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'J.C.' with his kid brother, Mom and Dad.
They come up from Orlando FL for a mountain visit, explore High Meadow and Rattlesnake, and swim the AuSable rapids. 'J.C.' makes some discoveries and tells 'the next kid' all about it.
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Guest Book Entry. "To the next kid: are you having fun? I hope so. have you seen witeface mt.?
you can see it from nearby if you hike the trail up to the Ridge camp."
More about their Fourpeaks visit. (An Email Exchange.)
Visit 'The Cabin,' blue spruce, half-log building, a Screen House, . . .
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"J.C." 1998
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Handwritten Note.
"J.C" [Age] 8
date 1998 July 31
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"J.C." with Jackie, kid brother and dog (2007)
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"J.C." 2007
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Guest Book Entry:
[Handwritten Note. Pencil on yellow lined notepad paper. 3pp.]
[First page decorations: a house, the breadbox at The Cabin, arrows, the privy (?) and other symbols.]
"J.C." [Age] 8
date 1998 July 31
To the next kid
are you having fun?
I hope so. have you
seen witeface mt.
you can see it from
nearby if you hike the
trail up to the Ridge
camp the trail is a
mile long and it
sta[r]ts at high meadow
look for jeep trail
it's a little hard to find /flip
...........................
when you go to the top of
whiteface look back across
the valley to see Ridge
camps mountain. Have you been
to the river close to the
covered bridge? if you
have did you bring your
bathing suit? if you have
then you can slide down the
rocks if you have done
that then try swimming
it is harder to swim that
then to clime a volcano
in haiwia. have you played
old maid? have you won or lost
if you won then did you like it
if you lost then I hope you win
the next time that you play /flip
...........................
Theres a seekert
hole where a so[au]na
was at and at the
porch of the kichen
theres a wooden door
to get to the Potcbed(?)up [probably Screen House] well I
hope you have
fun and by[e]. by J.C. Birk***
orlando floridai Ps please
write to the next kid
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"I looked in an old file and found a wonderful 3-page
letter 'To the next kid' which your son J.C. wrote, 8 years
old, when he stayed with you at The Cabin in '98." (An Email Exchange.)
Subject: Re: A Leisure Story
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:59:05 -0400
From: Daniel B***
To: Your Adirondack Guide
Thanks for the letter. You have a distinctly better grade of Spam than most.
:-)
Daniel B****
P.S. a half-baked thought: a place on your web-site for user-written stories
and vacation pictures. Wiki, Sharepoint
Subject: Re: A Leisure Story
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:52:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Martin (Your Adirondack Guide)"
To: "Daniel Bi****"
Daniel--
Greetings!
Thanks for your email.
When I got it I looked in an old file and found a wonderful 3-page
letter "To the next kid" which your son J.C. wrote, probably 8 years
old when he stayed with you at The Cabin in '98. I found it at The Cabin
when you left. I think I must have asked you for photos at that time,
but never got any. The letter just stayed there.
It's very well written and all about what he did here on vacation.
I would love to put it on the webpage along with others. But it
needs some photos. See http://4peaks.com/fgstbndx.htm for samples.
Have you a photo of J.C. at that age?
One of him today?
Any other photos of your family and activities from your visit here?
Or current ones. It doesn't matter really as long as there's one of J.C.
I hope you do. I think you'd like it. A great souvenir.
Hope to hear from you.
Martin
Subject: Re: A Leisure Story
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:46:15 -0500
From: "Daniel Bi****"
To: "Martin \(Your Adirondack Guide\)"
Martin,
I've had this on my to-do list forever now. Please find attached two
pictures of JC, one near the age that he visited your cabins, and one more
recent. I hope they will serve. Please sure to tell JC jcb****@cfl***.com if
you do put his letter on the web.
I hope you and your business are well.
Daniel Birket
ubject: Re: A Leisure Story
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 09:16:19 -0500 (EST)
From: "Martin (Your Adirondack Guide)"
To: "Daniel B***"
CC: jcb*****@cfl.com
Dan--
I've always had faith in my todo lists. No regrets if I don't
get to them all right away. There are priorities. But they do
(for me anyway) incorporate some of the small dreams in living.
I'm glad to keep todo lists, too. And that you got to JC's
boyhood letter.
Yes. I will do the page with JC's letter. Thanks very much for
the photos. (Look for email with link.)
Best wishes,
Martin
 Footnote.
Well, it took another little while till I got to do the page. My "TODO" List, at least as far as the webpage is concerned, is finally getting serious attention.
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