Jackson's Out There

The North Country Aug ’24

Spent a week in the Adirondacks during August with my Ma. She hadn’t been tent camping since she was younger than me, but ended up really enjoying it. She grew up in upstate New York, and I’d always remembered a certain calm visiting the Adirondacks when I was younger. In a way, it was both a homecoming and a catalyst for ideas surrounding things to come. I’ve only just begun my love affair with the area, and am looking forward to embracing the bitter cold this coming January. All shot on a Nikon D5300.
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My brakes were put to the test zooming down this.
Still not sure what’s going on there with the trees, but damn did it look pretty.
I spent a lot of time in the North Country paddling my packraft. I heard some rustling and could tell it wasn’t from a deer. Moments later, this young friend appeared, and we locked eyes for around a minute before we went our separate ways.
When I think about my dream home, location is as important, if not more, than the building itself. This right here is a dream home.
The northeast doesn’t have the national attention the west has, but I don’t mind skipping the crowds.
I’ve gotten back into paddling this year with my trust packraft, and this trip to the Adirondacks has made me all the more wanting for longer excursions.
The staff at the top of Whiteface have to be some of the most patient folks around.
As much as I love the reservoirs of Virginia, they don’t have anything on natural, glacial lakes.
A well-needed pitstop in Saranac Lake, one of the larger Adirondacks communities.
I need my photo-op though!
I think that’s a beaver dwelling – a common sight in the North Country. I wonder how they feel about human dams.
The mountains have a humbling quality to them.
As somebody who’s used to the long, skinny lines of mountains we have in Virginia, the expansiveness of the Adirondacks was breathtaking.
Climbed up here in chacos, which was all fun and games until the rocks started to get wet.
The North Country stole my heart this trip. I felt a belonging just sitting here in my packraft I’ve felt few other places.
Interesting how the Adirondacks are new mountains made up of ancient rock. Leads to a landscape not quite like any other.

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