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About Freedom Hiker

I served in the USMC directly out of high school and then taught for two years in the Bronx, NY. I was then a Special Education Coordinator/Special Education teacher at a public high school in the Lower Hudson Valley in Westchester County, New York, for over 20 years. Although I love going to Anthony's Nose, I try to get to different spots in the area. One great thing about living in the Hudson Valley is the abundance of great hikes. You can do the same hike in different seasons, and it will be as if you were hiking that trail for the first time. It doesn't get much better than that!

Tranquility

When

I look

Into your

Eyes, what do you

See? a mirrored life

Masking tranquility.

Vanilla scented love keeps

Me close, intoxicating in

Its simplicity, flowing freely,

Marking days, the drumbeat of my

Life a silent echo, filling

The void with snippets of time

That continue to tell

Me that I love you.

Seen from afar,

I forget

That you

Breathe.

Glens Falls, NY (a hockey weekend)

“You don’t take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it.”

-Author Unknown

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The view from my hotel room at my daughters hockey tournament.

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A crisp, cold winter day in Glens Falls, NY.

Room 337…

“Come out, come out, wherever you are.”

-Jack Torrance

I am in Glens Falls, NY enjoying the weekend at my daughters hockey tournament. For the past few year we have braved the cold and the elements to journey three hours north for some hockey excitement! Usually we stay at the Marriot, which is about 15 minutes from both of the rinks, but this year they decided to stay closer to the rinks to cut down on driving time. So here we are at the Queensbury Hotel.

I am trying to remain positive, but as soon as I walked in the entrance my first thought was, “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” I thought I was at the Overlook, the hotel from the movie The Shining. If twin girls had walked around the corner, I’m pretty sure I would have dropped dead right there. That’s right, word has it that this hotel is haunted. And here we are on Friday the 13th with a full moon in a haunted hotel. Luckily, we didn’t get stuck in room 237. Instead, we are in room 337. You can’t make this stuff up! Anyway, I thought that I would share some photos of the hotel with you.

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Not room 237 but close enough to freak me out, (a little).

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Can’t you picture little Danny riding his big wheel down the hall??

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The Kiss of Winter

Soft flowing water

Falls prey to winters icy kiss.

Forgotten love, lifeless and cold,

Is seen from behind a frosty barricade,

The soul the unknowing victim.

Twisted by time and a half written rhyme,

We all seek a peaceful reprise.