Wild Center

Our latest venture into the Adirondacks was a bit different for us. We brought our nephew (Ben, 3) and niece (Maya, 1) and needed to find some kid-friendly adventures along the way. We departed and hit the first snag with an upset stomach after the North Hudson road. It brought back memories of queasiness from days gone by...

Our first planned stop was at the Newcomb town beach where the kids splashed in the water for as long as possible. We helped Ben kick his legs while Maya happily got dragged through the lake. We followed up the swim by eating some sandwiches with prune fingers before getting back in the car and heading to Lake Eaton.

We set up camp for the night and then drove back to Long Lake for ice cream at Hoss's. It was a popular side trip for the kids and adults alike.

The next day we headed to Tupper Lake for a venture through the Wild Center. We had not been before and since it was going to be pushing ninety degrees, we did the "wild walk" in the morning. We enjoyed playing in the gigantic spider web and looking at the mountains from an oversized birds nest. Ben enjoyed seeing the bears at the bottom of the tree, but was a bit scared of the sounds coming from the speaker behind them. 

In the afternoon, we toured the museum which was thankfully air conditioned. We enjoyed the otters and trout as well as the geologic and natural history within the facility.

After playing with every puppet that the Wild Center seemed to own, we got in the car and headed to Limekiln Lake, just outside of Inlet. We swam again which was refreshing on such a sweltering day, and we had a picnic in the park before heading to bed for the night.

The next day we packed up our tent and headed to Thendara for a ride on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad. We enjoyed the rock of the train and the kids loved being able to run around on the train. We even pulled out the instruments and played all of the train songs that we could think of! After breakfast in Big Moose, we rode the train back to the Thendara station and bid farewell to the kids. They headed back to Vermont with their Mom and Grandfather.

Lisa and I continued south for the annual Atwell Fish and Game Club picnic at North Lake. We spent the weekend enjoying time with family, eating, playing music, eating, canoeing, eating and eating. It was a successful picnic and good times were had by all.