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Spring Birds & Peepers

Date:
May 22, 2017
An Afternoon and Evening of Exploring Around Little Tupper Lake and Round Lake A nice day to head out While our recent weather has been wet and raw, it had been warmer not long ago and on a day when...

Black Fly Challenge... Accepted!

Date:
May 15, 2017
 Editor's note: The annual Black Fly Challenge will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2017. Not sure what the challenge is or why you would want to take it? Check out this fun blog written by one of our...

Things to Do Along the Way

Date:
May 08, 2017
08May2017
Author:RaChelle Hosley
Memorial Day is right around the corner, and you know what that means... It's time for the Great Adirondack Garage Sale! With sales from Speculator to Inlet to Indian Lake to Long Lake (and...

Playground Hopping

Date:
May 01, 2017
01May2017
Author:RaChelle Hosley
Have you been as stir crazy this year as I have been? It seemed like the cold weather just didn't want to let go. Well, now that the  snow is gone (and hopefully we won't see any more) all I can...

Chasing Waterfalls

Date:
Apr 24, 2017
24Apr2017
Author:Katie LaLonde
When I was younger, my mom and I would always go on different hikes throughout the summer. It had been a while since we had had this opportunity - you know how life is... I've gotten older and...

Interview with an Angler

Date:
Apr 18, 2017
Trout season is open here in the Adirondacks, so I decided to sit down with an avid angler to talk about his love of fishing.   Charlie Warfield is an experienced fly fisherman that lives (and...

Down on one knee in the 'dacks

Date:
Apr 10, 2017
10Apr2017
Author:Michelle Clement
What is romance? When some people think of romance, they immediately imagine the classics: candlelit dinner, fancy restaurant, picnic in the park... For romantic gifts, they revert back to the...

RaChelle's Law

Date:
Mar 28, 2017
In my house, Murphy's Law is not a thing. We refer to it as RaChelle's Law... if it can go wrong, it already has - or it will! This is the way my life goes in general, but especially over the last...

Home is where the hog is

Date:
Mar 14, 2017
It's nearly impossible to miss: A few miles north of Speculator, right next to Route 30, there's a boulder painted to look like a pig's head. Affectionately known as "Pig Rock," the man-made landmark...

Got Cabin Fever?

Date:
Mar 07, 2017
07Mar2017
Author:RaChelle Hosley
Spring fever... cabin fever... Call it what you will — I'm feeling it! We've had a fantastic winter season, but lately we've had a lot of warm temperatures and rain, usually followed by plummeting...

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