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Category Archives: Adirondacks
Saranac Lake, New York State: Heading Home
Trivia question: Where did Faye Dunaway work while in Saranac Lake?–DEW DROP INN After an interesting time in the Lake Placid area, we were on our way back home when we decided to stop in Saranac Lake and take a … Continue reading
Butterfly Site at Adirondack Park Interpretive Center – Monarch Butterfly
On the way back from a bit of hiking in the Lake Placid High Peaks Region, we stopped once again at the Adirondack Park Agency Interpretive Center at Paul Smith’s. My interest, this time around, was the butterfly interpretive site, … Continue reading
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Tagged adirondack park, adirondack park agency, Adirondacks, black and yellow caterpillar, Black Swallowtai, Black Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio polyxenes, butterfly, Female Monarch Butterfly, Hover fly, interpretive center, Male Monarch Butterfly, milkweed, monarch butterflies, Monarch Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar, Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus, nature, paul smith, Paul Smith's, Pink-edged Sulfur Butterfly, Pink-edged Sulfur Butterfly Colias interior, state butterfly Colorado, stied caterpillar
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Porter Mountain, High Peaks Region, Adirondacks, New York State
The easiest way to access the summit of Porter Mountain is via the Cascade Mountain Trail. Approximately .3 miles from the summit of Cascade Mountain the trail to Porter Mountain branches off to the right drops down through a col … Continue reading
Cascade Mountain trail, Adirondacks High Peaks Region
When I’m hiking on my own and staying in a tent, breakfast can be a rather meager and stark affair, but my wife was with me this trip so, breakfast was a bit more sumptuous. Nothing against the law about … Continue reading
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Tagged 46ers, Adirondacks, boulder fields, boulders, Cascade Mountain, conifers, green mountains, hardwood forests, High Peaks, High Peaks Region, hikers, Lake Placid, mud, Porter Mountain, rock outdroppings, steep sections, summer time, sumptuous breakfast, US Coast & Geodetic Survey, weather, white mountains
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The Moon over Mirror Lake, New York State
After spending two days in the rain or under heavily overcast skies, we were happy to see the skies clear and the moon come out. It would have been nice if the skies had cleared a few hours earlier when … Continue reading
Whiteface Mountain, Adirondacks, New York State
Although the weather had improved a little at Lake Placid (elevation approx. 1750 ft) (Location), we left there hoping that the cloud clover might break enough for us to get some nice views from the top of Whiteface Mountain, New … Continue reading
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Tagged Adirondacks, countryside, elevation, elevator, fear of heights, Lake Placid, low clouds, olympic ski, Olympics, parking lot, sightseeing, staircase, steep roads, summit, toll road, tourists, Veteran's Memorial Highway, views from the top, visibility, weather, whiteface mountain
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Lake Placid and Mirror Lake, New York
We had arrived the night before and were staying at the Mirror Lake Inn. Weather continued to be rather unpredictable. The drizzle of the night before had subsided but low menacing clouds continued to hover over the valley. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged adirondack, adirondack community church, Adirondack Mountains, Adirondacks, august day, clouds, drizzle, High Peaks Region, Lake Placid, mirror lake inn, New York State, northwood school, rest of the day, sidewalks, summit, tea service, umbrella, warm fireplace, weather, whiteface mountain, wooded terrain
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Lake Placid, New York
My wife and I were able to get away for another short vacation. We visited Lake Placid. On our way down to Lake Placid, we stopped for a bit to take a look at St. Regis Falls (one of my … Continue reading