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January – June 2011.

Roadside: 9, Tent: 1, Leanto: 0 nights …

Date	Campsite	Where	Type	Notes
06/19/11	Campsite On Forest Road 70 Near Lye Wilderness	Forest Road 70, Green Mountains NF, Kelley Stand, VT	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Hiked towards Big Alder, but couldn’t cross stream. Rainy day, did a little paddling in Powley Place. Nicer day on Memorial Day
06/04/11	Campsite On Back Side of Stockmans Island	Stockmans Island, Hudson River State Park, NY	Tent camping after paddling in on kayak	Put in at Coxscakie Boat Launch, camped on an island in Hudson River.
05/29/11	Powley Place (Campsite 9)	Piseco-Powley Road, Ferris Lake Wild Forest, Stratford, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Hiked towards Big Alder, but couldn’t cross stream. Rainy day, did a little paddling in Powley Place. Nicer day on Memorial Day.
05/28/11	Powley Place (Campsite 9)	Piseco-Powley Road, Ferris Lake Wild Forest, Stratford, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Rainy day. Hiked around Powley Place.
05/27/11	Powley Place (Campsite 9)	Piseco-Powley Road, Ferris Lake Wild Forest, Stratford, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Left work early, drove up there. Nice evening before the rain.
05/21/11	Cheney Pond	Cheney Pond, Vanderwhacker Wild Forest, Newcomb, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Explored Vanderwhacker Wild Forest. Kayaked around Cheney Pond couple of times, explored Tawandus Ruins.
05/20/11	Fox Lair Campsite	NY Route 8, Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Bakers Mills, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Much nicer this time, a little rain, things greened up. Got a little rain, very damp.
04/22/11	Fox Lair Campsite	NY Route 8, Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Bakers Mills, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Woke up to 3” of cold wet snow and rain, decided to go home and abandon trip.
04/21/11	Gravel Pit Campsite	NY Route 8, Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Griffin, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Cold morning, trees covered with ice. Hike up around part of 13th Lake near North Creek, NY
04/09/11	Moscow Hill Horse Camp	Brookfield State Forest aka Charles Baker State Forest, Brookfield, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	One other camper here, no equestrians this time of year. Wanted to camp on Cherry Ridge, however too much snow there.

March – December 2010.

Roadside: 28, Tent: 2, Leanto: 1 nights …

Date	Campsite	Where	Type	Notes
12/4/10	Old NY 8	Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Griffin, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Very cold. Ice and snow on truck in morning. Kind of close to NY 8, but all the best campsites taken by hunters.
11/12/10	Lower Assembly Area	Sugar Hill State Forest, Watkins Glen, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Woke up surrounded by Horse Trailers and equestrians in morning. Assembly area was closed this time of year, but horse trails still widely used.
11/11/10	Informal campsite on Forest Road 151	Allegheny National Forest, Near Sayre, PA	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Second night at Allegheny National Forest. I liked the site I stayed in the previous day a lot, and the days where too short (sunset at 4:45 PM), so no time to waste searching for a site.
11/10/10	Informal campsite on Forest Road 151	Allegheny National Forest, Near Bradford, PA	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Many sites in Allegheny National Forest. This one I particularly liked, so I decided to stay there.
11/09/10	Aspah Run Camping Area	Aspah, near Wellsboro, PA	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): paid primitive area	Decided due to a lack of a time due to early sunset, would have done roadside/back country camping, but for $10, and being alone, it was fine.
11/08/10	Aspah Run Camping Area	Aspah, near Wellsboro, PA	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): paid primitive area	Camped here, because I didn’t want to camp back country, and didn’t know the area well enough.
11/07/10	Lower Assembly Area	Sugar Hill State Forest, Watkins Glen, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Originally wanted to camp at Birds Eye Lake or something like that, but the map I had got me lost, and I couldn’t find the road campsite up there.
11/06/10	Campsite 7	Stoney Pond State Forest, Madison, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Frost/ice on puddles in morning. Some snow in some places.
09/05/10	Campsite 56	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Rain showers, enjoyed staying in a very private and quite campsite up in the sandy plains.
09/04/10	Campsite 56	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Hiked to Mitchells Pond. More rain. It was kind of wet and cold.
09/03/10	Campsite 56	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Kind of wet and rainy, hung out in camp, did a little exploring of the plains. Also, paddled in Cedar River Flow for a while. Enjoyed the very private drive in site here.
09/02/10	Campsite 2	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	I left work at 5 PM…. but with traffic, and wanting to get a pizza to eat on the way up, didn’t get to Moose River Plains until after 9 PM. Very dark, very tired, just wanted a place to collapse.
08/28/10	An Designated Campsite	Big Pond, near Margretville, NY	Kayak in Primitive Campsite: no charge	Did a little hiking an exploring around Ashfield Pinnacle, then drove south to Big Pond. Lantern did not work, a very dark night.
08/27/10	Betty Brook Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Nice night after work…. drove around Mallet Pond State Forest, looking for campsites and interesting places to explore.
08/14/10	Mountain Pond Campsite 4	Mountain Pond, Paul Smiths, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Last day of NY 30 Kayak vacation. Mountain Pon was nice, very remote, just off of NY 30.
08/13/10	Floodwood Road Campsite 3	Floodwood Road, Fish Creek Ponds, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Crowded, stayed down by Poliwog Pond… wouldn’t go there again.
08/12/10	Horseshoe Lake Campsite 8 (about a ½ mile from lake)	NY 421, Horseshoe Lake, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Couldn’t get a site right on Horseshoe Lake. Discovered Lows Lake – amazing.
08/11/10	Wakely Pond Campsite 7	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Wanted to paddle Cedar River Flow and enjoy camping up near water …
08/10/10	Undesigned Campsite, west side of road	Mason Lake, Spectulator, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	First day of kayak vacation, as I drove up from work, decided to go somewheres not too far away …
07/31/10	Undesigned Campsite, west side of road	Mason Lake, Spectulator, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Hiked to Pillsbury Mountain Firetower, then camped down at Mason Lake.
07/18/10	Otter Brook Campsite (MRP Number 110)	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped by the Otter Brook Bridge, at a rather large campsite. Not my favorite campsite, and it poured out.
07/17/10	Wakely Pond Campsite 8	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped down by Cedar River Flow, in a drive in site, a short way from the Flow, but also pretty private.
07/16/10	Wakely Pond Campsite 8	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped down by Cedar River Flow, in a drive in site, a short way from the Flow, but also pretty private.
07/15/10	Wakely Pond Campsite 8	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped down by Cedar River Flow, in a drive in site, a short way from the Flow, but also pretty private.
06/27/10	Balsam Swamp Camping Area Site 3	Balsam Pond, East East Pharsalia, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Came back to here, after exploring Labrador Hollow.
06/26/10	Balsam Swamp Camping Area Site 3	Balsam Pond, East East Pharsalia, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Stop over between Burnt-Rossman and Labrador Hollow. Liked camping here in the past.
06/25/10	Duck Pond Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Summit, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped up a Duck Pond for a change, after driving out here after work.
06/05/10	Leonard Hill Informal Overlook and Campsite	Leonard Hill, Broome Center, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped up by the Firetower at an informal campsite, watched sun set, weather turned to rain by morning …
06/04/10	Betty Brook Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped at Betty Brook, very humid, drove down to Utsaythana Firetower.
05/15/10	Alder Pond Campsite 2	Alder Pond, Balsam Lake Wild Forest, Margretville, NY	Tent campsite…. short backpack in: no charge	Camped at one of the campsites around Alder Pond.
04/03/10	Betty Brook Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping, in a tent	Didn’t have the cap on my truck yet, but wanted to roadside camp.
03/21/10	Cotton Hill Lean To	Cotton Hill, Middleburgh	Short backpack into a leanto	There was about a foot of snow up by Cotton Hill Leanto on first day of spring, but due to abnormally warm weather, wasn’t all that cold until late into the night.

