Category Archives: kayaking

Of Cheese, Cows, and Worms

October 4th, 2015
Watertown, NY

After a hike in the Tug Hill State Forest yesterday, I drove to Lowville to visit the Lowville Producers Dairy Cooperative cheese store and to witness, with my own eyes, LeWinDa, New York’s largest cow.  I tell ya, there is never a dull moment here in the North Country!

LeWinda

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Maiden Voyage

August 16th, 2015
South Sandy Creek, Lakeview Wildlife Management Area
Ellisburg, NY

Saturday I went out on the maiden voyage of the USS Kayak With No Name (KWNN).  I had been told there was a place  just thirty minutes south of Watertown called South Sandy Creek where you put in at a bridge and could easily paddle down to Lake Ontario and back, as there would be almost no current this time of year.  I arrived about 9:45 and the only other people there were some folks fishing.

The Put In

The Put In

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