Tag: Fern Lake
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Adirondack Night Skies
12 September 2024 New York’s Adirondack State Park is known for dark skies. We were fortunate to spend a few weeks camping out behind the family cabin near Au Sable Forks. Beth took advantage on several clear nights to experiment with her iPhone camera. My favorite is this photo. She had the phone on a…
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Fern Lake Fauna
September 2024A look at the birds and other creatures we see at camp, featuring loons. We are up at the family cottage on Fern Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. The tallest mountain in view is Whiteface, where the downhill skiing competitions were held during the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. The smallest…
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Change of Plans
August 2022 Posted 30 April 2023 Excited to be in northern New York to celebrate mom’s ninetieth birthday, things didn’t quite work out as planned. First Beth, then my sister Brenda, and finally mom all celebrate their birthdays in August. We gathered at Fern Lake to celebrate mom’s big nine-o. Brenda has been doing…
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Adirondack Lakes and Rails
15 August 2022 – Monday Riding through the Adirondacks 0800 49,643 60° Holland Patent, NY Walked over to Poppy’s Place Cafe and Bakery near the Harvest Host (16 Stone BrewPub) to pick-up some fresh blueberry muffins before heading north. 0852 49,682 Thendara, NY Our first stop, as we headed into the Adirondack Park on Route…
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Return to the Adirondacks
September 2021 Camping season in the Northeast draws to a close on Labor Day weekend. Campgrounds are full with families enjoying the last holiday before school resumes. Thanks to my sister and mom, we were able to land at the family camp in the Adirondacks. While on a grocery and harwware run, we took in…
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Adirondack Weekend
So it turned out that Fern Lake is a good place to test out our new lens. Two of the three days over the holiday weekend presented perfect weather with all sorts of winged visitors. Whiteface mountain is the peak with rock slides on the left. Downhill skiing competitions were held here during the both…
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