Sizzling Brain: Mountain Excursion

This past week I spent an amazing five days in the Adirondack mountains soaking in the sun and breathing in the fresh mountain air. Staying in a house with water access allowed myself and the other ten people I was with to go canoeing on a whim, whenever we felt like paddling. We were situated on a channel that connects Third and Fourth lake, so there was no shortage of places to explore in the canoe. The weather stayed a good ten degrees cooler than back home in Rochester, making it a comfortable mid seventies for the duration of our stay.

We were spoiled with an array of outdoor excursions to take part in, but hiking and paddling were the activities of choice. The water up there is so clear and calm, sometimes the surface appears to be made of glass. The loons utter the most beautiful calls that echo across the lake. The sound urges you to look out onto the water to see if you can spot them floating casually about.

The sights and sounds of the Adirondack region give you the reassuring sense that this wilderness is very much alive and isn't going away anytime soon.

There is not better place to be in the summer time.