Big Tupper Thread

[Peter Minde]

The leaders of the Town of Johnsburg chased the owner (who was also the owner of the Copperfield Inn, and the Ski Bowl before it was sold) out of town.
Kinda ironic, in that he hadn't asked for any grants or subsidies, but yet he was not liked mostly because he was not from town...

A high school friend, his family spent their summer in Saranac Lake and had property here. He moved here 30+ years ago. Did construction, built camps on Lake Placid and elsewhere. But when the market slowed down, locals got all the work and he drove a bus till the housing market picked up.

I haven't experienced any of that myself. If I were to get flack, I'd just tell people that my great grandparents were caretakers at Camp Pine Knot.

 

[Campgottagopee]

ah yes .....very familar with the "us vs them" or "you weren't born in the ADKs" - I run into it a lot

IMO, this ^^^^ is worse in VT

Ironically, locals at Smuggs would call me a "flatlander" because I was from NY. I'd tell them that the mountains in NY are taller than in VT --- that really got them going. LOL

 

[Cork]

I'd tell them that the mountains in NY are taller than in VT --- that really got them going. LOL

The best thing about Vermont is the view of The Adirondacks!

 

[Campgottagopee]

The best thing about Vermont is the view of The Adirondacks!

Very true
I was at Smuggs the year the built their ropes course. I was part of that crew. I also took groups up on Mt Mansfield 2x a week for camping. The sunset over the ADK from up there is spectacular