“Let’s go for a walk before the snow gets too deep.”
“How about Nine Corner Lake?”
“Gotta get there first. We’re out before the plows.”
“Should we turn back?”
“Nawwww. It’s only a few inches.”
“We’re the only ones here.”
“That would never happen any day of the summer or fall.”
“Have you ever seen this much water in the stream?”
“Nope. Very pretty.”
“Photography doesn’t do the flow justice. I’ll see if I can do better up higher.”
“Don’t get lost.”
“With everything covered with a few inches of snow, it’s hard to step safely. I got a soaker and slipped on glare ice so I fell on my butt.”
“I saw.”
“Our tracks will be filled by the time we get back to the trailhead.”
“It just keeps coming down.”
“It’s beautiful!”
“Worth every step.”
You had a story this week about hiking in the Adirondack Montains that mentioned Bald Rock Trail near Old Forge. On our first date my wife and I hiked Bald Rock. I could not remember her name. I knew there was a registration book on Bald Mountain for hikers to sign before they climed the fire tower. She signed Evy and we climbed the tower. I was saved. That was 61 years ago. We met at Loomises in Eagle Rock where we danced. The town dump was near Loomises. Sometimes on dates we watched the bears scavenging at the Eagle Rock town dump. On one date I cooked a steak on a beach at Long Lake. We want to visit the Adirondacks next year. Maybe climb Bald Rock.
Joe Harman
I grew up at Pine Lake, and 9 corner was just part of my “ play ground”. It deeply distresses me how the natural beauty has been compromised by the many who use it now as a “party” place!! The history of 9 Corner is amazing and worth looking into. The lumbermen who capsized and drowned are buried in the old cemetery in Caroga Lake. My Mom told me the story as well as when the dam went out. Our family has been in the area since the late 1800’s.
Good Luck Lake is another place being compromised by the “party” crowd.
I am 84 yrs. old.