Essex, New York Guide and Community Blog
Saturday, April 20 at 12:30 pm Champlain Area Trails (CATS) is putting the final touches on a new hiking/skiing trail that will be an important link in the system of trails connecting Westport to Essex, NY. If you’re interested in being part of the creation of “Farm and Forest Trail,” then learn where and when [...]
Wadhams Free Library and Dogwood Bread Company Sunday Brunch ~ April 14, 10am – 1pm A Sourdough Waffle and Frittata Extravaganza to benefit our Library Brunch will be at the Dogwood Bakery in Wadhams, NY. Profits will go to benefit the Wadhams Free Library! Come to enjoy a delicious meal and support one of our local [...]
Champlain Area Trails (CATS) is developing a new hiking/skiing trail that will be an important link in the system of trails connecting Westport to Essex, NY. The new trail will be named “Farm and Forest Trail.” CATS invites volunteers to help create the trail on the afternoon of Saturday, February 16. “This trail will link Wadhams to the Bobcat [...]
Another one of the stories entered in this round of the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) writing contest is Paula Castner‘s The Experiment. If you haven’t yet, you should go vote in the contest! I love the way Castner begins her aptly named story by actually introducing her tale as the parameters of an experiment! The grand experiment began six summers ago: Could [...]
Another of the stories in the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) writing contest is Coon Dogs of Westport by David Boucher. If you haven’t voted yet, you should go vote soon! Boucher writes about how his search for the perfect summer home ends in Westport, NY, after seeing the marvelous views on one of the CATS trails. The preservation of the Adirondacks attracts [...]
Jen Zahorchak‘s essay “Turtle Crossing” is a humorous, informative and entertaining entry in the Champlain Area Trails Travel Writing Contest. Zahorchak and her family moved to the Champlain Valley to get away from the negatives of city life and get closer to nature. She remarks that a turtle crossing sign helped them make the decision that their [...]
Elizabeth Lee wrote a wonderful essay extolling the similarities between Montmartre in Paris and the Champlain Valley for the Champlain Area Trails Travel Writing Contest. Lee’s “This Could Be Montmartre” gives a beautiful comparison between the park and staircase of Montmartre with local features of Coon Mountain. Despite the ocean between the locations and the different cultures, Lee [...]
One of the finalists in the Champlain Area TrailsTravel Writing Contest, Catherine Bahn’s “Musicians Inspired” shows us the stark contrast between life in the Champlain Valley compared to city life. Rural life certainly beats out the dreary cityscape Bahn describes, and the countryside and wilderness will always win the comparison for me. Here is an excerpt [...]
CATS launched their first travel writing contest in September and it has drawn to its conclusion this January. Jessica Wimett, of Wadhams, won the $250 People’s Choice Prize for receiving the most online votes. Here is an excerpt from her piece that I particularly liked; the final message reminds me of Aldo Leopold‘s musings on nature [...]
