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Tag Archives: Adirondacks
Adirondack Weekend 4th of July 2011
Five years ago I was working in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State with the Department of Environmental Conservation as what was called a “back country steward”. Essentially this meant that I spent my workweek in the forested … Continue reading
Posted in Adirondacks, backpacking, camping, hiking, nomad life, park and recreation, photography, Photography - New York, Photography- Adirondacks, Uncategorized
Tagged 2011, Adirondacks, adks, backpacking, camping, Fine Art Photography, fourth of july, Hiking, Joshua House Photography, Photography, sca, summer
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Adirondack Lean-to on Fishbrook Pond VIDEO
As I’ve mentioned in the past I spent a summer backpacking in the Adirondacks while doing site surveys for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. While I did do a great deal of photography (which can be found … Continue reading
Posted in Adirondacks, video
Tagged adirondack mountains, adirondack park, adirondack preserve, Adirondacks, adks, Olympus Camera, Photography, video
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Fishbrook Pond Video Tour and some thoughts on bears
Fishbrook Pond is a fair bit higher then the general starting point of Dacy Clearing and well worth the hike. The weekend I spent up at Fishbrook I saw perhaps another ten or twelve people, but didn’t stay at the … Continue reading
Posted in Adirondacks, backpacking, camping, hiking, Photography- Adirondacks, The Wandering Yankee
Tagged Adirondacks, adks, backpacking, bear poop, bears, camping, Hiking, leanto, video
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Should I Review Stuff?
Lots of people review stuff. Some people even use the stuff they review. I’d like to think I’ve got legitimate opinions on the gear I use, but do you all think there’s a need for yet another gear reviewer? I’d … Continue reading
Adirondack Lean-to Photo Set
Lean-tos are an important part of camping in the Adirondacks and many other parts of the Eastern United States. As a shelter, and as a gathering point they have a unique place in the hearts of many campers and backpackers, … Continue reading
That time I wasn’t arrested for being an ax murderer.
That summer in the Adirondacks led to many opportunities. I climbed the highest peak in the state for the first time since I was 13 or 14. I made friendships that continue to this day even though we’re now spread … Continue reading
Posted in Adirondacks, backpacking, Photography- Adirondacks, The Wandering Yankee
Tagged Adirondacks, adks, adventure, ax murder, backpacking, camping, Hiking, summer, Upstate New York
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Adirondack Summer
The Intrepid and I spent one summer exposing ourselves to the elements in the Adirondacks off northern New York. This particular job posed a fair bit of risk of the Intrepid and I permanently separated from one another, because I … Continue reading
North Country Roads
North County Roads, lead me home To that old place, that old room Another autumn, beside the falls Maples orange, birches yellow Apple Jack in the barrel And wood smoke in the air . Cold crisp mornings up by the … Continue reading
Posted in Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, new england, Poetry, The Wandering Yankee
Tagged Adirondacks, adks, american history, Autumn, backpacking, Fall, Finger Lakes, Hiking, history, john brown, new england, north country, north east kingdom, poem, poetry, rhode island, the wandering yankee, vermont, wandering, wanderlust
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Mt. Marcy
I go up there So others can see What my eyes have seen The trail presses up Through maple birch and pine Then bracken further on The last mile I walk across the sky Pressing to that final … Continue reading
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Tagged 46ers, Adirondacks, adks, Hiking, Mt. Marcy, New York State, Panorama, Photography, poetry, wandering yankee
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The Wandering Yankee- The Road
The road is calling and I must follow, across the creek, beyond the hill, to see where it leads, and then come home. By the way, in large part because of this blog my image of Palmer Pond in the … Continue reading
