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Oswegatchie River Trip with ADK Iroquois Chapter

The local Adirondack Mountain Club Chapter (Iroquois) scheduled a three day trip up the Oswegatchie River in the Five Ponds Wilderness Area April 27-29. Under the threat of thunderstorms and lightning on Friday we scaled it back to a Sat-Sun trip. Our group of 7 boats (2 kayaks, 3 Hornbeck canoes, and 2 [...]

The fish are awake (at least some of them)

With the warm weather over the weekend we started feeding the fish in the pond.  On Sunday there was no action.  I don’t know if the fish were dormant or just not yet used to being fed, but we saw no risers.  On Tuesday when we walked around the ponds we fed again and got surface [...]

Trey is big, but clean.

Trey got a bath over the weekend.  He has dandruff and got a bath with T-gel, a coal tar based shampoo.  The day was warm and he dried off quickly and fluffed up.  Since we are around him all the time we take his size for granted, but this is a big dog (110lbs).  We thought [...]

Geese nesting at the pond

The household is definitely divided over this issue.  We have geese nesting at the pond.  The actual nest is probably 50 yards from the pond, but we have a pair of geese settled in for a summer residency.  I am not happy.  They are messy, very messy.  I observed a lone goose on the pond over [...]

Pictures from our weekend

The arrival of warm, sunny spring weather prompted us to make a list of outdoor chores that was unachievable, but attempted none the less. We washed, waxed and vacuumed all three vehicles, washed house windows and put on screens, washed the dog, picked up 100 trees (White Spruce and Colorado Blue Spruce) from Oneida County [...]