Archives for January 2010

Whoa. Can you say 12-degrees? Remember those days when the snot would freeze inside your nostrils when you breathed in through your nose? There’s a nice physical image for you. That’s what it was like out there this afternoon, for our first anniversary shindig at Ridge Road Park. In light of this, the first thing that absolutely must be said without further ado is THANK YOU! to all of you brave souls and your wonderful children who rallied today to {Read More}

January has definitely been the month of ice! If you look back through our recent adventures you’ll see ice-play in all of its various incarnations. Kids have spent a good deal of time sliding on, chopping at, spinning on, tossing, cracking, skating on, poking at, fishing for, stomping on, and smashing–the ice. Frozen puddles, bits of icy brook, thickly covered ponds and lakes–each variation has had its own appeal. But I think that the most fun to be had has {Read More}

Kids Unplugged is Turning One! Join us as we celebrate our first year’s success! Saturday, January 30th 11:00 a.m. Ridge Road Park, Hartsdale Octagonal Picnic Pavilion (with a big, cozy, fireplace!) (click here for details & directions) *Hiking & Exploration Kids Unplugged Style* *Make Your Own S’mores* *Yummy Hot Cocoa* & *Birthday Cake* Suggested Donation $10/family for members $15/family for non-members B.Y.O. picnic lunch & hot dogs for the grills and water. All of the above treats will be provided {Read More}

As we all know, Haiti was struck by a severe, 7.0 magnitude earthquake which struck approximately 25-miles outside of the capital city of Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010. The subsequent devastation the people of Haiti are suffering is emotionally overwhelming for all of us watching on the news and wanting to do whatever we can to help. In this spirit, Kids Unplugged sponsored a Hike for Haiti this morning at Rockwood Hall in Rockefeller State Park. We raised close to {Read More}

We returned today for Wacky Wednesday to one of our favorite local spots–the East Irvington Nature Preserve. Jane & Walt Daniels, in their incredible book Walkable Westchester, list the preserve under their section of “tiny treasures,” and that is indeed what it is. The preserve is split into two areas for walking, a wide dirt road that leads straight uphill from the initial access trail to a water tower and the Wecquaesgeek Trail that abuts the road in a semi-circle. {Read More}

Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining is an 834-acre preserve featuring 15-miles of trails running through a variety of habitats from forests to wetlands, a nature center which is home to numerous live animal exhibits (both indoor and outdoor), and an educational facility which offers myriad fantastic programs for children and adults alike. Teatown’s educators work with school groups, summer campers, weekend naturalists, scout troops and environmental stewards to further their mission to, in a nutshell, conserve open space and sustain {Read More}

Today’s Wacky Wednesday Walk was spent along the Pocantico River Trail in the Rockefeller Preserve–only the very beginning of the Pocantico River Trail, however, because the kids were so busy playing and imagining that we just didn’t make it down the trail at all! At one point I said to some of the other grown-ups present that we were going to have to have a Kids Unplugged adults-only hike sometime so that we could actually make some tracks! I was {Read More}

Just a quick announcement to let folks know that the Tarrytown Lakes opened this afternoon at 4pm for skating. The skating schedule is as follows: Monday – Thursday 1 p.m. – 8 p.m. Friday 1 p.m. – 9 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. Can’t wait to get out there!

After our month(or so)-long holiday hiatus, Kids Unplugged was back on the trails today with a Wacky Wednesday Walk at one of our favorite venues, Halsey Pond in Irvington. With a high of about 31-degrees today, I was pleased to see a nice bunch of families at the trail head, bundled up and rearing to go. The big draw today was the ice that was everywhere. Covering the pond and spilling over the path in spots like miniature rinks, the {Read More}