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    Spring Weather 2025

    The fotos with my blog posts are all from my Samsung Galaxy S21. As @x10003q said, a good camera would be better, but I'm not enough of a photographer. In other news, it's 53 degrees (11.6 celsius) This morning. Should start snowing any moment.
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    The Generations of Music

    Will get to Elf at some point. Dio is an underrated singer. Man on the Silver Mountain is one of my favorites.
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    The Definitive Solution to the Upstate NY Question

    These people who do "a little research" on the internet. @Harvey we need a facepalm emoji.
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    The Definitive Solution to the Upstate NY Question

    Belle is in the UpState.
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    The Definitive Solution to the Upstate NY Question

    When my ex-wife grew up in Green Village NJ (a section of Chatham Township), it was really rural. Neighboring Madison was known as the Rose City in part because of the greenhouses in Green Village. Fast forward to the 90s, and Green Village became popular with the yuppies. A few of them had...
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    Where are you skiing this week?

    ORDA has dropped the ball marketing Mt van Ho. There used to be a lot more people here on weekends. Last winter, the best in 10 years, way too quiet. They waited until a month before to post about the Lake Placid Loppet, while NENSA posts its whole entire race schedule by December.
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    Spring Weather 2025

    Raining again... headed to the gym today. Ugh.
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    Season Passes

    Secured my van Ho season pass, although the early deadline is much more lenient (August) than the alpine hills. Up next: the VIC and Dewey Mountain.
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    Where are you skiing this week?

    One of VT's advantages over ORDA bumps is on mountain lodging. Not happening inside the Blue Line. Also, ORDA has done a lousy job of marketing Mount van Hoevenberg. I could cite chapter and verse about people I talked to back in NJ who planned trips to Trapp Family Lodge, Bretton Woods...
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    Today's Hike

    Uff. Haven't done that in a few years. Chapeau!
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    Today's Hike

    Slide Cornell Wittenberg traverse?
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    The Fire and Rain and Smoke Thread

    In the Tri-Lakes, it's been hazy. I haven't had any issues myself. If one has asthma or other pulmonary disorders, it might be a different story.
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    Whitney Park in Long Lake Sold

    If the Texan were to build houses that regular people can afford, I'd be down with that. There's enough second homes inside the Blue Line. FWIW, here in Saranac Lake, there's discussion about closing an elementary school because small student body.
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    Whitney Park in Long Lake Sold

    My bad, I missed that. I do have some concerns that the Texan is gonna turn it into ACR South.
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    Whitney Park in Long Lake Sold

    36,000 acres sold to Texas real estate developer. @Harvey if this belongs elsewhere, please move. https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/texas-developer-poised-to-purchase-whitney-estate
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