i have occasionally rambled on about my upcoming Adirondack adventure, said adventure eventually happened.
Part 1 of 4
[video=youtube;Dvtg_Z7n1L8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvtg_Z7n1L8[/video]
Part 2 of 4
[video=youtube;ZbF0X_UgFLo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbF0X_UgFLo[/video]
Next 2 episodes will be in the next post due to video per post limitations
Where to start, well i suppose the very beginning makes sense.
So there i am 3 days before leaving Massachusetts and i am roped into helping pack the van and get the family glamping gear ready, i have never been glamping before and as the kit piled up so did my astonishment at how much they were going to be taking for the 6 days they would be there with me, we planned leaving at 5am on Thursday 28th Aug so i planned to pack my kit at 4.30am on the same day, this left me ample time to be a packing assistant
So we hit the road 6am on the 28th for the 4hr drive into the ADKs, stopping halfway for a hearty breakfast at a diner with great grub where we met up with the other family members, i stuffed my face and took the opportunity to use the last real toilet i may see for some time.
It was not long before the scenery changed and we were in the mountains and crossing the Hudson River for the first time, as anyone knows who has been up this way the vista is stunning and before we knew it we were arriving at Forked Lake campground nr Long Lake.
Unpacking and ferrying everything across the lake via the little inflatable dinghy and canoes took best part of half a day, i heartily chipped in after quickly loading all my kit into the 10ft kayak for my single trip once i had helped everyone get their gear over to our campsites.
Setting up my tarp took a whole 5 minutes so again i was roped into helping the small tent town appear at one of our campsites, i had arranged that i would have my own campsite for me and my basic setup, the glamping setup was impressive to say the least, consisting among other things of a fully equipped kitchen, i was equally amazed and disgusted as to me this is not camping it is taking as much of your house as you can with you and relocating it into nature, i firmly held this opinion until the ladies knocked up a cracking feast and we all sat down to a well earned dinner including pudding, it is safe to say my freeze dried provisions remained safely stored away in the bear proof food safe as the multitude of coolers held all manner of feastable goodies and the ladies of the family were masters at taking care of us all and insisted on doing so, my heartiest thanks go out to them and there was a part of me dreading them all going home and me switching from the feasts of glamping luxury to my freeze dried meager provisions regardless of how hearty a meal i am proficient in making from them (see later images).
So the next 6 days were spent slothing and feasting in the company of family, doing a bit of fishing, a lot of sunbathing and swimming in the crystal clear waters of Forked Lake and getting far too used to the luxuries and the excesses of the family kit and food supplies.
More family glamping pictures behind this link
On the second last day before the family headed back to Massachusetts me and my father escaped the luxury of glamping and headed over to the Adirondack Museum (insert link), if anyone ever goes up this way i can't recommend this place enough except for the food, the place itself is in an excellent setting with indoor and outdoor displays peppered with very informative guides who are keen to share their info.
Link to gallery full of pictures from the museum
continued in next post.........
Part 1 of 4
[video=youtube;Dvtg_Z7n1L8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvtg_Z7n1L8[/video]
Part 2 of 4
[video=youtube;ZbF0X_UgFLo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbF0X_UgFLo[/video]
Next 2 episodes will be in the next post due to video per post limitations
Where to start, well i suppose the very beginning makes sense.
So there i am 3 days before leaving Massachusetts and i am roped into helping pack the van and get the family glamping gear ready, i have never been glamping before and as the kit piled up so did my astonishment at how much they were going to be taking for the 6 days they would be there with me, we planned leaving at 5am on Thursday 28th Aug so i planned to pack my kit at 4.30am on the same day, this left me ample time to be a packing assistant
So we hit the road 6am on the 28th for the 4hr drive into the ADKs, stopping halfway for a hearty breakfast at a diner with great grub where we met up with the other family members, i stuffed my face and took the opportunity to use the last real toilet i may see for some time.
It was not long before the scenery changed and we were in the mountains and crossing the Hudson River for the first time, as anyone knows who has been up this way the vista is stunning and before we knew it we were arriving at Forked Lake campground nr Long Lake.
Unpacking and ferrying everything across the lake via the little inflatable dinghy and canoes took best part of half a day, i heartily chipped in after quickly loading all my kit into the 10ft kayak for my single trip once i had helped everyone get their gear over to our campsites.
Setting up my tarp took a whole 5 minutes so again i was roped into helping the small tent town appear at one of our campsites, i had arranged that i would have my own campsite for me and my basic setup, the glamping setup was impressive to say the least, consisting among other things of a fully equipped kitchen, i was equally amazed and disgusted as to me this is not camping it is taking as much of your house as you can with you and relocating it into nature, i firmly held this opinion until the ladies knocked up a cracking feast and we all sat down to a well earned dinner including pudding, it is safe to say my freeze dried provisions remained safely stored away in the bear proof food safe as the multitude of coolers held all manner of feastable goodies and the ladies of the family were masters at taking care of us all and insisted on doing so, my heartiest thanks go out to them and there was a part of me dreading them all going home and me switching from the feasts of glamping luxury to my freeze dried meager provisions regardless of how hearty a meal i am proficient in making from them (see later images).
So the next 6 days were spent slothing and feasting in the company of family, doing a bit of fishing, a lot of sunbathing and swimming in the crystal clear waters of Forked Lake and getting far too used to the luxuries and the excesses of the family kit and food supplies.
More family glamping pictures behind this link
On the second last day before the family headed back to Massachusetts me and my father escaped the luxury of glamping and headed over to the Adirondack Museum (insert link), if anyone ever goes up this way i can't recommend this place enough except for the food, the place itself is in an excellent setting with indoor and outdoor displays peppered with very informative guides who are keen to share their info.
Link to gallery full of pictures from the museum
continued in next post.........
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