Bennett had his first day of T-ball and had fun being a leader for red light/green light.
We finally made it up to the Adirondack Experience where Cheryl is now employed. . The Adirondack Park is larger than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier and the Grand Canyon combined. We were here ten years ago. This trip we barely saw a few acres.
A popular photo stop is this chair.
Can you tell which picture was taken on our trip here ten years ago and which is current?
We spent two hours in the Life in the Adirondacks, a two-story building chronicling the history of the area from indigenous peoples to about the 1950s. The excellent displays are supplemented by recordings of descendants of early people and of more recent residents of the area.
“So Be It Our Minds,” a cradle board made of natural and man-made products, tells the positive and negative history.
The Rockefellers and their ilk were influential in keeping the area “forever wild.” But the wealthy were still apparent in their luxurious way of travel, taking their private railcars to their "great camps".
This quilt was made by a guild in tribute to the area being preserved as it has been for most of time.
.This is the actual cabin of a man who lived on the land. In an interview with him, one feels his love of the mountains
Beginning in the ‘50s this RV became a popular way to experience the area.
Anne LaBastille, a PhD in wildlife ecology from Cornell in 1969, spent her life in the Adirondacks working and fighting to preserve the land. This is the cabin she built and lived in.
Maple syrup has long been a staple of these mountains.
One important thing we learned is that we will be most happy to return and continue our education.
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