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| "The Great Sacandaga" View from Clute's Mountain |
 As the title states, this is a view of the Great Sacandaga Lake from Clute's Mountain on the North Shore. For years different people asked us if we'd been to the "other lookout" on the Sacandaga. We hadn't, so we placed it on our long list of things to do. But there seemed to be nowhere to park to hike the old dirt logging road to the summit. My cousin Ron and his wife Pam have a place near there and told us they'd take us "sometime". Like so many other things, that sometime never seemed to come around. We would run into them through the years and agree that we had to go. One bright sunny evening we were all at the Presbyterian church for one of their great public dinners when Ron again asked, "When are we going to go to Clute's?'' Gino and I just said, "Whenever you're ready." After dinner Ron and Pam asked, "How about right now?" Sometime had finally come. Ron drove his new pickup truck slowly and carefully up the steep, boulder strewn road almost to the top. We hiked the short remaining distance and were greeted with this overwhelmingly beautiful sight. The evening sun caused some wonderful deep shadows on the mountains. We took a lot of photos and savored the panorama in the clear air. Someone had placed a coffee can containing a notebook under a rock for people to write their thoughts of visits to this spectacular ledge and share the experience. If we hadn't gone that night, we would never had made it there. A short time later this mountain was purchased and posted to all visitors. We'll always be thankful that "sometime" finally came that evening. Limited Edition giclee reproduction __________________________________________
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"Our Neck of the Woods" View of Lakes Forest and Vanare from Beech Mountain |
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Our neighbors take tourists on horseback trail rides up the mountain on summer evenings for a barbeque at the summit. It has also always been there whenever we need a little hike with a great reward at the top. We’ve climbed it from all sides in every season. For our sons’ birthday parties, a quick hike up the little mountain helped to use up some of the extra energy of the children. Through the years our boys came to know just about every inch of Beech’s forest. Now, even as they scramble up peaks all over the country, I’m sure there is a warm spot in their hearts for this little mountain close to home. Limited Edition giclee reproduction ________________________________________________________ |
"Corinth Depot" Corinth, New York |
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This winter I came up with the "big idea" of painting all of the railroad stations on the D&H Adirondack line between Greenfield and North Creek. Ten were scattered along the tracks, some are gone and a few are still standing. I did a little research and gathered a some historic photos, and we have taken many pictures through the years of the existing structures. Then came the sad news that the town of Corinth used this charming old building as a practice fire this past winter. They said it had fallen too far into disrepair to be restored. I decided it should be the first painting and planned to get most of the others done before this summer. Unfortunately, things didn't turn out as planned and this is the only painting finished. Getting them all done may take a while. But in the meantime, here is the Corinth Depot as it looked about 20 years ago, lonely but still charming.
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