mapguy
09-15-08, 01:20 PM
The wife and I just got back from our camping trip to Moffitt Beach State Campground on Lake Sacandaga near Speculator in the Adirondacks. The days were great but the nights sucked, hardly got any sleep. Plus didn't catch a damn thing fishing, but I did lose two lures in the rocks. The site that we had was probably the nicest we have had yet.
The site:
http://i37.tinypic.com/6tcvw7.jpg
The view:
http://i33.tinypic.com/vnysfm.jpg
The first night it poured and a combination of that and our neighbours not having a waterproof tent kept us awake. At aboot 1am the knuckleheads next to us discovered that their tent was taking on water. So it took them an hour or so to get a tarp up. All the while cursing out loud with every other word being '****'.
The next night Ike hit us. Didn't think that it would hit New York until Monday afternoon or evening. At least that is what the local weather reports were saying. Anyway, it started to get breezy just as we were heading to bed. About just after midnight the wind really picked up and started to howl. The tent was moving in really strange ways. At times the walls looked like they were inhaling and then exhaling. Then tilting one side or the other. After a couple of hours, with no let up at all, I realized that we left our chairs outside. Looking out my wife and I could not see the chairs. Then I said "The ****ing dining canopy is ****ing gone!" At aboot daybreak the wind let up and we went ootside to check the damage. The chairs were in the next (empty) campsite. No sign of the canopy. Looked out on the lake and there it was!
http://i37.tinypic.com/33k94qf.jpg
Close up:
http://i36.tinypic.com/285hs4.jpg
The park rangers were going to get a jetski and go out and get it but it would be a while as there was no power in the area due to the storm. So they are going to get it later and we'll go back later and pick it up. Don't want to lose it as it is a $140 Kelty.
It was a wild night and I am just glad that the tent held up.
****ing Ike ruined a great weekend.
The site:
http://i37.tinypic.com/6tcvw7.jpg
The view:
http://i33.tinypic.com/vnysfm.jpg
The first night it poured and a combination of that and our neighbours not having a waterproof tent kept us awake. At aboot 1am the knuckleheads next to us discovered that their tent was taking on water. So it took them an hour or so to get a tarp up. All the while cursing out loud with every other word being '****'.
The next night Ike hit us. Didn't think that it would hit New York until Monday afternoon or evening. At least that is what the local weather reports were saying. Anyway, it started to get breezy just as we were heading to bed. About just after midnight the wind really picked up and started to howl. The tent was moving in really strange ways. At times the walls looked like they were inhaling and then exhaling. Then tilting one side or the other. After a couple of hours, with no let up at all, I realized that we left our chairs outside. Looking out my wife and I could not see the chairs. Then I said "The ****ing dining canopy is ****ing gone!" At aboot daybreak the wind let up and we went ootside to check the damage. The chairs were in the next (empty) campsite. No sign of the canopy. Looked out on the lake and there it was!
http://i37.tinypic.com/33k94qf.jpg
Close up:
http://i36.tinypic.com/285hs4.jpg
The park rangers were going to get a jetski and go out and get it but it would be a while as there was no power in the area due to the storm. So they are going to get it later and we'll go back later and pick it up. Don't want to lose it as it is a $140 Kelty.
It was a wild night and I am just glad that the tent held up.
****ing Ike ruined a great weekend.