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Drove up to the Adirondacks this weekend in
the '90 Westy. Sure moves slow up some of those
hills.  We climed two small mountains, Goodnow
in Newcomb, and Owl's Head in Long Lake.  We had
climbed Blue Mountain last year and decided not
to repeat it.  We did see, and honk at, a couple
of dudes in a light colored Westy at the Blue Mt.
trail head.  So we weren't alone.
Owl's head is a fairly long hike, 10k round trip,
flat at the start and fairly step at the end.
It'll be nice once the fire tower is restored but
the view was still unexpectedly grand.  It looks
south away from the High Peaks area while on
Goodnow you can look all around from the
fire tower.  We ate lunch on the peak of Goodnow
and the kids scampered around the fire watch's
cabin.  There is also a well, a small horse barn
and the foundation of a cabin along the trail.
Hard to believe someone, and his wife and horse,
were living up there on the mountain.

We also paddled on Blue Mountain Lake for a couple
of hours, saw a loon and a weasel.  No moose.
Next year we're getting our own canoe.

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Dean Johnson
'90 Westy GL
'71 Super Beetle 1.9L
Williamson, NY