Living in the Mountains

[TomCat]

The draw in the summer are the lakes. Why stay in north creek when you can rent a cabin on a lake for a week?

Years ago gore would work with local lodging to create ski and stay packages. I don’t see much of that. Why not offer 50% off lift tickets for people that stay in local motels midweek?

Tom

 

[Ripitz]

There never used to be "shoulder season", it seems to me that this term is used in place of poor economic growth. NYS needs to bring back the logging/mining industry to the ADK. Old forest growth isn't healthy for the woods or the economy. Not to mention snowmobiling and the untapped ATV/UTV trail systems. Groups like PTA really need to take a field trip to the ADK Museum and truly see what built the ADK.

Cut down all of the trees and ride snowmobiles around? That’s your plan?

When I was at the museum I took this photo for you Camp.

 

[Campgottagopee]

Cut down all of the trees and ride snowmobiles around? That’s your plan?

When I was at the museum I took this photo for you Camp.

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Nope
It's called forestry. Forestry is needed for healthy woods.

 

[tirolski]

This dude wrote a recent piece.
It’s kinda long & well written.

This Ain't Your Grandad's Rural America

Goth Cashiers, Pierced Eyebrows, and "Trashy America"

open.substack.com

Sleep is good for ya.

The above piece also came out in the Adirondack Explorer.
Looks to be more words written in the comments than the piece.

Reflections on rural poverty and the Adirondacks

Goth cashiers, pierced eyebrows, and "trashy America": In the rural places untouched by gentrification, can we still live an authentic life?

www.adirondackexplorer.org

 

[Peter Minde]

The above piece also came out in the Adirondack Explorer.
Looks to be more words written in the comments than the piece.

Reflections on rural poverty and the Adirondacks

Goth cashiers, pierced eyebrows, and "trashy America": In the rural places untouched by gentrification, can we still live an authentic life?

www.adirondackexplorer.org

At least one comment following that piece takes the author to task for a condescending view of the local people, FWIW.

One thing I've learned since moving to the Tri-Lakes. I've moved to a different country. That's OK.

 

[raisingarizona]

The above piece also came out in the Adirondack Explorer.
Looks to be more words written in the comments than the piece.

Reflections on rural poverty and the Adirondacks

Goth cashiers, pierced eyebrows, and "trashy America": In the rural places untouched by gentrification, can we still live an authentic life?

www.adirondackexplorer.org

Blah blah blah.

 

[Brownski]

Blah blah blah.

I only got a couple sentences in. I can’t remember the last time a writer turned me against him that quickly

 

[Endoftheline]

I can't believe we live here now. All we have been doing is unpacking boxes, walking on the property and cooking in a proper kitchen, and sharing meals. We are loving it.

I feel like my blood pressure has dropped. Zelda said yesterday "everyone looks you in the eye."

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I broke this thread out, because this stuff wasn't really right in the Camp Pics thread.

I was going to call it "Moving to the Mountains" but I think this title opens it up to more people.

Post your stories!

Harv, One thing that is kind of cool up here in the north country which you wouldn't see in any metro area. On a clear dark night(not to many this time of year though), go out in an area with an open view and see how many satellites you can spot.
There are many more than you would expect. Some are easier to spot than others, mostly just a small dot but moving really quickly compared to say commercial aircraft. And of course they are silent. Just something i thought you might find interesting.

 

[raisingarizona]

I only got a couple sentences in. I can’t remember the last time a writer turned me against him that quickly

Same.

 

[raisingarizona]

Harv, One thing that is kind of cool up here in the north country which you wouldn't see in any metro area. On a clear dark night(not to many this time of year though), go out in an area with an open view and see how many satellites you can spot.
There are many more than you would expect. Some are easier to spot than others, mostly just a small dot but moving really quickly compared to say commercial aircraft. And of course they are silent. Just something i thought you might find interesting.

You should see the weird lights over the Mojave National Preserve I watched last week while camping. It was some of the weirdest sh$t I’ve ever seen.