New York State (Day One) - OK Slip Falls - Adirondack Museum

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - starting at the Super 8 in White River Junction, VT, over to the Adirondack Museum, then spend the night at the Super 8 in East Syracuse, NY:

281 miles; 5 hours 45 minutes.

The swimming pool in White River Junction looks as if it has seen better days:


Glad to see that I'm not the only one picking up scrap metal:


Up in the Adirondacks, the Hudson River runs alongside Route 28:



Since my driving was only going to take 5 hr 45 min, I could easily do some activity for a couple of hours - how about "Waterfalls in Adirondack State Park"? Google "Waterfalls in Adirondack State Park map", and click on the 2nd entry (Waterfalls in New York); scroll down to the "Waterfall Map" section, and zoom-in on the Blue Mountain Lake area (that is the Adirondack Museum):


Clicking on the red icon labels it as "OK Slip Falls" - it is at the end of a new 3-mile Trail, with a parking area right on Route 28 between North River and Indian Lake - the road I'm driving on anyway!!


The trail is very nice


with excellent maintenance through some boggy areas:


And the OK Slip Falls are beautiful!


I'm disappointed that MapMyWalk will not start-up without an internet connection/cell phone reception. I noticed this yesterday at the Lincoln Woods Visitor Center - I had to drive a few miles down the Kancamagus Highway toward Lincoln to get a signal, start MapMyWalk (but don't push "Start Workout"), and return to the parking lot - then "Start Workout" from there. MapMyWalk will keep track of your position (latitude/longitude/elevation) using the iPhone chip, so it is ok when the iPhone loses signal in the woods. Unfortunately, cell phone coverage is very spotty up in the Adirondack Park - these are maps from opensignal.com for North-of-Boston:

and (same scale) Route 28 in Adirondack Park heading toward Blue Mountain Lake:

Maybe something to think about when choosing a vacation home/place to retire?

Anyway, after a few hours hiking, I was back on the road - but it got a little confusing - what direction was I going??


The Adirondack Museum is actually a complex of buildings


and although they have work in their collection by:

Alfred Thompson Bricher
Thomas Cole
Jasper Francis Cropsey
Asher B. Durand
Sanford Robinson Gifford (2)
Winslow Homer (2)
David Johnson (3)
John Frederick Kensett (3)
Edmund Darch Lewis
William Trost Richards (3)
Thomas Worthington Whittredge

none were on display - they had "Weaving a Legacy: Mohawk Basketry Traditions" instead.

At least I had lunch-with-a-nice-view!


and it was beautiful driving southwest on my way to Syracuse:



and I had a great wilderness photograph in my room at the Super 8 in East Syracuse!


Dinner at Friendly's ($5 bacon cheeseburger, plus a chocolate Fribble!), and The Discovery Channel for 2 hours ("Deadliest Catch" and "Land Rush" [four people staking claims to 10-20 acres in Alaska, and building shelters]). Thank you, God, for a great day!

Um, I forget what music I listened to today, but it was GREAT!