"Its not just a place, its a way of life."
They're not cabins or cottages on the lakefronts in the Adirondack Park -they are "camps." I am used to this term, having grown up in and around the Adirondacks, but Jossy was not. So, we researched the subject while at the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake. The best answer was given by the opening statement, above. And that way of life must be experienced first hand to really appreciate it. In this posting I have included just 4 photos of many taken to illustrate our experience.
After driving from Niagara Falls on Saturday morning (9/5/9) we joined the gang for the 44th Annual Darksiders Clambake around 1 PM. (Explanation: Piseco Lake runs roughly North & South -about 4-1/2 miles long. The camps along the West shore find themselves in the shadow of the trees from the summer sun from shortly after noon until sunset. Meanwhile, the camps on the East shore -about 0.8 miles away, are brightly illuminated. So the folks on the West shore (including my family) are known as the "Darksiders." Forty-four years ago -Labor Day 1965- a few Darksider families started an annual clambake -a huge picnic celebrating the end of summer and time to pull in the docks.)
The weather was beautiful, the clambake went well as usual, and we had time to take a cruise around the lake on Doris' and George's "party boat."
On Monday we drove about 80 miles to Tupper Lake and visit sister Norma, Jane, Don & kids. Norma's house is beautiful inside and out. Inside, the knotty pine simply and wonderfully overloads the senses of sight and smell. The lake, just across the roadway is beautiful by day and especially inspiring at sunset. We visited two museums on this leg of our trip: The Wild Center in Tupper Lake and the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake.
Tomorrow: Rome, New York.
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Sister Norma is a volunteer at the Wild Center at Tupper Lake. She generously and graciously treated us to lunch and a day at the Center. She also put up us for the night in her beautiful home. Great sound&sight: Norma and Jossy playing piano duets in the evening.
Doris & George Smith make the camp at Piseco Lake their summer home. Like everyone who visits here, we were welcomed and treated like royalty. Good old fashioned camp meals and beer & wine and a few nights on the lake always make for a great, memorable experience.
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