This afternoon, Bhavana and I went for another hike in the Somerset County Sourland Mountain Preserve. The hike, a Wildflower Walk, was organised by the Sourland Conservancy Stewards. The hike was led by Jared Rosenbaum of Wild Ridge Plants, LLC. Jared is a naturalist advisor to the Sourland Conservancy’s Sourland Stewards program. Turn's out we had met Jared's wife Rachel Makow. Rachel led a wild edibles walk through the Rock Mil Preserve two years ago, and we were a part…
On Saturday — before the storm broke — we had a bit of family hiking fun. Bhavna had registered for use to go on a geocaching hike in the Sourland Mountain Preserve as part of a fundraising event planned by the Sourland Planning Council. We arrived early and were briefed for 30 minutes on the basics of geocaching by Eric Lemon. Eric and his sons are avid geocaches who go by the moniker “Twisted Lemons” on Geocaching.com. Once we were…
I had an exhausting but fun walk through the Sourland Mountain Preserve in Hillsborough with a group of local photographers for the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk. Despite cloudy skies and the constant threat of rain, we had a good turnout — about fifteen people. We split into two groups and went in different directions. I had a great time chatting about family, photography and life. The path was muddy and slippery with wet leaves. I got down low to…