August – October 2009.

Roadside: 3, Tent: 0, Leanto: 0 (thru August 2009) …

Date	Campsite	Where	Type	Notes
10/11/09	Betty Brook Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	First really cold evening of the year, very much fall like. I didn’t bring my warm coat with me.
10/10/09	Betty Brook Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Fairly cold night, but not as bad as one might have thought. On way out, stopped at Leonard Hill to take some pictures.
08/08/09	Betty Brook – informal campsite along road	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	After hiking Slide Mountain and Balsam Lake Firetower. Dead tired …

Mountain Pond is located about 2 miles North of Paul Smiths College on an old routing of NY 30. It is a mile long, has catch and release fishing, and good place for some solitude and flat water paddling. It is in Debar Mountain Wild Forest, with 2 large campsites on the pond, 3 smaller ones on or near the pond, and 10 other along Mountain Pond Road. It’s little used due to it’s remote location, and easy to even get one of the large sites on the lake on the weekends.

Paddling. Just paddling along Mountain Pond in the kayak.

Tall Pine. Lining the edge of Mountain Pond, as I ride around in the kayak.

Towards Jenkins Mountain. The last hill that makes up Jenkins Mountain is where Mountain Pond gets it’s name from.

From Southern End of Mountain Pond. This is looking from Campsite 1 at the Southern End of Mountain Pond, looking North. Old NY 30 winds right along the shore of NY 30, the New Routing is about a 1/2 mile away for NY 30.

Campsite No 1. This is campsite No 1 at Mountain Pond. It was never used on the Saturday Night I was there, but it looks nice, if not a bit small.

View from Campsite 1. Here my kayak is parked at Campsite 1, where I got out for a stretch. Looking south at this rather spectacular looking lake on a great day. The lake winds back and forth, for about a mile.

Along Edge of Pond. This is looking at the eastern, more mountainess shore of Mountain Pond.

Central Part of Lake. On the left is the western shore, by where NY 30 runs. It is a beautiful, if not humongous lake with lots of shoreline and bys.

Many Downed Trees. There where many downed trees that had fallen into the lake, from the often steep eastern edge of mountain pond. Campsites are on the other side of the lake, and they all where in good shape.

Northeastern Bay. Here is an Northeastern Bay at Mountain Pond. Not as pretty as farther south with the steep rock ledges against the lake, but still a classic Adirondack Lake.

Loons. While this picture is somewhat in shadow, there where loons on Mountain Pond. They were not all that noisy, compared to Polliwog Pond or especially Mason Pond, where they howled quite bit more in the evening.

Mountain. This is the Mountain at Mountain Pond. It’s not much more then a hill, because Jenkins Mountain has largely petered out before reaching here, but it’s still a lot higher then surrounding elevation.

Campsites No 4 and No 5. As I had previously noted, Campsites 4 and 5 where pretty close to one an another. Nobody ended up staying at No 5, although somebody parked there for a while to go paddling.