Weekend Recap

So much to cover! I'm going to break this up into a few posts to capture the Best Of. Our guests arrived Friday night and Saturday morning we started the day with our adorable dog guest Harlan checking out the place and having a morning conversation with the neighbor rooster. The kitties showed some initial bravado but quickly learned that coonhounds aren't messing around in their love of the hunt. We didn't see Rex or Roxy for the rest of the weekend, except to glare at us from upper rafters. We then narrowed our choices for days activities and decided to try another waterfall hike, Deer Brook Falls. This one was 2 miles south of Keene Valley. Heading from Saranac Lake, park on the northwest side of the East Branch of Ausable River Bridge and start at the trailhead of Snow Mountain. Follow the path along the brook all the way up. (if you want more specifics, email me. Lovely setting, beautiful day, Harlan had a blast. The falls were not dramatic like our earlier hikes to see Beaver Creek and Rainbow Falls but about 80 foot up and still worth the short hike of about 1 mile. We met a really mean family with a cranky mom. She yelled at Harlan and yelled at us and her husband cowered in the corner. We then amused ourselves on the way down with the rhetorts we could have said if we were more clever. Geez, I could stay in Manhattan for that treatment.

We then tried in vain to find Split Rocks Falls in Elizabethtown, which are supposed to be almost roadside but to no avail. We consoled ourselves by planning an alternate late afternoon activity consisting of camp chairs by a fire, cold beer, and treats from Fairway.