A few of us on the Bear Island adventure elected to camp at the nearby Cedar Point Campground in the Croatan National Forest. Large, partially shaded, sites with electricity were $30 a night including the transaction fees. The campground was full over the weekend, so reservations are recommended. A fishing pier and small boat ramp…

View from bridge looking West With a deadline to be home approaching, we left Fern Lake and headed downhill towards Lake Champlain. Following the Ausable River, route 9N is a scenic drive with views of the rock strewn river heading East towards its destination on the lake. If you don’t jump on the interstate, following…

Fern Lake, in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, is a special place. My family has been going there since I was in Junior High, it is  where I learned to sail in an over-canvased Grumman canoe, and still has my favorite visual balance of water and mountains. Three days with this view at the family cottage…

Cumberland Bay State Park was our choice for staying “in town” for the reunion. The park is on the shore of Lake Champlain and dry camping was $24/night plus a reservation fee of $9. Terrific views of sailboats and the Green Mountains of Vermont are tempered by traffic driving to catch the ferry on Cumberland…

Despite being born in the area and visiting multiple times over the years, I’d never visited the Saratoga National Historical Park. Driving east from Saratoga, the park is on the highlands overlooking the Hudson River. The battlefield commemorates a significant defeat of British Troops by the American Army in 1777. The visitor’s center has a good…