FLCC> Advice on Bicycle vacation

[Andrejs Ozolins]

Ron,
Adirondack Loj is fun. I'd suggest something quite a bit more out of the 
way:

Camp at Putnam's Pond -- it's just south of NY 74 a couple miles west of 
Ticonderoga. (http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/24492.html) If you can get a 
canoe, it would really be a terrific place as you can paddle in to a 
second lake. Hiking -- from that area you can hike back into the Pharaoh 
Lake area fairly easily with lots of beautiful peaks and lakeside 
pleasures. Biking -- head west on 74 to some exquisite loops through 
North Hudson or Ironville up to Moriah. If you avoid coming back via the 
uphill from Ticonderoga, there are counless beautiful rides. Historic 
stuff at the forts at Ti and by the bridge to VT.

Another similar possibility: Camp at Lincoln Pond, just south of 
Elizabethtown on County Route 7. Again, a canoe is a real plus, though 
not necessary. There are hikes to the peaks from route 9N as well as 
many others within short driving distance. Biking is superb south toward 
Mineville, connecting to loops back toward Lake Champlain or the other 
way toward Keene Valley; or north past Eilzabethtown to Lewis, Essex, 
Westport and other loops.

Nice part of the world, that.

Andrejs


racerra wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> My family and I would like to do a vacation: camping, road biking, 
> hiking.  We tend to be in the leisure groups.  Any ideas for good 
> places to go.  I would say we want to stay within about a 6 hour drive 
> or so.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron Acerra
>
>