2013 Year In Review

What a season it was!  We still enjoyed boating on the lake especially with visiting friends and relatives but spending the whole summer at the camp allowed us to do a lot more exploring and to engagein  a greater variety of activities.

Ager's Falls

We found more waterfalls to visit, including a new favorite, Ager's Falls in Lyons Falls, Crandall Falls on the Black River and Cascade Falls in the Adirondacks.





 We explored more of the Adirondacks. We enjoyed the hikes t oCascade Lake, and to the summits of Rocky Mountain (relatively easy) and Black Bear Mountain (moderate to hard).  The views from the rocky summits will undoubtedly lead us to return.  We discovered plant species we've never seen before at Ferd's Bog.

Nearby Rome provided a variety of attractions- historical (Fort Stanwix), cultural (Manson-Williams Museum o)f Art, natural (Sand Plains) and man-made wonders (Delta Lake).


We visited the botanical garden  in Oriskany and a religious shrine (St. Marianne's) in Utica.


 


For the first time, we were able to attend the Woodmen's Field Days.








 We even had time to mine for Herkimer Diamonds.







But now that the hummingbirds are long gone, the days are getting colder, the leaves starting to fall,  it's time to close shop and count the days to the next season.