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Date Posted: 03/25/04 8:26pm EST
Author: kay
Subject: Re: Another adventure
In reply to: Laura 's message, "Another adventure" on 03/25/04 12:28pm EST

Well I hope you and Ian have a good time and be sure to dress warmly. Talk to you soon.
Kay


>Hi everyone,
>I decided it was time for another post on this message
>board. So, I'll offer my little adventure. This
>weekend Ian, myself and another friend are going
>backpacking in what is becoming a home away from home
>-- the Adirondacks. (Or, "The Dacks") We're leaving
>Friday night camping Friday either at the car or a
>mile or two in. Then hiking a high peak on Saturday,
>camping Saturday night and hiking a couple more peaks
>on Sunday if there is time. The weather is going to
>be cold and we're bringing snowshoes. It'll probably
>be similar to our October trip, but we'll have more
>winter gear with us this time! And, now we've done
>the winter camping trip so we're a bit more prepared :)
>
>The weekend before last Ian and I went to Lake Placid
>for my birthday. It was a lot of fun. The original
>plan was to ski Saturday and hang out in town on
>Sunday. We got up early and went to Whiteface and
>there were high winds and they couldn't open the lifts
>except for a couple small ones at the bottom. We
>weren't sure if it was worth buying a ticket. So
>(along with alot of other people) we hung around for a
>couple hours until ~ 9:30 to see if more would open
>up. One more lift to mid-mountain opened but at
>reduced speed and with a huge line because there was
>no where else to go. I got to talking to a man in the
>lodge, while Ian was scoping out the situation, who
>already with his son had tickets for the day. He knew
>the mountain and we told him we were trying to decide
>if it was worth buying a ticket. He kind of said it
>wasn't and we were thinking that too. His friend
>worked at the mountain and he said there was a 2 for 1
>deal good on Sundays. It turned out to be a coupon
>his friend had. He made us wait there he went back to
>his car, or locker or something just to get it for us
>so we could use it on Sunday. Wasn't that nice? So,
>we hung out in lake placid on Saturday. We were going
>to try cross country skiing, but there were junior
>olympic races going on there, so they didn't have the
>trails open to the public. Then we went shopping and
>to watch junior olympic ski jumping that night -- that
>was pretty cool. These kids go off the olympic
>jumps!! Then we went for a great dinner. Sunday we
>went skiing and every lift was open and it was sunny
>and beautiful so it was definitely the better day to
>ski. So it was a fun weekend.
>
>Wow, that was a lot of typing..... Ok, that's my post
>:)
>
>Laura

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  • Re: Another adventure -- Anne, 03/29/04 6:33pm EST
  • Re: Another adventure -- Laura, 03/30/04 2:47pm EST
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