Good Morning to you all from the heart of the Adirondack Mountains!  It is absolutely gorgeous here.  Tree, lakes, mountains are in every turn of bend.  The sounds are unmistakably nature at it's best.  Some of it is pure silence with the hint of many different birds talking to one another.  You don't hear the "noise" just beauty.  Have you ever heard the sound of beauty?  There is no sound like beauty.  That peaceful, relaxing, fresh crisp air is in this beauty.  The dense thick woods go on for miles. The Adirondack Park is 6.1 million acres.  The park itself is the size of Vermont.  Now, that is a lot of trees, trails and beautiful mountain.  The Adirondack Park is the largest protected area in the contiguous United States, delineated by the famous "blue line."  This is not your average run of the mill park.  


Carved in these area are quaint little towns with characteristics that brings you to the human spirit.  Folks helping others just because that's what you do.  Good quality fresh air and cell phone towers you do not see.  No strip malls or industrial areas viewed from the highway.  What you see are mountains ranges.  


This is where I grew up.  A wonderful imaginative childhood.  Climbing big trees, climbing mountains and see wonderful interesting wild life.  My favorite activity was catching this wonderful wild life. Frogs, snakes, and even a rabbit we my daily activities.  Now, I would not touch these things.  But as a child there was no fear, just pure curiosity. One of my favorite activities was riding my bike about a mile to the beach.  There was a candy shack that served everything you wanted to eat at the beach.  I would spend hours at this beautiful spot.