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'rne southern end of Lake George was about one quarter mile
from camp and the town or Lake George a little farther Tile whole
area was crowded with visitors. Thmlsa ds enjoyed 'natI/ung in the
clear waters or the lake ”lien t ere as .oating, trips on lake
hosts and just promenadlng in tow . zcvery one seemed to he enjoy
rig; this last week end 0" the summer.
liven tho t‘nere wits rain, e were n good cheer and managed to
sonet ing to occupy our time. or course we went swimming sev—
tines. During our stop we learned about two nioe camps in ::ew
Itamps'rxire that were on our route, so we planned to stop at them.
Our days here were all too short. "1 s was the kind of com that
one remembers longest
ednesday, rt er
so far, s ee leavln; the central states, our route did not
lead us into any of the nountains of the Aaoalaeliian System. But
ued skirted t“: Adirondacks. new we were making“, our en‘tly drive
into new dogland und the Green Yiountal o. ,,rove ttru niens walls,
dson Talls and ,litchall. Crossed the Poultney :iver into 'rer»
mot and were soon to tte mountains.
our eastward trip across t:e statei ‘ U' u intlund and wood-
stock was in these mountains. it was a very pretty drive on a hard
surfaced road and easy grudes
The nreon ‘Tmmtai.s did not seem es.eoially 1i'V'" nut rugged,
he
but they were covered Witt, tlccs and ot‘ er vegetatio... A 315'
re tore to the eye. All moulltzt us are not like this. It was a short
distance across the otute to ‘(v‘tite 'tiver notion sod ti-e r~onr eoti-
cut “fiver. Crossed into ‘Tew harms} Lre at st «Skanon and d ove
sort uari alone: the Coinccticut ’tiver turn onover. 'lartmouth
college is looated 'r‘e‘: am we lad a good view of the cm us and
build as ‘ir- t "at re ml 'ot i nd a niae camp alonz the
from the road. It is on attractive olaoe to so to school,
river,
we
cont nued north d. did not locate seas» after ~o o; as Far as
(Word, but it as a pretty drive. Turned eastward as sigh. and
out.
r «a. inr; a so Inefo e sun mm, red roiled u.. L‘ur usuel luck in
rain came \mon us Herore we got to .‘1
Ilcwever Tra.eonie
trot'eh state iarx was 3’55 turn an 'niles to the north, so we start-
ed for hm L k.
‘.”e _slowl~ rolled off the miles r- , to tire mileage on
the speedometer wvcre this park should *2» A Flash t to tie
lert revealed a tem n .-ic‘ 5(218 Garner was gest goinw to bed.
, r the li - t o s eztin; 1.'led before v.5 round the entrance to the
yark. -ocet ed to gate and :1: ve in to 2.15:0 we found a level
and S‘ugpcd. r: was JC in .
. mi I stood oppos to each oi or K ‘aourds of
nrd '1’ 4: tie hed while it rial: nm rot take us
.ong to do re for red und [jet partiall_ under :ie cov-
ers. 'fvi‘l? sitting mus we ate saris :‘ocd w‘iiclv we "nod in our in-
side ce‘ninet. We lay- 'hzic‘ and soon wen. into a sour slec
"rip 192 Mile
"H sda to Lundav s otcn er 1:)
sle t up ti. e site close to a. rest flu-nine brook.

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