We are still camped at Lake Eaton. This is a wonderful area. We will likely stay put until Tuesday and then move to Wilmington Notch CG, near Lake Placid in the High Peaks area. The colors are continuing to ripen, but they have not peaked yet. We may see peak colors before leaving the High Peaks.
Today we went back to Blue Mountain Lake. We hiked to the summit of Blue Mountain, a climb of about 1750' over two miles. The summit is at 3759' and there is an abandoned fire tower with excellent views of the area, including Blue Mountain Lake. Our only mistake was to do the hike on a gorgeous Saturday morning. There must have been 300 hikers on the mountain. We're retired! We can do this any day! Why do it on a Saturday? Actually we did it today because we wanted to get back over to Blue Mountain Outfitters, where they were having a demo day for Swift Canoes and Kayaks. Bill Swift, the founder of Swift Canoes was there. I own a Swift Yukon and wanted to meet Bill Swift. They had a lot of kayaks on hand, but very few canoes. Dorcas and I paddled a kevlar Prospector and a few kayaks (but don't tell anyone that!). It was a bit windy on the lake so it was difficult to get a good feel for the boats. The Prospector needs to be paddled on a river anyway to be appreciated. We didn't buy a boat, but Bill said he could bring me a new Yukon when he is in Wilmington in November. I said I'd let him know.
2 comments:
Wonderful blog! My brother-in-law lives in Wilmington (we live on the shores of Lake Champlain, just north of the Adirondack Park) and we visit often. If you have time, try to visit Fran Betters' Adirondack Sport Shop. Tell him Becky Leonard sent ya :-)
Take care, happy travels.
I'm glad you're enjoying reading of our travels. I figured we had only about 3 or 4 readers, all freinds back home. I'm curious how you came to find our blog?
We'll stop into Fran Better's and say hello.
Myron
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