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Adirondacks Are Hot. That’s Good. Or Not.
NY Times ^
| October 27, 2006
| LISA W. FODERARO
Posted on 10/27/2006 6:42:23 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem; andyssister; panaxanax
Thanks for the pic neverdem. I did actually search out a few pics after I posted. Your pic looks more like mountains to me.
I think my travels to the Rockies makes me think of very high and jagged glacial mountains.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:55:44 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
To: panaxanax
Oh, I'm so glad you like it here (despite the taxes and the senators)!!
I was born and raised here (Saratoga Co.) and autumn still amazes me year after year. Yeah, the winters are seemingly endless, but I'll take that over hurricanes and tornadoes anyday!!
To: andyssister
Nothing like a good old Nor'easter to let you know who's really in charge.
To: Victoria Delsoul
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:09:53 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: panaxanax
LOL!
In my experience, getting through the grocrey store the day before a Nor'easter, is MUCH worse than the actual storm!!
To: Clemenza
. Lake Placid rocks, although it can get really icy in late January and February, ie dangerous for skiing IMHO.
Just have to dig your edges in, sorta like ice skating, and hope that they are sharp enough or its gonna be a nasty day.
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:17:53 PM PDT
by
Dmitry Vukicevich
(Vegetarian: Indian Lingo for lousy hunter)
To: andyssister
There are 46 Adirondack "high peaks".They have to be over 4000 ft. to qualify as a high peak.
I've climbed 5 high peaks and they were big enough for me!
ROFLMAO....
ROFL....
LOL....
cough....cough...heheheheh
speed bumps.....lol
chortle.....
sigh
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:26:49 PM PDT
by
glasseye
To: Alberta's Child
To: Victoria Delsoul
Absolutely. Remember -- it was one of the "great places" we profiled on that Singles thread last spring!
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:32:53 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: Victoria Delsoul
"Best place on earth."
Well, maybe it's a close second to the Canadian Rockies. LOL.
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:33:31 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: Alberta's Child
Oh, right. Boy, time sure flies, isn't it?
To: Alberta's Child
To: cloud8
Seems like everyone who lives up north is in construction looking for a job from some developer who wants to rape the landscape. There are other professions. Actual in northeastern New York there are none. I work with people who drive 2+ hours over to this side of the lake to work.
To: glasseye
Well.....laugh all you want, Mr./Ms. "super-hiker"!!
I felt a real sense of accomplishment when I conquered those speedbumps!! And I'm not embarrassed to admit it! :)
To: Victoria Delsoul
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:49:46 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: andyssister
Upstate NY is lovely.
the mosquito's are to 'die' for...really.
Such the contrast when driving east and south into the Big city.
Living near the Sierra makes your definition of 'high peaks' a bit different....
*smile
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:51:14 PM PDT
by
glasseye
To: 2111USMC
I've never been there. But by the pictures, those look more like hills than mountains. That's because the photographer is on the top of another mountain. They're mountains alright.
The Adirondicks are stunningly beautiful and a great place to visit.... in the summer; but I cannot imagine wanting to live there in the winter. -40 is not uncommon there and summer is short. My guess is that most of the people building there would head south in the winter and leave the area all built up for next to nothing.
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:55:05 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: glasseye
The mosquito's are baaad.
I did a lot of hiking with a (former) boyfriend who HATED that I smoked.
Of course, when we got into the ADK's and the black flies started swarming, he'd be like, "Gee, andyssister, now would be a great time for you to light up."
He swore it kept the flies away........I dumped him.
To: andyssister
I remember comming down from a rather tough climb and smoking a cig on the trail. Some hikers going up the trail stopped to admonish me for smoking. I replied that at least I had made the top before noon. And I had smoked on top too.
Makes you feel good to piss off the smoke nazi's.
Thanksgiving will be 2 years smoke free for me.
*gasp!
*smile
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posted on
10/27/2006 9:26:37 PM PDT
by
glasseye
To: glasseye
Wow, glasseye, congratulations!!
I have a feeling you won't become a "smoke nazi" like so many former smokers do.
Wishing you many continued years of breathing easy!!
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