Paddling Little Tupper

A group of us paddled at Little Tupper today.  It started out nice and calm.

We paddled across to the far shore from the put in but by the time we headed across to the other shore for lunch, it was pretty windy.

 

We stopped for lunch at one of the beaches, that was mostly under water.  

Then we headed back along that shore and went up the creek that we had explored last year.  We again went nearly a mile, and possibly could have gone farther but we were getting tired.  By the time we got to the landing we had paddled about 8 miles.

Paddling Lower Saranac Lake

The winds were forecast to be fairly high today, so we set off from Second Pond, through First Pond, then hugged the southern shore of the lake to get to Pope Bay, which we are pretty sure we never paddled before.  We usually go zooming by on the way from South Creek.  We stopped at campsite 52 for lunch and were lucky to find somewhere we could fairly easily get out of our boats.  The water is still very high and it continues to rain.  After lunch W was not feeling well so we headed back to the car, having paddled about five miles.  The rest of the group had a good time exploring around some of the islands.

Paddling Deer River Flow

We had a nice group paddle today.  Eight of us explored Deer River Flow, where we had not paddled since 2018.  We put in off Cold Brook Road at the bottom of the map and paddled to the northwest end where the dam is.  

We were very surprised to see the area to the right of the dam set up with nice picnic tables and chairs.  The property is privately owned but paddlers are encouraged to use it.  It also has a very nice privy, complete with little battery driven lights, toilet paper, hand sanitizer and a Vacant/Occupied sign you flip before you enter.

The view from that area down the flow was great.

After lunch we explored the arm up towards Route 14, to the upper right on the map, before returning to our starting point, for a total of about 7.5 miles.

Paddling Lake Placid

The winds were forecast to be high today, but the group elected to try the paddle anyway.  We put into Lake Placid right off Victor Herbert Road and headed clockwise around the lake.  When we got to the passage through to the eastern section of the lake, the winds were extremely high and we quickly decided not to try to go that way.  So we headed to the eastern shore and started back south.  The winds there also picked up so it was a challenge getting back to the landing.  The entire paddle was just 4 miles.  Then the 7 of us went to Simply Gourmet for lunch and a nice long visit.

Paddling the Flow

There has been a lot of rain which means some paddles have been rained out.  Today was sunny, but we figured the nice weekend would bring everyone out, so we decided to just paddle on the flow.  We went about 4 1/2 miles and saw three fisherman, two loons and three young otters.

Paddling Forked Lake

We led an ADK paddle today on Forked Lake.  Nine of us took off from the carry from Raquette Lake and headed west.  The wind was stronger than forecast, but we were sheltered in that part of the lake.  We paddled along the north shore and then up the Brandreth Lake Outlet.  The water was high enough to allow us to get over two beaver dams so we got as far as the tree which blocks the stream.  It would have taken a lot of effort to get all of us around it, so we elected to turn around.  The two campsites on the north shore were occupied and those on the south shore were hard to get into due to high water, so we ended up lunching back at the dock where we started.  The total paddling distance was about 5 1/4 miles.

At Camp

I'm surprised to see how long it has been since I posted.  We continue to be very busy.  We stayed in PA through last Saturday, the 15th, because I had a family reunion in the area.  And we had wanted to spend some more time in our new community before heading for the Adirondacks.  So we drove up on the 17th and are so very happy to be here.  We really don't like the summer heat and humidity in Pennsylvania.  In addition to the chores required to get our place in the Adirondacks up and running, much of the time we have been here has been involved in the Stitchin' B's quilt show.  We help take down the show tomorrow.  We have a long paddle with our group scheduled for Thursday, so we figured we needed to try paddling on the Flow, to be sure we can still get in and out of our boats.  It seems to get harder every year.  I still love the view from the shore of our wonderful lake.

We are having trouble remembering that it is already July.  So the pickerelweed is already blooming.

Longwood Organ Competition

We went to the first of four preliminary tryouts of the international organ competition at Longwood Gardens today.  What a treat.  We will go to another tomorrow, and the final on Saturday.  The organists and the judges are from all over the world.  And of course at intermission one just has to walk over to the orchids and take photos. 

My Garden

 

Trip to Heinz National Wildlife Refuge

My daughter and I had a great trip to Heinz today.  I got photos of a great egret, lots of turtles including a tiny one, and barn swallows that live under the boardwalk.