The Whiteface Club
Travel Blogs from Lake Placid
On The Road Again
... it hard to tell where the real image finished off and the reflection took over.
The sunshine was also trying hard to fight its way through the clouds – perhaps some sun and clear skies for our morning hike tomorrow we’re hoping. We walked a bit to stretch our legs and then headed to our hotel to grab some dinner and get settled for more driving tomorrow to New Hampshire – to view the sights of White ...
Stowe to Lake Placid
... over 150,000 items and is still evolving today with an education section under construction now.
The museum was our lunch stop as well. Continued on down to Charlotte where we board the ferry (bus as well) to cross Lake Champian - half our crossing. ...
Trees, trees, trees
Putnam Camp was established way back in the late 19th century by a bunch of sophisticated city folk who wanted an escape back to nature where they could pursue intellectual matters, read, play games and hike up the surrounding mountains. One of the founders was the brother of Henry James and was an early adopter of the methods of Freud and, indeed, when Freud and Jung visited the USA they went to stay at Putnam. Freud said that these Americans like to think they ...
Arab Mountain Firetower
After the 50+ mile backpacking loop, I took inventory of my blisters and decided that my feet could suffer a quick trek to find some nice views atop a firetower. It was a short hike up (30 minutes for a 1 mile ascent) and I had the peak to myself.
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Deer River Flow Paddle
It is summertime now and it is thunderstorm time, but the weather prediction was good for today, Thursday the 16th, so that is the day Otto picked for a paddling excursion in the Adirondacks. Of the recommendations he made, the Deer River Flow seemed the most promising with an easy paddle but interesting scenery and hopefully some wildlife.
I really liked this place. I loved the water lilies - big, beautiful, white lilies with yellow centers and tons ...