"

Hiking Sourland Mountain PreserveDate: April 14, 2012

Distance: Approximately 5 miles

Time to completion: Approximately 2 hours

Trail Configuration: Loop

Terrain: Dirt and rocks

Difficulty: Moderate

It has been over two months since our last hike, and I have to admit that I was wondering how out of shape we might be. Each time we had planned to go on a hike was always the one time that week that the weather would not be cooperating with us! We had begun to think that we were never going to be able to get out onto the trails again—or, at least not before our muslces completely atrophied and we were unable to hike even a mile. Fortunately, everything lined up perfectly on Saturday, April 14th. The weather was a cool and sunny 70-degrees. There was not a rain cloud in sight. And, we discovered that were weren't in as bad of shape physically as we were a year ago when we first began hiking (see Hawk Mountain Hike). 

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Hike #36 - Fort Washington State Park; or, "Duck, Duck, Goose!"

Hiking Fort Washington State ParkDate: February 1, 2012

Average temperatures in Pennsylvania for the month of February usually sit in the low to mid-40s. However, this winter has been anything but average. On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, temperatures hit a high of 65-degrees, and Hiking with Impunity found itself pushing the snowshoes they had purchased ever further back into the closet, and instead reached for their short-sleeve shirts!

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Hike #33 - Big Cypress Bend ; or, "Make Sure You Get a Shot of the Baby Gators!"

Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk was another short, fun scenic hike that we took during our recent tour of South Florida.

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Hike #32 - Shark Valley at Everglades National Park; or, "My What Big Teeth You Have!"

Hiking with Alligators The New Year has been kind to Hiking with Impunity thus far, providing us with ample opportunities to sample hikes outside of our native Pennsylvania (with even more along the way later this year!). This time, Hiking with Impunity would land in South Florida thereby making it our mission to head to the Everglades and experience even a little of what hiking in South Florida has to offer.

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Interviewing with Impunity - The Curt Ashenfelter Q&A, Part 3

Curt Ashenfelter, the Executive Director of the Keystone Trails Association (KTA), recently participated in a Q&A with Hiking with Impunity. In the first part of our interview, Curt explained the importance of the KTA to Pennsylvania's trails and some of the opportunities available to hikers to help with trail maintenance. The second part of our interview consisted of the entire testimony Mr. Ashenfelter presented to the Pennsylvania House Game & Fisheries Committee. The following transcript is the last portion of our Q&A in which Mr Ashenfelter addresses topics such as hydrofracking.

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