Raquette Lake Adventure

I think I have finally cracked... I've agreed to go camping for a few days, off the boat on the far shore of Raquette Lake. If you are familiar with the area, there are public access leantos on the far side of Outlet Bay. It's something Mrs. Shadow Rider and I do on a regular basis, BUT this time we are taking 4 grandkids all under 10yrs. old (one is only 9 months). The infant's mom (my oldest daughter) is going along as well (thank the gods). The other 3 are 7, 8, and 9 (oldest and youngest are sisters visiting from Texas who have never camped before)! The boy is brother to the infant and has been out with us a couple times, so he will be a big help!
SO... if you don't ever hear from me again... you will know I did not survive the ordeal! One thing I'm afraid might happen...I may have an unfortunate boating accident in which I may loose a few treasured long guns. Of course the kids will all have their life vests on when, I mean, if it happens!

Handheld GPS!!!

Thanks for the advise...been doing this for 45 years. Only ever had a bear in camp once!

Well I survived! No easy feat! All the kids had a great time. The girls were a bit skeptical when I tried to convince them that the loons would not attack and eat them in the dark! They had never heard them before! My grandson Jack ate his weight in dirt and my granddaughter Marley (7 yrs. old) won the fishing contest with the only catch of the weekend (not much serious fishing by me as I was the chief tackle pro and snag saver as well as head de-tangler)! I couldn't have been prouder when she landed a bass about half her size!



I'll be heading out again on Wed. for a 5 day trip with a crew I have been camping with every year for over 30 years now. Usually 5, sometimes 6 of us (old college mates...class of '81). We will be on the back side of Weller Pond above Middle Saranac Lake.

Jmac00 said:

well done, very nice catch. how were the deer flies/mosquito's.

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I never saw one mosquito! No deer flies either! There were a couple of bites on the kids but I was expecting much worse! It has been a pretty mild bug season up north. Much lighter than in years past! Even the black flies early in the season weren't too bad! Maybe we were just lucky, a good breeze helps a lot with the bugs.