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05/26/2026

Memorial Day Weekend 2026 in the books 🇺🇸 🏖️ ☀️

05/25/2026

Happy Memorial Day. Today, we remember and give thanks to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. God bless! 🇺🇸

04/23/2026

Today for Throwback Thursday we are going to throw it back to the early 1950s with this shot of a water skier hitting a jump near Shepard Park. In the background you can see the old wooden pier at the steamboat company and train station.

Water skiing was invented in 1922 when 18 year-old Ralph Samuelson used a pair of boards as skis and a clothesline as a towrope on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, and the sport grew quickly!
The first wooden ski jump was built in 1928 and by the 1930s the first water skiing competitions were held!
In 1972, water skiing was even featured as a demonstration sport at the Olympic Games!

The Adirondacks saw a boom in recreational water skiing in the 1940s and was a popular recreation of folks for the next few decades, much to the dismay of some locals who didnt like the fast boats going all over the calm waters of the lakes and ponds.

Since these days, water skiing popularity in America has declined significantly, with participation dropping from 6 million in 2007 to 3 million in 2022. This decline is driven by high costs for specialized boats, intense competition from easier-to-learn tow sports like wake surfing, and a shift from public to private access making a lot of smaller ponds and lakes inaccessible.
But here in the Adirondacks there still are a few folks who head out on the calm waters to take part in this 100+ year old pastime!

04/22/2026

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03/22/2026

02/12/2026

Today for Throwback Thursday we are going back to the late 1800s with this shot of a couple of folks making their way out to, what could be, one of the islands in the northern part of the Narrows.

Maybe they were heading out here to do some ice fishing?
Hard to say, but whatever the reason, they made sure that their transportation had plenty of horsepower!!
lol

02/03/2026

Meanwhile, over Lake George… The lake has officially frozen over, as seen from a satellite in space 🌌 👀 Around The Adirondacks

📷: Copernicus Sentinel-2 via Lake George Association

01/14/2026

Summer is around the bend😎

09/15/2025

Love seeing them around the village!

Tom Dittus has loved cars all his life, from the first one he owned, a 1963 Triumph. His dream car is a Jaguar XKE. But it’s his fleet of old station wagon

09/08/2025

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