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The Miracle On Ice Lives On

This week, we hiked Mt. Van Hoevenberg – elevation 2,939 feet.

This mountain hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events during the 1980 Winter Olympics. Today, it still boasts an outstanding sports complex that makes full use of that Olympic investment. On the day of our hike, it was hosting a professional downhill mountain bike world cup event.

Yes, this is the same Olympics where the United States unexpectedly beat a heavily favored Soviet Union team in the medal round of men’s hockey, the moment forever known as The Miracle On Ice. These are the things movies are made about.

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Finding Gratitude and Purpose Beyond the Office

Storm King Mountain

Today we hiked to the top of Storm King Mountain, elevation 1,340 feet. It sits on the west bank of the Hudson River and, together with Breakneck Ridge on the opposite bank, creates the northern narrows known as “Wey-Gat,” or Wind Gate. During his initial voyage up the river, Henry Hudson took note of its prominent aspect and called the mountain Klinkesberg because of its rock cliffs near the river.

As we climbed up the difficult trail, which often doubled as a flowing creek, I noticed that we were practically alone on the mountain. One other hiker we ran into warned us of wet, steep trail conditions on the back side of the mountain, but we pressed on. The clouds hung low in the sky, and I worried we would not have a view once we reached the top.

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The Lighthouse Still Guides Us

Lighthouse on the Hudson River

Sometimes the things that guide us for decades go dark — and that’s when the real work begins.

Last week we visited the Tarrytown Lighthouse, the cast‑iron beacon that sits in the Hudson River at Sleepy Hollow — yes, the same Sleepy Hollow from Washington Irving’s Headless Horseman. Built in 1883, it guided ships for 78 years until modern navigation made it obsolete in 1961.

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