Life In Lumberzac's Adirondacks

“Hey! Isn't that your name? I had wondered why you always pine needles stuck to you.”

“When he was arrested he wearing a pair of pants with the name of one of the burglary victims written on it,"

Are you kidding me?”

“That's just plain funny...”

“great story”

“I half expected to see a picture of "Crazy Giardia Man" on that article.”

““I half expected to see a picture of "Crazy Giardia Man" on that article.”
lilmountaingirl
3:29:33 PM
1/16/07

lol
That was one of the first things I thought of when first heard about this, but it would be the wrong state.”

“lol
That was one of the first things I thought of when first heard about this, but it would be the wrong state.”
lumberzac
3:32:12 PM
1/16/07

Don't underestimate him...lol”

“QUEENSBURY, New York (AP) -- The captain of a boat that capsized in 2005 in upstate New York, killing 20 elderly tourists, and the cruise line owner were indicted Monday on criminal misdemeanor charges.

A grand jury charged both Shoreline Cruises and Capt. Richard Paris with failing to have enough crew members aboard the Ethan Allen tour boat when it flipped over in Lake George, sending its passengers into the chilly water.

Paris was the only crew member aboard; state navigation law required at least two for the 47 passengers on board that day.

The grand jury also made several legislative recommendations, Warren County District Attorney Kate Hogan said at a morning news conference. Details won't be released until a county court judge accepts the report, she said.

"They were greatly moved by this case," Hogan said of the grand jury members.

A statement from the panel said: "This accident was a great tragedy. Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and friends."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/05/boat.overturned.ap/index.html”

“Queensbury is a "dry" county. How #&%!$ed up is that?”

“http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_155112924.html?keyword=topstory

It's too bad. It made for a cheap place to stay and was located close to a lot of trailheads in the High Peaks.”

“DagNabbit, there goes the Jackrabbit!!!

I'll never forget fumbling my way around looking for the bathroom door in the pitch black only to find the front door.

There I stood barefoot in my underwear whizzing off the front deck with my bare feets burning from the sub-zero deck wood.

Of course it was one of those middle-of-the-night minute-and-a-half beer whizzes.

Hey-hey, I stepped on Pennsy while urgently searching for the bathroom.

Thankfully the door didn't lock behind me.”

“Noooooooooooo!! Say it ain't so, Zac. The Jackrabbit was practically my home this past winter. Dang, that is a bummer. It wasn't the best place in the world (ok, it was kind of a dump), but it was convenient, the price was ok, and the owners are pretty good people. What will Peter do?

Lots of good memories though... Marko whizzing outside in his skivvies when it was 10 below zero was a classic.

R.I.P. Jackrabbit”

“Thanks Nature Conservancy

http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/press/press3018.html”

“Awesome and the Adirondacks keep growing!”

“Aren't the Adirondacks actually wearing down?

Can they do anything about the stink from the paper mill?”

“Well actually the Adirondacks are growing faster than they are wearing down, about an inch every 101 years.

As for the paper mill stink, the one in Glens Falls isn't too bad as paper mills go anyway. I know if the mill were to close it would cripple the already shaky economy of the small city.”

“Hey, they could always sell crack and "cook" meth.

>8^b”

“The way prices of just about everything run along the I-87 corridor, I'd say the region is also heavily dependent on tourist/recreation traffic (weekend warriors) from places like Boston, and New York, and even maybe Montreal and Ottawa.

That said, I think its great the TNC is picking up all this land. The Adirondacks could very well have the only boreal rainforests in all of eastern North America -- not sure if there's any rainforsests in Canada. It would be a shame to see it all go to waste.”

“There are rain forests in British Columbia, as there are on the Olympic Peninsula.

Its a jungle out there!”

“Hey, man. What's the word on this weekend?

I'm getting skeered!”

“Ifn I was goin up in da Daks with that boy, I'd be askeered too!”

“Yeah, he almost killed ENS last time.

aka Lumberzodizac killer”

“http://www.jamieofthenorth.com/Lumberzac.htm


I'll give you a call when I get home from work tonight. The weather forecast keeps changing. This isn't a hike we'd want to do in a flat ass downpour.”

“That's what you get for having a flat ass.

>8^]”

“Here are my pics from this weekends madness.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/559909785EuleAu”

“Great stuff. Now I really need to get going on that TR.

Are you still feeling it?”

“Nice pics GM....looks a lot like the Ouachita's over here just north of me a couple hours away. Can't wait for cooler weather to climb into them for a few days with my tent......”

“Zackie go backpackie!!”

“Two weekends in a row no less.

LZ is back.”

“Did the bugs chew your ass??”

“They weren't too bad. When the temps dropped into the 40's Friday night the mosquitoes went away and Saturday night it poured so they weren't an issue then either.

The deerflies were out for the hike alone the fire truck road back to the car though.”

“Yup, still feeling it, LZ ;)


So, when can we do that again?”

“as soon as the pain leaves my knees”

“lol, right on.

We should drag the Pennsinator up there for a buttkicking/climbing recon.”

