Sports
Lehigh River nearly Mega Release
After much back and forth we hiked down the damn dam (aka F. E Walter Dam) and launched in the rapids of doom which proved to be almost nothing, though certainly enough to wake you up and probably the steepest … Read more and see pictures
Hackensack River Fireworks
Well, it wasn’t my most successful trip, what with vast unexpected crowds in Johnson Park, rain, darkness. Still 7 of us managed to hit the water and see the fireworks after a quick trip home for extra rain gear. At … Read more and see pictures
Mother’s Day America’s Cup racing on the Hudson
Spent Mother’s Day with my mother and a few hundred thousand others watching the foiling catamarans get foiled by the funky winds and tides of the Hudson. With the river barely a mile wide and 50 story buildings to windward … Read more and see pictures
Teaneck Color Run
It started really late, nearly the entire pack was lost with only the top 5 finishers running the course and the rest showing up at the finish from the wrong direction many minutes late…but they had a great time and … Read more and see pictures
Beautiful day, beautiful trip, thanks once again Bob. Swelled by resent rains, the Great Swamp was several feet above it’s usually muddy early summer levels, allowing us to short cut a few of the s-bends, but also making us deal … Read more and see pictures
Bergen County Cross Country Meet of Champions
2 observations. Cross Country on a fall day is a beautiful sport I know a lot more about cross country then I do about football, basketball or any of the other sports I usually shoot. I feel those athletes pain … Read more and see pictures
Re-enactors bringing to life the running battles for Bergen County around Hackensack
Another well done event by the Bergen County Historical Society highlighted by the Battoe ‘Moon’, a replica 18th Century bateau brought down to Hackensack by Cap’n Scott Monro. Nice to have a boat back at New Bridge Landing as the site is … Read more and see pictures
Housatonic with HRCKC
Another great trip led by Bob Rancan. Really beautiful country which is the biggest reason I’m posting this. With him mountains all around it’s the prettiest river I’ve floating within driving distance. Originally Bob had planned to lead a trip … Read more and see pictures
County Group XC Championships
Bergen County 2011 High School Group Cross Country Running championships at Darlington County Park in Mahwah. As a runner in my past life I’d wanted to shoot cross country for sometime….arrived a bit late for the top boys race…Darlington is … Read more and see pictures
Cliffside Park at Ridgefield Park Girls Soccer
OK…2 mediocre teams but a beautiful new park and a beautiful day. Ridgefield Park dominated but Cliffside Park was able to tie it up it in the final minutes of regulation. Most of the way thru the second overtime Ridgefield … Read more and see pictures