Tag Archive: lake placid

Am I being paranoid, or do the locals here really do want to cut me up with rusty razors?

Since I’ve been putting myself “out there,” especially when it comes to geocaching, I have so far: Been chased by the police Been chased by dogs Gotten poison ivy rashes all over me Stepped on doggie doo (this in an area where dogs aren’t allowed) Picked up fossilized horsey poo thinking they were rocks May…

A vacation is worthless without pics!

A pretty tree in Kent Falls, Connecticut.

Yep, I finally got around to it, pictures from my 4 state vacation tour, beginning with a little place called Kent Falls in Connecticut: It also stands to reason that a state park called Kent Falls would have, well, falls in it right? :-D It had been pouring rain all morning, but the weather was…

Just went geocaching for the first time ever today! And well, I suck.

While I was researching GPS devices to get for my car, I inadvertently came upon a wondrous thing called geocaching. The idea behind it is pretty simple: use a GPS device to discover hidden caches around the world that were placed by geocaching enthusiasts. Once you find a geocache, you can sign the logbook to…

Lessons learned from taking an impromptu vacation

When I left last Tuesday, I only had a rough idea of where I’d be going. I knew I wanted to take a drive through Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont, but other than that I was playing it by ear. I started out in Connecticut on Route 7, and boy I couldn’t leave that state fast…

The Vacation Day From Hell

Hicklike Court Building

I spent the night at Ticonderoga (home of Fort Ticonderoga) before deciding to head out to Lake Placid the next day. Vermont was gorgeous, but I couldn’t decide on any place to stay, so I went for the familiar and hopped back over to NY for the remainder of my trip. I got up, feeling…

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