Gretchen McKay

If it’s October, surely there’s a pumpkin in your future. Piled high in giant cardboard boxes at grocery stores or stacked beside the peppers and potatoes at the farmers market, these thick-skinned, bright-orange winter squashes are ripe for the picking, in several shapes and sizes. So many will never make it onto a dinner table. […]

OHIOPYLE — Nature rules in this quaint little spit of a town along the Youghiogheny River. In spring and summer, the state park that bears its name and spans more than 19,000 acres boasts some of the best whitewater rafting in the Eastern U.S., drawing thousands of adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts.  Others come for the […]