From Cold River to the North Pole

From Cold River to the North Pole

Photograph from Adirondack Experience For 33 years Noah John Rondeau, the best-known Adirondack hermit of the 20th century, lived in a crude cluster of huts and shanties along the Cold River northeast of Long Lake. High Peaks hikers sought him out for conversation and...
Trouble in Santaland

Trouble in Santaland

Passing through the gates of Santa’s Workshop with my two-year-old son on a sticky July day, we are greeted by teens in elf suits wishing guests a Merry Christmas. “It’s not Christmas,” retorts a blond boy of about nine, an im­­plied “duh” in his tone of voice. One...