Blogs from Adirondacks, New York, United States, North America - page 2

Geo: 44.2794, -73.9803We drove about 3-1/2 hours to Lake Placid/Whiteface Mountain. We hung out around the campground and took a 3.5 mile hike. There is a whitewater stream behind the campground with rock cliffs lining the sides. There were many local kids diving off of the rocks into the pools of water. It is awesome.We walked to a restaurant right outside the campground, along the banks of the river. Great food and Lake Placid IPA. Tomorrow we will head into the Lake Placid Olympic Village, but from what we have seen so far, I can't image the world descending on this little town.... read more

After leaving Boston, we headed north into New Hampshire then north-west into Vermont, then west into up-state New York, close to the Canadian border. We contemplated a quick detour into Maine (the most north-easterly US state) but decided that we couldn't do it justice, so it'll have to be the destination for a future trip. We feel we've truly taken in fall (autumn) in New England in all it's shades - from green to yellow to orange to red to bright red. We've driven through the most majestic scenery in the White Mountains (NH/VT), Green Mountains (VT) and the Adirondacks (NY; pronounced 'ad-deer-ron-dax') and it's been wonderful. Not only that, but we've had a taste (literally) of Ben & Jerry's ice-cream at the main company site in VT. Shame the production line wasn't operating on the ... read more

You may wonder why my blog entries are sporadic and I have an honest explanation. When we are not "on the road" I take a vacation and don't write. Our normal lives are no more interesting than anyone else's anyway. Our summer was fun although felt hectic at times. Normally we don't do Habitat builds in the summer but this year we did two, one in Shelby, MI and the second in Salem, OH. We also spent lots of time with son John and his 5 children in Clarkston. We camped in Ludington with Autumn and Maddie, our 2 grandgirls and had a ball keeping up with them. Our boat was in the water and the weather was warm so we enjoyed time with friends and son Aaron, daughter-in-law Shelly and their children. We celebrated grandson ... read more

Ahoy! Matey's (i've had two cups of coffee today...) Ok so while i'm here and have internet connection i will say a bit more. Had a great day off yesterday and this morning in Lake Saranac Village! It's a pretty cool little town and everything we need is in walking distance! I'd like to thank the Hotel Saranac for their hospitality and letting us store our canoe there! The Pequod had such a nice rest! We'd also like to thank St. Regis Outfitters for the yoke pads and all their help in getting us reset for our next part of our adventure! They were so helpful!! Also it was nice to meet Anne from Raquette River Outfitters wish we could have stopped by her store and supported!! (if you're ever in New York and need some ... read more

We’re currently in Quebec, but I'm behind on the photos from Ottawa and now Quebeck, -- but Here are some more photos I took at the Adirondack Museum. I didn’t have time up upload them all with the last blog. By the way, sorry about the double mailing of my last blog notice. I’m still learning how to work with the blog site and can do some of the actions only when I’m online - when I’m usually rushed. Did you note that you can “unsubscribe”? So if you don’t want to get these blogs, that’s all you need to do. I’ll probably never find out . . . ... read more