Monthly Archives: August 2011
Our Hurricane Irene Damage
Well we made it through Irene relatively unscathed, although many of our other town residents that are not as highly elevated as us didn’t fare nearly as well. There is a fair amount of flooding in our town. As to be expected, we have a few downed trees in the yard, but nothing to the … Continue reading
Tracking Hurricane Irene
In between preparing for Hurricane Irene, I’ve been doing a lot of tracking using http://crisislanding.appspot.com/. Over the last 24 hours we’ve been in and out of the direct track a few times. To me, it looks like the eye is bouncing East and West over about a 40 mile section between the outer edges. Last … Continue reading
Time to Batten Down Everything!
We’ve been home for a week or so, and YES I am behind on a number of posts that are still in draft mode from the last leg of our trip, but after tracking Hurricane Irene for the last few days, I am glad that we’re here at home base to “batten down the hatches”. … Continue reading
Happy Hour on the Schroon River
Friday at Lake George Escapes was a lazy day for us … well Friday,Saturday and today are. We’ve been here for about a week, had some guests, visited some friends and in general, we’ve just been taking this week as a “vacation”. No real plans on things to do or see. We’ve been talking about … Continue reading
Dinner with Friends
It turns out that there are a few people following our Journey, or at least our Facebook wall posts … yeah! As we announced that we were pointed towards Lake George last week, I received a message from a High School friend inviting Maureen, I *and* the dogs to dinner while we’re in the area. … Continue reading
Canoeing, Exploring, Fun at Lake George Escapes and Farting in Your General Direction
We’ve been here at Lake George Escapes for the better part of a week and we’ve really been enjoying our stay. We haven’t gone out and done much of the “touristy” stuff yet,but we’re still here for another 3 1/2 days – so we still have some time for that. We haven’t been here before, … Continue reading
Evil Ceiling Stain
We’re spending a few days at the Lake George Escapes campground and we’ve had some pockets of really heavy, and at times, torrential rains. The rain last night sounded like marbles being bounced off the roof – that’s how heavy it was. When I got up this morning and went to open the blinds, I … Continue reading
Not sure if this means Naughty or Nice List
Santa Claus stopped by our campsite today while I was on the roof checking out a leak that showed up in yesterdays torrential rains. He pulled up to the site in his golf cart and asked me if I was washing the roof. I wasn’t, as I know that will definitely get me on the … Continue reading
First Day at Lake George Escapes
Monday, our first full day at Lake George, we woke up to rain. It seems that there is a rain cell that will be lingering around for a few days, although the end of the weeks looks like it will have beautiful weather. We’ll be here for the week, so I’m hoping that we’ll have … Continue reading
Be kind to your birds and goats
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday … another day of breaking down, travel and setting up. Today we left Frosty Acres Campground in Schenectady, NY and headed off towards Lake George (note this post references our travel on 08/07/11 – yeah I’m a little late with posting). We’ve heard a lot of great things about the Lake George area … Continue reading