The Northern Adirondacks

From Watkins Glen, we moved on to the Northern Adirondacks of New York. We stayed a little over 10 miles east of the City of Lake Placid shown here. Very touristy, and especially busy due to an upcoming Iron-man Triathalon. For those of you who don't remember, Lake Placid was the host city of the 1980 Winter Olympics. It also hosted the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Lake Placid is one of the Lakes in the New York Tri-Lakes region. Here is another one: Lake Saranac. If you have an extra million and a half laying around, you can buy a former DuPont estate here.

Of course, the scenery in the area is beautiful as anticipated.

This is the Ausable River. It flows through the Wilmington Notch near Wilmington, New York where we stayed.

Just below the place where the previous photo was taken is a series of falls. This is the first one. At the base of the falls is a deep, quiet pool. I fished there. The fish didn't bother me a whole lot, so I just enjoyed the scenery. I left as the light started to fade, but when I returned to my motorcycle, I discovered that my Blackberry was missing. Pen and I returned with a flashlight and, unbelievably, I found it. It was in the river. After drying with a hairdryer, it now works great! Amazing technology.

This is the campground where we stayed. As you can see, it is beautifully wooded and relaxing. We heard few noises that were not made by Mother Nature. Ask us sometime about how many tries it took us to find the right spot to park the RV so it would level properly and we could open the @#$%* slides.

Small, quiet roads through the forest seemed to hold many possibilities. The smaller quieter things seem to attract the most attention, like this log in the final stages of decay.

And this tree, still living, but in advanced stages of decline. (Penny's comment: such a Ted observation along with those that follow, but how can I not love them?)

New life, however, vies to reclaim territory lost by its less successful brethren.

Little splashes of color seem to stand out in this type of setting like this solitary berry in a nest of old leaves and twigs.

And these beautiful little flowers still wearing the rain of a few minutes earlier.

Some of the forest's denizens, like this little fellow, try to avoid being noticed. Zoom to see what it is.

And the clean-up crew remains hard at work.