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Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,531. Fulton County is in the central part of the state, northwest of Albany. It is in the southern portion of the Adirondack Park and is famous for it’s ’44 Lakes’.

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Last Summer Camping During the Heat Wave in August.

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Last summer during a heat wave in August, I camped down at the House Pond Campsite on Piseco-Powley Road. I hadn’t camp there in years, but this turned out to be a really nice campsite with a perfect little swimming hole just across the road.

Swimming hole with a good book

Happy Place

I think over the years, the campsite has expanded somewhat, with the fire pit pushed back further, and more room to hang a tarp or pitch a tent. There also is a nice little outhouse up on the hill in back of it.

Camp

Spent lots of time reading a book, laying back in a hammock on the hill above.

I also hiked back to House Pond, which was not all that impressive, but I did find some bear poop up that way.

Fortunately though, I didn’t see any bears, because I spent most of my weekend eating clams and sweet corn and drinking lots of beer.

Cooking Clams

The Trip During the Heat of Summer.

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Last summer during some of the hottest days of the year, I went up to the Potholers and Piseco-Powley Road for a four-day, three-night trip. Just long enough that I wouldn’t have to get a camping permit.

Campfire

That was the weekend that it was in the upper 90s with heat indexes in the low 100s in Albany, but I didn’t mind, because I spent most of my days down at the potholers.

Where I Spent Many Days

Despite the heat, the water was nice and cold. And when I got back to camp the beer was delicious.

Natural Rock Dam

Maybe not the most exotic trip ever, but it was nice to escape the heat for a few days in the wilderness.

Dusk