mountain biking in jersey

we spent the weekend mountain biking in jim thorpe, pa and ringwood, nj. i must say, we were pretty dissapointed with the trails. not a lick of singletrack! but ringwood, nj was a very nice area - minus all the ticks. they should change the state slogan from the garden state to the tick state. holy cow. i had at least dozen of those annoying little things. ohh well. vince said not to worry because i'm vaccinated - whatever that means.

here's some pics from ringwood, nj!

keeping an eye on the road

getting ready to ride!

hydration is key! drinking from vinces hydration pack

vince took a slip into some muuuuuud

they say mud masks are good for your skin. what do you think?

there were tons of slick leaves

leaves leave leaves...

peace,

~seppi

have you heard my bark?

i am discovering my bark. do you hear hound or beagle?

:)

~seppi

"camping" weekend

it has been 2 whole months since i have posted anything on here. i'm sorry! we have not been traveling as much lately - which has been pretty nice i must say. don't get me wrong, i love to sprawl out in the back seat as vince drives me to somewhere new for me to smell and mark. it's just nice to sleep in my own bed sometimes - and when i am feeling generous, i even move over a bit so that vince can fit in the bed too!

this past weekend we went "camping" with cody and wendy in pisgah national forest near brevard, nc. the quotations are because we used wendy's camper which kind of takes some of the "roughing it" out of camping. but there is a heater so i am not complaining at all! while out there we did some mountain biking, hiking, and relaxing by the fire. before we left, we spent some time working around wendy's. while wendy trimmed the horses feet, maddie, meg and i ate hoof! there are all kind of good smells and tastes out there!

here are some pictures from the weekend. vince and i are about to hit the road again for around 2 weeks. hopefully we will do something cool that i can blog about.

meet jake

wendy pulling burrs out of sam's mane

trimming hoof

the donkeys - maggie and buddy

breakfast time by the fire

something is out there i swear

lazy morning by the fire

fall in pisgah!

coffee time!

cody hurt his paws while mountain biking. nap time with the patient

cody braving the cold water on his paws

what are you guys looking at?

do i look happy?

vince and his new bike

i hope you enjoyed!

peace

~seppi

weekend with hiking and horses!

this weekend was great. we went for a nice hike along the laurel river with wendy and 2 of her dogs - maddie and cody. i pretty much wrestled and swam with maddie the whole time. then today we went horse back riding - well vince and wendy rode the horses, i stayed on terra firma where i prefer to hang out with maddie and cody. wendy rode sam and vince rode reno. those guys are huge!! here are a few pics from today with the horses.

reno outside the trailer


cody, me, and maddie following wendy and sam


reno

sam

vince on reno

hey world wide internet. just wanted to share a few pics of our last couple days in new hampshire and maine. you can see the rest of the pics by clicking this link: www.picasaweb.google.com/vmazzuca/MaineNH#

digging for clams!


a huh huh huh

peace!
~seppi

the adirondacks...

holy cow... we just had a crazy weekend in the adirodacks. i will probably sleep for the next 2 days! vince and i got to the dacks friday evening, checked in to the roostercomb inn, then did a warm up hike up roostercomb mountain. then saturday was our huge day. we climbed 3 peaks, covering 15 miles and it took us just over 7 hours! we climbed hedgehog, lower wolf jaw and upper wolf jaw peaks. that eveing we were exhausted. we sat under the porch during a thunderstorm and listened to the rain as vince played guitar. ohh yea... nope, i'm not afraid of the thunder. wierd huh? sunday we did a short hike up little owls head and relaxed on the summit for the morning. we then took the essex ferry into vermont and finished the day by swimming in the white river near white river junction. it was a killer weekend! we took soooo many pics that i had to upload most of the pics here (http://picasaweb.google.com/vmazzuca/SeppiSAdirondackAdventure#). here are some of my favorites from the weekend!

driving to the dacks. hoarding my toys...


sitting outside the roostercomb inn.


one of the many trail blazes we followed...


hiking up roostercomb.


more hiking.

what are you looking at?? do i have something on my face?

i think we should go.... this way...

the summit of upper wolf jaw. who's more tired?

upper wolf jaw summit

playing in the stream feeding into johns brook

relaxing towards the end of the hike in johns brook.

relaxing during the thunder storm.

hanging out on top of little owls head

little owls head

gazing out at the high peaks

good weekend...

chillin' with kora!

just a quick couple of pics of me hanging out with brit and jenny's newest addition - kora ansley farthing! i have to be honest, i had never been around a real baby so i wasn't quite sure what to do, but she is awesome!