Recent content by Peter Minde

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.

Will get to Elf at some point. Dio is an underrated singer. Man on the Silver Mountain is one of my favorites.

These people who do "a little research" on the internet. @Harvey we need a facepalm emoji.

Belle is in the UpState.

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...

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.

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

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.

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...

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

Slide Cornell Wittenberg traverse?

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.

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.

My bad, I missed that. I do have some concerns that the Texan is gonna turn it into ACR South.

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