Centre of Adventure

Not far from State College, up past Boalsburg, sits beautiful Colyer Lake, an excellent place to quickly escape to nature for a little outdoor adventure. In the small Colyer community, […]

Mount Washington sits high above the other peaks in New Hampshire’s White Mountains and is known to have some of the worst weather in the world. Yes, the cold wind […]

My adventures of late just haven’t been the same. You see, when I am out on the trail I often instinctively look down by my side at my dog, Peggy. […]

As much as I love to get outside for adventure (even in the winter), sometimes when the cold wind blows a little too hard, and when winter sun has already […]

Sometimes, if you travel a little farther than you are used to, you might find something new and worthwhile. For many Centre County residents looking for some outdoor adventure, a […]

Did you know that, not too far away from Centre County, up in the Pennsylvania Wilds, there is a bridge that used to be considered the “eighth wonder of the […]

I will never forget the first time I ever saw a rattlesnake out in the wild. I was hiking up the boulders near the Shingletown Gap trailhead with my brother, […]

To be honest, I am not sure if I want to put this story out there. After all, a good swimming hole is something special, and, well, the only surefire […]

By David Kurtz Who would have guessed sixty years ago that a short stretch of Spring Creek in Bellefonte would become a top training ground for whitewater paddling, perhaps the best in […]

I have always loved the old saying about March: It comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb. Here in Nittany Lion country, that saying really hits […]