Man, the APA can be some real jerks sometimes…  Looks like the formation of the Diamond Sportsmen Club got off to a rocky start.  Found an article detailing some of the things they had to agree to which went well above and beyond standard APA guidelines.  One of the more interesting bits I found is [...]

Looking for possible reasons why the Diamond Sportsmen Club was renamed from the Barney Pond Club I stumbled across the story of Eddie & Jack “Legs” Diamond.  It probably has no correlation with the Diamond Sportsmen club but it’s an interesting story from the Adirondacks so I thought I’d share it.

Apparently Saranac [...]

I like to see land in the Adirondack State Park stay private instead of going to the state.  That might sound odd because it restricts use, but you see I grew up in that private sector of the Adirondack State Park and I understand how remote it is.  Once the state takes it over there’s [...]