Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Forked Lake


I just got back from a few days in the Adirondacks, for my annual June trip with my pal Jean Elizabeth...she celebrates her birthday at Forked Lake, and I join her when I can get away.  If any of you are looking for a beautiful camping place this summer, definitely check out Forked Lake, it's located between Blue Mountain Lake and Long Lake.  The caretaker, Ted, is a great guy too.  I took my lovely little solo canoe (her name is the Nutmeg of Consolation, after a Patrick O'Brian book), and we had the coveted small island site.  Not much happened, except for a windy expedition down the inlet between Forked Lake and Raquette Lake.  Here's a photo of as far as we got in the canoe, to where the river turned into a small impassible rocky stream.  Great spot for lunch, and it would be a great spot for a swim too except the water was mighty cold.

On the way home, my efforts at tying on the canoe slacked, and I had to keep stopping and securing.  It's a newish car, you see, and all of these systems need to be worked out...

On the art front, the quest to join Etsy continues, I took a lot of photos of my cards today and designed my banner.  I also sent cards to a new store in Stone Harbor, NJ.  The store is named Alice, and I'm pretty excited about being part of their collections!


2 comments:

gary rith said...

hey, Blue Mountain Lake is GORGEOUS! I know that place...

Gallow said...

Forked Lake is wonderful. My wife and I hiked to the Western End of the lake on a day trip. This was the first place that we had ever seen a Loon. One of the trees along our hike was huge. It must have been ancient.