outdoors
North Country Journey
An inventory of some things I saw in the North Country:
- A ferry across Lake Champlain
- John Brown’s farm
- The Lake Placid Olympic village
- AuSable Chasm
- The prison in Dannemora
- Fort Blunder
- The Secret Spot (Nope, can’t tell you where it is, but the view is gorgeous)
Unwinding
What to do after several stressful but rewarding weeks? Unwind with a cruise up to the Blue Ridge Parkway. While sipping my morning coffee I plotted out a route that would take me to Galax, VA, but the prospect of fighting winds around Fancy Gap convinced me otherwise. So, I gassed up, headed up 421 N, with a detour to see the newly renovated Wilkesboro Speedway, then joined the BRP just outside of Boone. From there, I rode north, stopping at almost every scenic overlook.
At highway 16, I turned south to North Wilkesboro, stopped along 421 for an iced coffee, then blasted home in time to go grocery shopping.
New Year Weekend Wanderings
The Polar vortex moved on, and warmer temperatures followed. It was a good weekend to go into the mountains and explore.
