The last few weeks, Bill and I have had some nice but short excursions up to the Adirondacks. We usually take off on Thursday, and rent a room where ever we end up. Lately its been Clarks beach house. No five star accommodation to be sure. But with a screened in porch over looking the pond in Old Forge, walking distance to anything downtown and they allow pets! It's cheap and perfect. Lou LOVES this place and somehow manages to pee on every rock that lines the outskirt of the park on his morning walks. So Thursday morning, I played a gig in the activity room of the Norwich Community Hospital in front of twenty or more senior folks. The folks that manage to stay awake loved the music. It was actually a nice gig. My heart goes out to these dear old folks. And it payed well! After unloading music equipment we loaded up our kayaking and overnight equipment and headed once again. NORTH!
The last time we were up we had dinner at the Knotty Pine, one of my favorite dinner houses in Old Forge. This time up we had dinner at the The Steak House. It was good yet I still rate Knotty Pine ahead.
Waking up to a clear indigo blue Adirondack sky, I leashed up killer Lou for a morning walk. At the far end of the hotel, Lou had his first encounter with two female deer. They were standing not ten yards away and if I didn't have a dog in toe I probably could of walked right up to them! So tame the deer in Old Forge. Finally one deer bent her head to graze which caught Lou's attention in which he quickly let out his squeak-toy-barking voice. The deer just looked up totally amused!
During a breakfast of hot tea and yogurt the gray clouds and wind rolled in to dampen our plans of kayaking the Moose River. Bill had gotten two free pick up coupons from the Mountain Man as when he bought our new kayaking trailer, one major part was missing...The main shaft that holds the ball to the car! Whatever that is called. Kayaking the Moose requires two vehicles, one at each end as its a one way, two hour paddle. Or a lift from the dudes at Mountain Man.
With all the rain we've had lately raising the water quite significantly, and the wind quite blustery, we decided to kayak a more quiet river and headed for Raquatte to kayak up to the waterfall's of the Inlet River. Lou was NOT excited! It took 50 minutes of pretty hard paddling up and an easy 30 minutes back. The small falls were roaring! A noise Lou wanted no part of it and took off into the woods! Oh god! A mere morsel for a hungry bear loading up to hibernate the winter away! I ran after him and thankfully Lou had his life jacket on so he was easy to snatch up as there's a handle on the back of the jacket!
I got him! We're home again.
Now to tackle the leaves...and oh the leaves...
