Yep, road trip to New York. Not New York City, you all know I'm a country dog, Nope, we headed way, way over to the Adirondacks. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AREA! This was mostly an "exploring the area trip." You'll hear a lot more about this area in years to come, Mom has some adventuring on her mind...and you know Mom...when she makes plans, we conquer mountains...literally!
One thing she has planned is to hike part of the Northville/Placid Trail this Spring. The whole trail is 133 miles long, to Mom & Dad that's nothing, huh, but they can't take that much time off work this spring, so she'd like to take us on the first 40 miles anyway. I've never hiked that far at once...I CAN'T WAIT!!!!! We drove to the trail head to get familiar with the area.
We made it all the way to Old Forge,NY by sundown, ( the Northern Forest Canoe Trail starts here, another trip, another time...stay tuned) Pulled into town just in time to watch a spectacular fireworks show over the frozen lake. It was their Winter Carnival, what perfect timing. It was an unusually warm night, misting rain, so we slept in the van.But by sunup the temps dropped and it started to snow so we boot-scooted out of the mountains. Took our time driving home. We came through Lake George,NY and saw the big tour cruise boats that steam the lake in the summer full of tourist. Definatly a family summer vacation spot.
Saw lots of deer driving through Vermont too. We stopped at Clarendon Gorge and walked down to the suspension bridge across the gorge. The Appalachian/ Long trail comes through here........Mom and Dad were here in 2004!!!!!
An "early rise" full moon to guide us back home....it was so good to FINALLY "get out of town"!!!!
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