“Mice Abundant in Parts of Adirondacks

By MICHAEL VIRTANEN
Associated Press Writer

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- At the general store on Canada Lake in the southern Adirondacks, mice were the talk of the town this summer.

"My husband was buying mousetraps at the store and three people said, 'Do you have mice too?'" said Mary Cannon, secretary of the lake association on the body of water about 50 miles northwest of Albany. "We have over 300 families on the lake and I'll bet every one has been affected sometime this summer from excessive mice."

Now, with winter approaching, residents can expect to continue hearing the scratching of tiny feet as more of the destructive rodents move indoors to stay warm. A large berry and seed crop the mice feed on, a mild winter, and possibly fewer predators have all helped mice and other small critters thrive this year, researchers said.

"It's kind of the perfect storm, if you will, for mice," said biologist Charlotte Demers. "We're not talking plague proportions here or anything, but I think it was enough that we've gotten phone calls from a lot of local people."

At the Adirondack Ecological Center, run by the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry, scientists say a high yield from beech trees, oaks, hickories, maples and conifers has helped propel the mouse population.

Demers said the rodents' high reproductive rates - four to six litters a year - along with a mild winter and dry spring have boosted survival rates.

Demers said there has also been a big jump in the red-backed vole, another small mammal that eats vegetation and seeds and, like mice, stays busy aboveground in winter.

There may also be fewer predators to decrease the population, Demers said.

After some tough years for the 22 species of small mammals in the region, the ranks of predators like foxes, coyotes, hawks, owls, bobcats, weasels and snakes has probably decreased slightly, contributing to an increase in the mouse population.

With mice that live near people heading indoors for the cooler months, the general store in Newcomb recently added a note in its electronic newsletter advertising mousetraps because some hardware stores had run out.

"If you're a homeowner, I'm pretty sure it's going to get worse before it gets better," Demers said. "Now is the time of year they're looking for places to cache their food."

Department of Environmental Conservation wildlife biologist Gordon Batcheller said the problem for homeowners is that mice enter through openings as small as a quarter inch and can proliferate despite living only months. Later, others will follow the same mouse scent into the house.

"They're essentially pregnant all the time and breeding all the time," he said. "Frankly, every home, whether it's a $10,000 shack or a $10 million mansion, at some point they're going to have mice in the house."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MANY_MICE?SITE=KYWAM&SECTION;=HOME&TEMPLATE;=DEFAULT”

“All you rock climbers be careful.

http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=8885”

“Ya know what they say about bold and old climbers, huh?”

“Interesting article about the Nature Conservancy's recent purchase in the Adirondacks

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/nyregion/29adirondacks.html?_r=1&ex;=1351396800&en;=894faaa9ef7112ca&ei;=5089&partner;=rssyahoo&emc;=rss&oref;=slogin”

“I need to find a safer place to work.


http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S411838.shtml?cat=300”

“River
Updated: 04/23/2008 01:42 PM
By: Web Staff

[Courtesy of Rian Cocco]
Courtesy of Rian Cocco
TROY, N.Y. -- Crews have recovered the body of a man who fell into the Hudson River in Troy today.

Police said Ron Marotta, 38, of Schenectady was installing a dock at the Troy Marina on River Street, when he went under the water and didn't resurface.

The State Police Dive Team, along with the Albany County Sheriff's Dive Team had been in the water searching for Marotta. A State Police helicopter was used as well.

Marotta's body was pulled from the river about 100 yards from the Green Island Bridge.

http://capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/114725/crews-recover-body-of-man-who-fell-into-the-hudson-river/Default.aspx”

“PBS special about the Adirondacks on tonight at 9.


http://www.pbs.org/theadirondacks/”

“Thanks, I will Tivo it. Hopefully it is in HD”

“That was an excellent show.

Thanks for sharing, Zac!”

“They could have easily added 2 more hours of content and still barely scratched the surface.”

“Good show. I recognized many of the places in the show from my many visits throughout my life to the 'daks.

I always said that I would move there in a heartbeat, if I could find a way to make a decent living there.”

“The Melvil Dewey connection was interesting.

I had thoughts about going back to central Vermont if I could get my instrument-making hobby into an actual "business" or maybe West Virginia.

After seeing this show I think Adirondacks would suit me better.

I would prefer to die face-down in the snow(not for another thirty years or more) and the Adirondacks is the place for that.”

“I always said that I would move there in a heartbeat, if I could find a way to make a decent living there.”
skiracer
9:14:18 AM
5/15/08

I hear that skiracer. When I graduated from college, I put in for a position at an architecture firm in Saranac Lake. The owner told me he'd hire me, but I probably wouldn't stay because I'd never be able to make enough money to make ends meet.
last edited: 5/15/08 6:43:07 AM”

“"I here that skiracer. When I graduated from college....."

You were definitely not an English major.

(hee-hee!!)”

“They pay me to draw not write MarkO”

“I can dig it, dude.

I am more an artist than scholar, but I just cain't shake the Catholic school experience.”