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Adirondacks

High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid, New York

June 13, 2010

High Peaks Resort is a good choice if you travel to the rugged Adirondacks, but prefer to leave the hardships behind on the trail. The resort features a prime location right in the heart of Lake Placid’s bustling downtown, two indoor and two outdoor swimming pools, a state-of-the-art fitness center, and a full-service spa & salon, and stylish guestrooms that can’t be beat.

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Flying High Over the High Peaks

August 17, 2009

Flying at 6,000 feet over the Adirondack High Peaks was a major soul-tank filler and a great introduction to the mountain ranges we’d soon climb.

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Five Reasons to Climb a Mountain This Summer

June 17, 2009

Another installment in my Adirondacks series:  I want to show you five reasons you should climb a mountain in the Adirondacks this summer:    And now I want to give you five easy Adirondack mountains to climb. So head on over to Rochester’s City Newspaper Summer Guide ’09, which just published my list of Five Easy Hikes [...]

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Adirondack Bug Bonnet Helped Keep Black Flies at Bay

June 10, 2009

This is a Bug Bonnet, a handmade work of wonder by Adirondacker Marjorie Swift, a woman who lives with her family off the grid at the base of Whiteface Mountain. The hat is handmade from sturdy cotton has a band of tulle netting that can be lowered down over your face and neck and tucked into [...]

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Another Adirondack Birding Festival, June 19-21

June 10, 2009

Hey there! Yet another Adirondack birding festival to report. Coming THIS WEEKEND, June 19 – 21, the 5th Annual Hamilton County Birding Festival will take place. Click here for a list of birds you might get to see during this festival. You won’t find a single traffic light in Hamilton County, which is the third largest [...]

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Birding the Adirondacks: Overview

June 9, 2009

Rarely have I been so lucky as to immerse myself in four full days of birding in an entirely new habitat, so close to home.  I have been on extended birding tours in Honduras, Belize and other places, but what’s exceptional about the Adirondack Park is that it is a largely unspoiled 6-million acre wildlife [...]

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Great Adirondack Birding Celebration – THIS weekend!

June 1, 2009

  REMINDER: The Seventh Annual Great Adirondack Birding Celebration will be held June 5-7 at the Adirondack Park Agency Visitor Interpretive Center in Paul Smiths. The weekend features birding trips, lectures, workshop and the popular Teddy Roosevelt Birding Challenge. The keynote address will be given by Bridget Stutchbury, York University professor of biology. For more information, visit http://www.adkvic.org/birdcelebration.html or call [...]

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June is Birding Month in The Adirondacks

May 11, 2009

The Adirondack Park is a haven for boreal birds that migrate to the region every spring. Migrants arrive in full force by late May, and by June, roughly 176 different bird species will be on breeding territory, including 76 neotropical migrants (such as Cape May and Bay-breasted warblers). In a mere two weeks, I will be making a solo [...]

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