Sunday, August 30, 2015

Sashi Lambert, August 1, 2001 - August 13, 2015

Sashi, Ellie's twin sister,  tries her ‘paws’ at Agility & Lure Chasing with Doggie Fun Zone at Woof Stock June 2015 in Chestertown, New York. Sashi is where all our pets meet up and play while they wait for us.

Friday, August 21, 2015

At the Helm in an Adirondack Chair

At the helm of North Creek Rafting Company in an Adirondack chair created by Windy Baker
Nate and friends headed to Watkins Glen for Phish's 10th festival called Magnaball.

Check details of Magnaball at:  phish.com/magnaball/

The fearless five (photo below), minus Nate, are here for the big weekend. Frank S, Eric K, Mark E, Mark L, Jay C. and a special guest are also happily present and part of the dream team. With water as warm as a bath and skies toasty, August is the most popular month to raft the Hudson River Gorge. Saturdays in August are by far the most occupied days of the season. We floated our 10,000th rafter through the Hudson River Gorge this month! That's 10,000 rafters in our nine years as North Creek Rafting Company.
 Thanks to rafters near and far who float commercial raft trips!
"The Fearless Five" includes Nate, Jason, Joe, Jason and Nick. Photo taken on a guide trip to the Kennebec and Dead Rivers in Maine Oct 2014

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Three-Day Overnight Trip

State-of-the-Art Rafts, or SOTARs, "Rondeau" in red and "Big Blue" parked for the night.
A hike to OK Slip Falls
Views from the top of  250-ft tall OK Slip Falls
Ambitious rafters take the 17-mile trip two times in three days! 
With the rigs fully loaded and mission accomplished, Wayne Failing exclaims at the take-out ,"How do we do it?


The view downstream from our take-out

Monday, August 3, 2015

Highlighting Recreation in the Adirondack Park


August 1st Chris Sanford lights the sign throughout Guide Party 2015 with Thunderbody (below)



Footage from Summer Adirondack Challenge 2015 to be aired on TV and also online at www.mnn.org Channel 4, at 5:00pm on Monday August 10th 2015.

Preview footage on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKCTEfjaMo8

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Ellie Turns 14 Today!

Ellie chills under our enormous Maple Tree.
After taking a dip, Ellie walks along North Creek on the Carol A Thomas Memorial Walking Trail.

Ellie burrows in the sand in the shade.