Beautiful Boreas Brian Mann The first time I visited the Boreas Ponds, we explored the chain of lakes with Governor Andrew Cuomo paddling a canoe... Read More
Shingle Shanty Lisa W. Foderaro For someone coming from the suburbs of New York City, the first thing that jumps out at Shingle Shanty Preserve is th... Read More
Wild Goose Chase Dick Monroe First light in camp is my favorite awakening. Zipper alarm clocks: my son R. J.’s sleeping bag, then the tent flap, t... Read More
Big Day Out Niki Kourofsky It’s July 5th—the marching bands have faded, the fireworks have fizzled and the potato salad has finally gone south. ... Read More
Campfire Cooking Adirondack Life Greg sherman, executive chef at Big Slide Brewery & Public House, in Lake Placid, knows what tastes good. His popular... Read More
Time of the Tick Annie Stoltie Late last fall I was sick in bed, so feverish my skin hurt. It wasn’t influenza, my doctor had assured me, but anothe... Read More
Legal Tender Zach Hirsch Snow flurries melted into the asphalt on Route 9 in Chestertown, west of Lake George. It was a gray morning in late f... Read More
Hog Heaven Carleen Madigan Visitors to Kate Mountain Farm, in Vermontville, see the large, furry creatures in the distance and sometimes think t... Read More
The Tree Army Niki Kourofsky “You know, it’s kind of a big deal.” A few years ago, my youngest daughter—around eight at the time—paused for abo... Read More
Camp Abilities Elizabeth Folwell A dozen kids in bright pink jackets and vests are streaming down the broad boulevard of fresh snow at Old Forge’s McC... Read More
Days and Nights at Dewey Ned P. Rauch The summer after my junior year of high school I found myself working on a cattle ranch in Montana owned by Mel Gibso... Read More
The Other Durant Sheila Myers If what Harvard historian Laurel Thacher Urlich said is true, that “well-behaved women seldom make history,” then one... Read More