Round Lake Outlet

Jamison took some time out of being a new father to accompany me to the remote region of the park to get some Class IV-IV+ boating in. We paddled the three miles of flat water that is Round Lake to get to the outlet, where the action quickly picked up. The first mile drops over 150' and is ended with a sweet quarter mile long continuous rapid with some nice drops. We gauged it to be IV+, and thought with a bit more water, it could jump up to a fiver. Wouldn't want to get hurt back here, as we were miles from anything. We finished with a paddle through the bog, and finished with a sweet drop under route 30 right into Tupper Lake.

The pics are from the first rapid we had to scout, and the rest we took video with Jamison's camera. Hopefully I will get my hands on the film and post that.

enjoy.

Doin her thing

Heather and I went running to get some photos for her story on local waterfalls. Who gets paid to run and take fun pictures? Must be nice. One picture is her on the Ausable Club property with Giant Mtn. in the background, and the other is her getting a photo of Roaring Brook Falls.

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Jenkins 5/18

On Monday I ran up Jenkins Mtn. in Paul Smith's, NY. Training for the Great Adirondack Trail run which is one of the last weekends in June, I felt I needed to start running some climbs. This race will have over 3000' of vertical gain and almost the same in descent. It was a cold, gloomy morning, which isn't the most condusive for photos, but I did what I could.

The trilliums were out in full bloom on this run, which made for some great sights. I also ran past an impressive beaver swap, where the beavers are still hard at work.

It ended up being 8.4 miles round trip, and I finished at about 1 hr 15 min, hopefully next time I will have some sun for a better view from the top.

Enjoy.

ADK Trail Running Club

Just joined the ADK Trail Running Club and trying to find some others to trail run. Go to the website http://www.adktrailrun.com/ and sign up. It's $40 bucks for the year, which also gets you a fancy new patagonia capaline shirt with the logo, and 10% off all trail running gear at the Mountaineer in Keene Valley.

So come and join!

CO Part V: leaving winter park

Leaving Winter Park and headed to Frisco. Great drive and more scenic vistas the the last drive. Just a few shots from the road.

Colorado Part IV: Grand Lake

After the Hot springs we headed to Grand Lake, CO. It is a lake based recreation tourist town with a small main street lasting about a half a mile, which is also part of the continential divide trail. The picture of the map shows you where you are at on your trek through the Colorado Section. We ate some lunch at the brewery in town. Great beers, a fun atmosphere, and the best chicken sandwich of my life made a perfect cap to our relaxing day.

Enjoy the pics of main street, and parts of the brewery. Take notice the true Colorado Mountain Man putting a few back.

Colorado part III a day at the Hot Springs

After riding at Winter Park for two days we decided to take a break and head to some hot springs. This is a natural hot spring where they pump the water to different pools at the resort and they can range from 100-120 degrees. The day was relaxing, and I even got a sun burn. I never thought I would get burnt in the middle of winter.

The photo of the feet is taken underwater with my Olympus Stylus 1050SW on underwater mode. Pretty neat.

If you ever are near Frasier, CO check out the hot sulphur springs! Its worth the trip.

Enjoy

Team in Training

Rachel Johnson, who was on Heather's swim team in college was our host while we were in Denver. In May of 2008 she was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. She completed her treatments in September, and is now a member of Team In Training. Rachel is training for an Olympic distance triathlon to raise funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. Any and all help is appreciated.

Here is the link to donate to her cause: http://pages.teamintraining.org/rm/llltri09/rjohnso5eo

for more on team in training click: http://www.teamintraining.org/

Donate to help a good cause and a great person!

Colorado Part II

After a night in downtown Denver, we headed into the mountains to do some riding at Winter Park Resort. We were graciously hosted by Dave and Julie in their cozy apartment. Lots of sun and a fresh snow fall made the two days here great for the slopes.

We enjoyed a brewery, had some great pizza, and ate some Thai food while in winter park. I can't say that I had a bad meal while on vacation.

Enjoy the photos.

Colorado Part I

Heather and I ventured out to Colorado last week to visit some friends and do some snowboarding. It was a much needed late winter break from Lake Placid for the two of us. We both made a note how it was so nice going through days without worrying about the time or being anywhere. We didn't really have a plan other then our arrival and departure dates, but it worked out really well.

Colorado is amazing, and with this being my first trip, Heather volunteered to drive. She said she wanted me to be able to appreciate the view, but I think she worried I would crash if I was driving because of the scenery. It seemed around every corner of road was another breath taking view, something I just couldn't capture with a camera.

These first set of pictures is of our drive to Winter Park from Denver.

Enjoy.

Raquetball

My new winter sport, it is a grea workout and a ton of fun. Josh and I play almost every Saturday night at the local court. Thanks to Mark T. for taking the photos, due to an injury. I still have the title, but Josh has been training hard to take it away. Can't wait until the next match. Anyone looking to play let me know.

Another part of the Jackrabbit Trail

Heather and I did some skiing before the most recent rains on a portion of the Jackrabbit Trail between River Road and Craig Wood Golf Course. The day was perfect for some shots so I brought along my D40x. Here are some shots of Heather skiing.

From the new lift

I stole the idea for the shadow pic from a good friend, but it was the perfect day. The pictures are a bit less in quality. I shot them with my point and shoot Olympus Stylus 1050 SW. Not the best for photo quality, but this new camera is not only compact, but water proof, shock proof, and good to -20 F. It is the perfect camera for the adirondacks. I took the pictures from our new lift up Lookout Mtn.

Enjoy

Sunny Day

Snapped this shot the other day from Craigwood Golf Course of Whiteface Mtn.