Adirondack camping trip

jinx · 06-17-2005, 11:13 PM

Lumberjim and I, and a couple of friends, just returned from a camping/kaying trip to Old Forge, NY.
We arrived to find a really nice camp site right on the private lake.

Conveniently located within the camp site was a handy little 2 room cabin, with bath and kitchen.

Great views

jinx · 06-17-2005, 11:20 PM

More nature stuff...

At the camp site, we had a resident duck couple (Sid and Nancy), a chipmunk couple (Chip and Dale, obviously), and a bullfrog. Him name Hopkin...

Dale

The chipmunks have no fear of humans, they come up and sniff your toes if you sit still, and they sit in the middle of the road until you give up and drive around them.

wolf · 06-18-2005, 01:28 AM

Ooooooh.

Must win lottery ...

Happy Monkey · 06-18-2005, 07:48 AM

Very pretty. I like the green one two up from the deer.

Elspode · 06-18-2005, 09:46 AM

Mmmmm....nature stuff.

I particularly like the shot with the pink clouds reflected in the water.

jinx · 06-18-2005, 10:29 AM

We kayaked in the rain... didn't have much choice since it rained every $#@& day we were there. It actually let up a little while we were kayaking, which brought the moose-sized mosquitos out in numbers, so we were glad when it started up again.

These 2 were actually having fun and not nearly as miserable as they look.

Portage

Before we were back in the water after portage, we saw a doe and her fawn across the river. The doe kept leaping/bounding away, but the tiny fawn couldn't make it up the bank and so she kept coming back. The fawn was scared and bleating for help, racing back and forth across the bank, at one point slipping on a rock and falling completely under water, the mom was agitated, jumping around and making her coughing noises, I was trying to figure out how I was going to get across the river to help the baby without a paddle which were still back at the other end of the portage, and Jim took some pictures.

Made it

Trilby · 06-18-2005, 11:10 AM

Very nice! So minty fresh! Makes me want to shoulder-up the ol' canoe and make a four day trip of it. Just being there on the water is magical-life problems become remote, you can think more clearly, breath deeper--oh, yeah, and swat formative misquitoes. Looks like fun. It's sooooooo nice to get away!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-18-2005, 02:14 PM

Beautiful..thanks Jinx.

Looks like it might be good fishing too. Paddling in a light rain you might get wetter from sweat under those plastic raincoats than from the rain without them.....warmer though.

plthijinx · 06-18-2005, 04:05 PM

very nice!

Nothing But Net · 06-18-2005, 07:07 PM

You've nibbled on my dope patch for the last time, bitch!

BigV · 06-19-2005, 12:45 AM

I must say that those pictures make your trip sound wonderful! Thank you for sharing with me.

Elspode · 06-19-2005, 02:06 PM

NBN once again puts things in perspective. A warped perspective, but perspective nonetheless.

wolf · 06-19-2005, 05:25 PM

My personal vision of the picture of the deer involved placement of the crosshairs ...

lumberjim · 06-19-2005, 11:07 PM

I've never had the urge to kill something beautiful. Capturing it with the camera is far more satisfying, in my opinion.

That was pretty cool. we'd never heard a deer before. I'd always assumed that they were silent, but the noises were quite cow-like. makes sense, i guess.

That was a fun river. it's very slow and deep and flat. you stop if you don't continue to paddle. We've done the Brandywine locally, and while it's pretty tame itself, you could coast in most places if you were so inclined. Carrying 3 kayaks 250 yards down a trail and over that bridge kinda sucked, but it was great exercise.

Mr Tickner, the guy who rented Matt his boat, and carted us 8 miles up river said that it was a great day for it. As it was raining pretty steadily, i wondered about that. figgered he was just making small talk, but then when it let up for a bit, and the mosquitos came out, it made much more sense. This time of year is supposed to be blackfly season up there. The rain most likely spared us many many bites. plus it was nice and cool even though we were paddling nonstop. Jinx took us past the turn off about 1/8 of a mile to show us where she fell off a train trestle as a young lass, so we had to paddle against the current right at the end of the trip. my arms and shoulders were toast that night. yay advil.

It's such a cool little town. We're definitely going back to see it in the winter this year.

Vacations like this make me want to quit my job and try to eek it out in poverty in some back woods town. then i think about it, and it makes me want to make enough dough to have a place i can go and pretend that instead.

Elspode · 06-19-2005, 11:17 PM

I don't know how it is back East, but here in Grandview, MO, deer have become pretty much large vermin. A day doesn't go by that someone doesn't vaporize one (and have their car, and often themselves) vaporized as a result. I have deer in my driveway sometimes, and I hardly live in a rural area. In fact, I lived in this exact same house 30 years ago when it was far less suburban and closer to rural, and never saw a single deer.

It isn't that I don't love them...I do. They're gorgeous and very cool to observe...but I have to dodge them almost every day and night.

