This summer I have spent more time driving on the Point Road, having bought a home in the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Willsboro, NY. So in addition to visiting our family home out there, I now live just past the family home. One building I have looked at for years is the … [Read more...] about Mystery Object Near Old Smith House
Outdoors
Volunteers from Across Country Help CATS Trail
This week CATS is pleased to have hikers and retirees from across the country volunteering their time, expertise, and energy to help keep our most popular hiking trail, Wildway Overlook Trail, in good shape. The group is focusing on preventing potential erosion problems by … [Read more...] about Volunteers from Across Country Help CATS Trail
Indian Summer 2014
"The air is perfectly quiescent and all is stillness, as if Nature, after her exertions during the Summer, were now at rest." ~ John Bradbury, 1817 (noaa.gov) Aaahhh... Indian Summer. There's no finer epilogue to decadent July and August than a string of autumn days exactly … [Read more...] about Indian Summer 2014
Sleepers: A Tombstone Mystery
Although I have a reputation as a photographer of watery situations, I have spent many years driving around this area, enjoying what I see, be it mountains, wildflowers or trees. Often my mother would come with me and we’d make many stops by a roadside to have a closer look at … [Read more...] about Sleepers: A Tombstone Mystery
CATS Application Approved By Land Trust Alliance’s Accreditation Commission
Champlain Area Trails has some exciting news! Our application to have an extensive review of our policies and programs by the Land Trust Alliance's (LTA) Accreditation Commission has been approved. This is a great opportunity to guarantee that our policies comply with LTA … [Read more...] about CATS Application Approved By Land Trust Alliance’s Accreditation Commission