As some of you may know, Jay is going on a six-day canoe trip in the Adirondacks with his scouts this next week. He has spent hours of preparation and planning to get ready. One of his favorite new camping supplies is this little extremely lightweight stove we tried out in our living room first.
A couple weeks ago, we decided to go on a weekend trip to map out the canoe route and spend some time in fresh air and under the stars.
Our journey started just trying to get to Newark airport where we had a car rental (it was MUCH cheaper than renting in the City...although it took 5 hours to get there!)
We next had to get some supplies. So while we were in New Jersey, we went to "Campers Paradise" ... or 'Campmor' as it is more commonly known. 
Finally! We made it to the Adirondack State Park! Jay trying out his stove and new pot.They have an impressive museum there with GREAT exhibits (you would love it, Rach)...which we enjoyed, especially since it was pouring rain!
Hunter's Cabin
I have some mining blood in me yet.
We never made it to the town of Jay (which is within the park border), but we did enjoy this sign. We should get it for our kitchen.Finally when the sun came out, and we were able to check out some of the spots Jay would be canoeing. Nice, eh?
The canoes usually go down the waterfall area on the left. Hope Jay doesn't lose one of his scouts! Just kidding...they will also be portaging.
What a beautiful place these Adirondacks are!
We went on a hike to a beautiful vista over a green valley.
We had a cliff jumping contest, and I obviously won! Jay accuses me of taking photos that we would not normally take, just to put them on the blog. Now why would he say a thing like that?
This does not give credit to how pretty this lake was.
We were not able to see any stars since it was raining both nights. That didn't stop Jay from starting a killer fire. What did we kill? Some Pop-tart S'mores.
3 comments:
Yay! A new post! I am extremely jealous of the canoe trip. That is what I miss most about Utah. The great outdoors... People try telling me to spend more time in Central Park, but are you kidding me?? Nothing like a good camping trip. The pictures were beautiful. I want to go with Jay and the scouts. I wish it wasn't dangerous for the baby... Your pictures REALLY made me jones for the mountains. Looks like you had a blast!
Oh my gosh...now that I've seen the pictures I'm even more jealous than just hearing about it!!!
Hey there chica! So, I am SO jealous you went camping! We went a few months ago and I am just wanting to go so bad again! Give us a call if you ever want to go together. It looks like the place is beautiful and I was cracking up that Jay says that you take pictures geared towards the blog - who doesn't really?! I mean, 5 years ago who was taking pictures of themselves eating a piece of pizza at a restaurant or standing in front of a pretty bush? We're all guilty, right?! Anyway, fun entry!
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