Star Lake
Snowmobiling into St. Lawrence County
Next to trucking it to Washington Street parking lot in Tupper Lake, this is my close second favorite road trip. The sorry excuse for a road to Horseshoe Lake, known as NY Route 421, keeps me from doing it more. Sometimes, I even truck it all the way to Seveys Point and launch from there […]
Snowmobile ride, Starting at Seveys
Trucking it north got the call Monday morning. The half-inch of new snow I got in Indian Lake paled in comparison to the fresh 3-4 inches at Seveys Point awaiting me when I got there around 9:30am. It’s a longer haul to Seveys than to Horseshoe Lake. But it takes me only 15-20 minutes longer […]
One more ride! Horseshoe Lake to Star Lake
Had one more quarter in my pocket to play before Wednesday’s hurt rolls in. I had ridden into St. Lawrence County only twice this winter. If this was to be my last opportunity until next winter, I wanted to hit it! Darrin Jr and his work buddy Jim joined me for Tuesday’s ride. We met […]
Hit ’em where they ain’t! Hiding out
Wee Willie Keeler carved out a Hall of Fame major league baseball career out of “hit ’em where they ain’t!” With a robust .341 lifetime batting average, two batting titles (including an astonishing .424 in 1897!) and 8 consecutive 200-hit seasons, the guy knew what he was talking about. After getting skunked for riding last […]
