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Spent some time paddling in the southern Adirondacks to try and get some relief from the heat and humidity that was rolling into the area. Some color starting to emerge in the trees …

Decided to try someplace different so I went (truck) camping at a state campground in the central Adirondacks. Had a site perched above the lake so I had access for my canoe. Site was pretty private with good separation between my site and others nearby. There is a small portion of the lake...

After returning from our road trip to Alaska earlier this week we decided to get our canoes out on the water today. We figured that it would be a good way to try and beat the heat and rising humidity. So off to the West Branch of the Sacandaga River, a favorite of ours and close to home. We...

Today’s adventure took me up to the trail into Bennett and Middle Lakes. I did not stop at Bennett, it’s off the main trail a bit, but just continued on up to Middle Lake. There were many wet open spots along the way as well as water just streaming along in the trail. I stayed out of those...

Had to break trail which slowed me down quite a bit. Didn’t make it to my destination due to the snow and time.

Another beautiful day in the Adirondacks so I headed north to paddle the Cedar River Flow. It was unusually calm (typically windy because of its SW to NE orientation) which made the paddling even more enjoyable. Almost looks like some thermal activity … but it’s not At the far...

Another beautiful late October day, with a chilly start, so off to the north to explore somewhere I had never been before. Round Lake is certainly not round at all. There are 11 designated campsites scattered around the lake … I visited a few of them to check them out, found a couple nice...

Hiked into one of my favorite ponds, John Pond, near Indian Lake, NY Trail started out a bit wet, poor drainage combined with recent rains. Mostly hemlocks with some beech trees in the understory. Trail dried out a bit after a short while An open marshy area along the way, some beaver...

Seven mile paddle today … most of the leaves are gone now.

Today was a beautiful day for hiking … I decided to hike up Snowy Mountain, just shy of being a 4000 footer. 7.5 miles round trip, crazy steep for the last half mile. View from the fire tower Indian Lake … Puffer Mountain and pond, Chimney Mountain in the distance. We’ve hiked them before...

Back to back beautiful days were excellent reasons to eat our boats out onto the water. We went and paddled a section of the Racquette River on Saturday (10+ miles round trip) and today we paddled on Mason Lake, one of our favorites. Racquette River photos Mason Lake...

This is one of our favorite hikes in the southern Adirondacks. The trail follows an old woods road much of the way, going by Bennett Lake, Middle Lake, and finally Murphy Lake. There’s a lean to at Murphy which makes it a destination for weekenders. Middle is our favorite with a number of...

Today was a perfect day for our first time out on the water this year. We paddled a section of the West Branch of the Sacandaga River. Lots of songbirds singing away.

Our string of nice weather continued today so I decided to tackle Hadley Mountain to the Fire Tower. I have done this hike a bunch of times including the winter. It’s not long at 3.5 miles round trip but the elevation gain going up is 1545 feet in 1.75 miles. Since today was a holiday there...

We just came back after a 4 day hiking & camping trip in The Adirondacks. We prefer quiet ponds as compared to the High Peaks region, which is very busy. We saw super cool reflections in ponds, a surprising nice sunset, plenty of mushrooms and we did some star gazing. A colorful sunset after a...

Today was a prefect day for hiking, no humidity, no bugs, temps in the low 60s. A welcome change from our weather over the past few weeks. And a welcome chance to get outside and resume activities after a short bout with COVID19 (yup, we were both exposed and experienced mild symptoms that...

After one of our wettest Julys on record, it rained hard and long on August 1st. So today I thought I’d see how the rain had affected the stream that runs out of Broomstick Lake, a small lake not too far from home. Usually the stream has barely any water in it at this time of the year. Not so...

All summer we have been longing to see the Milky Way and stargaze an evening. So about 2 weeks ago in a snap we packed up our camping gear and headed to the Adirondacks. Hiking the high peaks is very popular now, so we decided to do a hike around numerous quiet and beautiful ponds, almost all in...

Three days, two nights in the Whitney Wilderness in the northern Adirondacks on Little Tupper Lake. Hard to imagine that this entire area was once a wealthy family's "playground" (the Whitneys still own property on a small portion of the lake). Awesome weather, calm waters, eagles, beavers, &...

Monday was a beautiful day so we decided to climb Chimney Mountain (near Indian Lake) ... short but steep (about 1000' in a mile). 360 degree views at the summit. start of the trail ... up we go ... more up ... rock formations ... we're about a 1/4 mile from the actual summit here...