Adirondack Camps

I love the idea of camps and cottages.  A building in a remote place where families gather for anticipated adventures and long lived memories.  Filled with comfortable furniture that doesn't match and no televisions, laptops, ipads, Xboxes....get my drift?  Places where you have to interact with each other or curl up in a corner to read a book (yes, one you have to hold), play card games, checkers, go for walks.....do any of you have places like that?  I bet some of you do..

Our family had a camp in the Pocono Mts. of Pennsylvania, Tobyhanna to be exact.  I grew up in Southern Lancaster County of PA and summers were expectant times.  We would vacation in Tobyhanna a number of weeks during school break.  My Nana and PapPap built the cabin.   I don't remember the "original" cabin.  The cabin was built on to and had enough beds to sleep 12 people comfortably.  There was no running water and a hand water pump outside with a slate patio built around it.  The water was so cold and a serious wake-up call in the morning.  We had enamel bowls to wash in and pumped 3-4 buckets of water to drink, which would be placed in the kitchen.  There was an outdoor fireplace as well as one inside.  Almost every night a fire was built indoors, the nights would get very cool and there wasn't any other heat source, and we would make s'mores and play Screwball Rummy.  During the days we would go to the State Park nearby and swim, take walks through the woods, rake leaves, always gathering firewood, sit on the porch with Mom and Nana and took drives at night to see the deer in the meadows.  It was great.  I learned to crochet and cross-stitch at the cabin, but that's another blog.  

A picture of few of my sister's, brother's and my children enjoying the cabin

A picture of our "children" a little older (they have now given us grandchildren!)

Some pictures of ADK cabins within 4 miles of my house 

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Sunrise Service on Gore Mountain

Beautiful morning for a Easter Sunrise service on Gore Mt.  The pictures speak for themselves.   Have a wonderful day.

Sister  and Brother-in-Law, Barry and Peggy

My better half, Rick

 

Temporary Home

Like many of my friends in the Northeast, this is what I woke up to.  It was 29 degrees and windy in Oville this morning.  Sun shining, another beautiful day.  Walked around the Federal Flats loop this morning, about 4 miles.  The roads were basically bare although there were a few treacherous shady spots.  I am more cautious as I get older, my bones are weaker, arthritis kicking in, so I tend to watch where my feet are landing more than I used to.  If I could come back in life as anyone, I would choose my husband, Rick.  I have never met anyone who enjoys life more than him.  There was no doubt in my mind that he would ski today.  We live 8 miles from Gore Mt. and this is the last week of operation, Easter being the last day.  Rick has skied over 100 days this season, crazy, right?  He is living his dream.  He finds good in every day and every person (sometimes to a fault).  I thought about him while walking today.  The battery on my camera died, so I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted, but, it gave me the opportunity to reflect.  I am so focused on my next step that I wasn't enjoying the life around me.  How many of us do that?  I can talk myself out of a walk quicker than anything.  You probably think, it's easy for her to say, she's retired and doesn't have any worries or responsibilities.  I worry.....still have bills to pay, will we have enough money to live on, concerns for family, health issues......   But, I guess what I'm talking about is finding that good in every day, looking up and enjoying the life I have.  Whatever you are doing today, I hope you find good in your day.  Enjoy this temporary home we have been given. 

Blogging is fairly new to me.  I am going to attempt to share interesting topics about my life in the Adirondack Mountains.  This will range from day to day happenings to sewing projects to where I like to eat. (and I do like to eat!)  Hopefully the stories will be interesting to you and I promise to keep posts short!  The picture above was taken yesterday on a walk down Trout Brook Road.  It was a beautiful day yesterday and the streams were flowing with snow melt.  My goal is to walk for an hour, 5 days a week.  My other goal is to see a Moose before I die!  Therefore, I take my camera with me, I figure the extra weight can only add to my fitness!  Today there is a flood watch for our area, it's been raining hard, off and on, with temperatures dropping.  Possible rain mixed with snow later this evening. This is my round about way of confessing I didn't walk today.......  Talk to you tomorrow.  Have a blessed day.