With only three weekends left to Memorial Day Weekend, I have to think about where I want to go camping during that long weekend. In recent years I’ve not gone so far from home, just because the black flies are often intense during Memorial Day Weekend, and it can be quite cold and rainy. Here is where I’ve gone in recent years.

2017 – Green Mountain National Forest

This year, I camped at Green Mountain National Forest. I ended up heading home on Sunday because it was increadibly wet and humid, 🌧 and the black flies were atrocious. 🐛 Went for a paddle on Grout Pond on Sunday.🐜

2016 – Green Mountain National Forest

Hot but sunny this year. One morning was foggy. Did a fair bit of swimming at the beach on Grout Pond.😅 Bugs were bad but overall it was a pretty good trip, quiet because at this point Kelley Stand Road was still closed so I had to go via back way up to this campsite.🇺🇸

2015 – North Lake in Atwell (Black River Wild Forest)

Camped on the North Lake Reservior this year.🛥 It was a bit crowded and hot, and the motor boats on the lake were a bit annoying at time. Met some interesting people from outside of Lowville, drunk beer with them late one evening.🍺

2014 – Cherry Ridge Campground in Brookfield

In 2014 I spent Memorial Day Weekend out in Madison County. 🎣I camped at the Cherry Ridge Campground at Charles Baker State Forest, hiked part of the Cazenovia-Canastota Trailway, and did some fishing down at Nelson swamp.🏕

2013 – Moose River Plains

The first two days at Moose River Plains in Memorial Day Weekend 2013 was a frigid, cold rain. 👢It got better for the last two days, one of which I hiked up Black Bear Mountain and the other I hiked out to Ferg’s Bog. I also did some fishing in the Moose River.🏔

2012 – Piseco-Powley Road

In 2012, I spent Memorial Day Weekend camping at Piseco-Powley Road. 🌞 It was a nice weekend, not particularly muddy although hiking back to Big Alder Bed I decided to turn around, as it looked like a torrent trying to cross the East Branch right at the outflow of the Sacanadaga River.🦋