After 12,000 cross country miles and just over a month and a half of fresh air nights clocked under the stars, my husband, our puppy Charlie and I have decided to save a little cash and start exploring the metro-new york outdoor scene with a K-mart tent and a pair of hiking boots.Like most everyone in their twenties living in the boroughs of this wonderful city we are feeling the economic pinch, but more than that these days we constantly find ourselves searching for a happy compromise between living our dreams and the constant instinctual urge to seek out a simpler life and settle down in a cute little house in the burbs. And so, unwilling to leave our beloved city just yet, we’ve decided to become a different kind of weekend warrior, taking in the simpler life and fresh air bit by bit with a new outdoor excursion every few weeks from spring to fall until we have to pack it in and hibernate for winter.
