Centre of Adventure

I will never forget the first time I ever saw a rattlesnake out in the wild. I was hiking up the boulders near the Shingletown Gap trailhead with my brother, […]

To be honest, I am not sure if I want to put this story out there. After all, a good swimming hole is something special, and, well, the only surefire […]

By David Kurtz Who would have guessed sixty years ago that a short stretch of Spring Creek in Bellefonte would become a top training ground for whitewater paddling, perhaps the best in […]

I have always loved the old saying about March: It comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb. Here in Nittany Lion country, that saying really hits […]

The drive out to R.B. Winter State Park from the Centre Region is an adventure all in itself. The park is located just past the Centre County line along Route […]

At the risk of being unpopular, I hope that by the time you are reading this story there is a formidable layer of snow pack on the ground and we […]

Sometimes I get in a training rut and hit up the same spot over and over again. I return, week after week, and sometimes day after day, to the same […]

A raven called, as if to greet the group of sixteen eager hikers gathered at the trailhead parking lot across from the Greenwood Furnace State Park office. It had rained […]

Nearly 3,000 athletes are coming from near and far to swim, bike, and run in the Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley this July 2, and they need a lot of […]

At our house, we have this little routine. As soon as the trail shoes come out, our dog, Peggy, knows she is going on an adventure out in the forest. […]