Adirondack LettersNo.2: Summer and Ironman Hints of Balsam and Pine: Nature Reflections in a minor key from our quiet corner of the Adirondacks. For Fourpeaks Guests and anyone who ever dreamed about a wilderness getaway. CLICK & GO! (On this page.) Adirondack Letter No.2: "Summer and Ironman" More stuff in An Adirondack Miscellany. (On the next page.) Ironman USA Comes to Fourpeaks. List and links to all the Adirondack Letters in this series. 
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to get on our mailing listAnd receive occasional Adirondack Letters like this. "Summer and Ironman" Adirondack Letter No.2 Subject: "Summer and Ironman" Adirondack Letter No.2 Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 04:11:37 From: Martin Schwalbaum/Louise Merriam < YourAdirondackGuide@4peaks.com > To: < youremailname@youremail.address > To: Fourpeaks Visitors At: < youremailname@youremail.address > Dear Fourpeaks Visitor, This Summer (our third only) brought some interesting visitors and a few surprises. Most everyone had a satisfying --what we call a "mild" wilderness experience--resting, hiking, seeing night sky, hearing animals and being "off the grid." More honeymooners and couples in love. Folks with dogs. Outdoor-type people. Just a few who never ventured out, and weren't any fun at all. Wolf's Nest got refurbished and a new view deck added on. Whiteface Mountain was never prettier to look at. See it at http://4peaks.com/fwn.htm More rebuilding and fixing at Ridge this year. The Guest Shed is floored and furnished. The sauna works. Our prettiest camp. Best views. See it at http://4peaks.com/frc.htm Trail damage from the "Ice Storm of the Century" is just about cleaned up (finally). People are finding our beauty spots like "High Meadow," "The Adirondack Desert," and "Big Rock." Through salvage operations this Spring and Fall we'll be opening up an ancient track behind Sugar Camp to connect with Ridge Camp. Cross trails, too. The old 1900 Sugar House and Logging Camp is open already. Look for these backcountry places soon at the new property map http://4peaks.com/fmprp.htm (Missed the Ice Storm? Read about it at http://4peaks.com/fk1ice.htm ) Ironman came this August. A worldclass triathalon event, the bike course went right by the river here and we got some good snaps. See them at http://4peaks.com/fk4iron.htm (Bikers-- come and do this on your own. Easy touring, hills aplenty plus mountain trails. Sports types--plan to watch the triathletes next year!) It was a dry year. Some called it a drought. Natural life was stressed. The barn swallows nested once in May (the usual time) and then again in late June. It was odd. Milkweed was sparse and the Monarch butterfly population is way down. The river was as low as we've seen it. There was a forty-acre forest fire day last week near Stewart Mountain past Keene. It threatened to get out of control and Nathan and others were worried. Luckily the last few days of hurricane weather took care of that. The river is full again. That's enough for now. This is our first Letter in over a year. We're shy about advertising our place which can appeal to so few. But then others out there just like hearing about the Adirondacks even if Lake Placid or George is as close as they ever get to it. This is for them, too. If you've ever been a guest with us, please pick up your $100 Gift Certificate at http://4peaks.com/fgift.htm and come see us again. If you've never been, but are thinking about it--give us a call or use the easy reply for at http://4peaks.com/finquiry.htm There's a lovely quiet season coming up before it snows. http://4peaks.com/ "A 700-acre rest and play-ground." http://4peaks.com/fcamp.htm Pretty Camps in a Hidden Valley. http://4peaks.com/foguest.htm Things to do here--activities. http://4peaks.com/fotrails.htm Family Hiking, Mountain Views. Happy Vacations! Great Getaways! Martin and Louise Member Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau Area information: www.lakeplacid.com 800/2PLACID ************************************************************* This is No.2 of a really occasional Letter, "Hints of Balsam and Pine from our Corner of the Adirondacks," for Fourpeaks guests or anyone who ever inquired about a Fourpeaks Vacation/Getaway. To get off this list reply with "REMOVE" in the subject heading. *************************************************************
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to get on our mailing listAnd receive occasional Adirondack Letters like these.  An Adirondack Miscellany Newspaper and Magazine articles, Books and lots more. January 1998 Ice storm of the Century Devastates Northcountry. May 1998 Town of Jay Happy 200th Birthday Party at the 1829 Southmayd Stone House June 1998 Natives and Outsiders at the Jay Old Covered Bridge. July 1777 Jane McCrae Murdered by Indians in Ft. Edward NY Adirondack Great Camps: Adventures in the Wilderness. Miss P, the famous www.Internet web purrcat, interviews Tramp, our Fourpeaks barking cocker. Ironman USA comes to Fourpeaks. Chickadees In Winter Flying Critters on your Adirondack Vacation. Adirondack Letters: "Hints of Balsam and Pine from our corner of the Adirondacks." AuSable River Swimming: Where the Pools Are Never Crowded, And Water Slides Are Nature's Own (New York Times) A new novel about Fourpeaks: Moss Krupnick's Daughters of Utopia, 196 pages, $9.98 For your Adirondack experience--"Stay Awhile In Style!" Plattsburgh-Republican November 2002. NATURE WITHIN REACH: Luxury Camping. (July 2004, Southwest Airlines SPIRIT (In-flight Magazine.) Annual Jay Yard Sale. (First Sale August 19, 2006.) Glamping. (Glamorous Camping.) (Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec 2008, Women's Adventure Magazine.) .  Are you in this picture? Fourpeaks hosts now welcome paying guests to a 700-acre rest and playground for vacations in the Adirondack Great Camp tradition. Couples appreciate Fourpeaks secluded settings. Outdoor loving families have fun exploring our accessible wilderness. Folks with dogs enjoy the open spaces to run their pets. A private nature rereat. For a vacation away from it all. Are you in this picture? CLICK HERE to find out! [More about this at Frequently Asked Questions.]  Inquire about a Fourpeaks Adirondack Vacation/Getaway. (Easy Inquiry Form.)
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