06-17-2005, 11:13 PM	#1
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Adirondack camping trip Lumberjim and I, and a couple of friends, just returned from a camping/kaying trip to Old Forge, NY. We arrived to find a really nice camp site right on the private lake. Conveniently located within the camp site was a handy little 2 room cabin, with bath and kitchen. Great views __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-17-2005, 11:20 PM	#2
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	More nature stuff... At the camp site, we had a resident duck couple (Sid and Nancy), a chipmunk couple (Chip and Dale, obviously), and a bullfrog. Him name Hopkin... Dale The chipmunks have no fear of humans, they come up and sniff your toes if you sit still, and they sit in the middle of the road until you give up and drive around them. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good. Last edited by jinx; 06-18-2005 at 10:04 AM.

06-18-2005, 01:28 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Ooooooh. Must win lottery ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-18-2005, 07:48 AM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Very pretty. I like the green one two up from the deer. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-18-2005, 09:46 AM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Mmmmm....nature stuff. I particularly like the shot with the pink clouds reflected in the water. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-18-2005, 10:29 AM	#6
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	We kayaked in the rain... didn't have much choice since it rained every $#@& day we were there. It actually let up a little while we were kayaking, which brought the moose-sized mosquitos out in numbers, so we were glad when it started up again. These 2 were actually having fun and not nearly as miserable as they look. Portage Before we were back in the water after portage, we saw a doe and her fawn across the river. The doe kept leaping/bounding away, but the tiny fawn couldn't make it up the bank and so she kept coming back. The fawn was scared and bleating for help, racing back and forth across the bank, at one point slipping on a rock and falling completely under water, the mom was agitated, jumping around and making her coughing noises, I was trying to figure out how I was going to get across the river to help the baby without a paddle which were still back at the other end of the portage, and Jim took some pictures. Made it __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-18-2005, 11:10 AM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Very nice! So minty fresh! Makes me want to shoulder-up the ol' canoe and make a four day trip of it. Just being there on the water is magical-life problems become remote, you can think more clearly, breath deeper--oh, yeah, and swat formative misquitoes. Looks like fun. It's sooooooo nice to get away! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

06-18-2005, 02:14 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Beautiful..thanks Jinx. Looks like it might be good fishing too. Paddling in a light rain you might get wetter from sweat under those plastic raincoats than from the rain without them.....warmer though. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-18-2005, 04:05 PM	#9
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	very nice! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

06-18-2005, 07:07 PM	#10
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Say your prayers, Bambi You've nibbled on my dope patch for the last time, bitch! Attached Images

06-19-2005, 12:45 AM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I must say that those pictures make your trip sound wonderful! Thank you for sharing with me. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-19-2005, 02:06 PM	#12
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	NBN once again puts things in perspective. A warped perspective, but perspective nonetheless. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-19-2005, 05:25 PM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	My personal vision of the picture of the deer involved placement of the crosshairs ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-19-2005, 11:07 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I've never had the urge to kill something beautiful. Capturing it with the camera is far more satisfying, in my opinion. That was pretty cool. we'd never heard a deer before. I'd always assumed that they were silent, but the noises were quite cow-like. makes sense, i guess. That was a fun river. it's very slow and deep and flat. you stop if you don't continue to paddle. We've done the Brandywine locally, and while it's pretty tame itself, you could coast in most places if you were so inclined. Carrying 3 kayaks 250 yards down a trail and over that bridge kinda sucked, but it was great exercise. Mr Tickner, the guy who rented Matt his boat, and carted us 8 miles up river said that it was a great day for it. As it was raining pretty steadily, i wondered about that. figgered he was just making small talk, but then when it let up for a bit, and the mosquitos came out, it made much more sense. This time of year is supposed to be blackfly season up there. The rain most likely spared us many many bites. plus it was nice and cool even though we were paddling nonstop. Jinx took us past the turn off about 1/8 of a mile to show us where she fell off a train trestle as a young lass, so we had to paddle against the current right at the end of the trip. my arms and shoulders were toast that night. yay advil. It's such a cool little town. We're definitely going back to see it in the winter this year. Vacations like this make me want to quit my job and try to eek it out in poverty in some back woods town. then i think about it, and it makes me want to make enough dough to have a place i can go and pretend that instead. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-19-2005, 11:17 PM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I don't know how it is back East, but here in Grandview, MO, deer have become pretty much large vermin. A day doesn't go by that someone doesn't vaporize one (and have their car, and often themselves) vaporized as a result. I have deer in my driveway sometimes, and I hardly live in a rural area. In fact, I lived in this exact same house 30 years ago when it was far less suburban and closer to rural, and never saw a single deer. It isn't that I don't love them...I do. They're gorgeous and very cool to observe...but I have to dodge them almost every day and night. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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