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    • Alexandre Bugnon
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        August 19, 2014 at 1:46 am
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        NY Catskills base camp for the next 10 days! Hiking, running, lake swimming, shooting my shrew and practice on my 35 years old silent piano. The very first thing I bought upon my arrival in the US, at Boston Music Co. !!!

      • skifrk
          August 19, 2014 at 4:14 pm
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          #60468

          awesome looking camp there in the catskills, looks like no bugs in the night picture like usual for that area.

        • bruc
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            August 19, 2014 at 5:10 pm
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            #60504

            Great looking campsite Alex !!

            I can just about hear the “Hiss” of that lantern and stove.

            Bruce

          • wahoo
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              August 19, 2014 at 6:56 pm
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              #60600

              looks like big fun I was born in Schenectady.I camped last weekend and no bugs hard to figure . Don’t want to get you all excited Alex but had a bull bugle ( don’t tell anyone )

            • Col Mike
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                August 19, 2014 at 10:02 pm
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                #60802

                Now that’s what I call a comfortable camp:D Enjoy your time.

                PM me when you get some dates for a visit.

                Mike

              • David Petersen
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                  August 19, 2014 at 11:18 pm
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                  Alex, please clue us in on the “silent” piano??? You hear it through headphones only?

                  Raining here. Still very few elk down at this altitude but I walked into a wall of fresh elk scent last evening, 200 yards from cabin while stumping, and it got me instantly fired-up. On today’s walk the dogs immediately got into a sow with two big two-year-old cubs that have been hanging down low and don’t seem afraid of people, and certainly not afraid of two old dogs. Dogs were bad but bears were good. One cub went up and down a tree several times while the other stuck with mom, who stood her ground and vocalized but didn’t charge the dogs. I was able to get them away before any fur flew. They were still standing there as we walked away. I should have been packing bear spray … for the dogs.

                  Do they have campground bears in the Daks? 😛 Sleep well.

                • paleoman
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                    August 20, 2014 at 12:20 am
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                    #60961

                    Nice! I’m all for fun, sun and comfort. Pics like that help get me thru the “black and white” season that follows fall.

                  • Alexandre Bugnon
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                      August 20, 2014 at 12:46 am
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                      David Petersen wrote: Alex, please clue us in on the “silent” piano??? You hear it through headphones only?

                      Do they have campground bears in the Daks? 😛 Sleep well.

                      No sound at all, just mechanism for dexterity and muscles. The lever action is the actual key on one side and spring loaded coil on the other. It was the rage back in the 70’s with traveling classical pianists. They all had this thing.

                      People are pretty good keeping their camp clean up here.

                    • Alexandre Bugnon
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                        August 20, 2014 at 1:11 am
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                        More pics! Lauren’s famous steel cut oats

                        Hiking. Sometimes it reminds me of the steep canyons of the San Juan forest in SW CO! The difference is the age and color of the rock

                        1773 settler’s house

                        Sam Adams time!

                      • Brennan Herr
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                          August 20, 2014 at 2:52 am
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                          Alex,

                          Great pics. Looks like a great time. What type of Sam Adams are you enjoying?

                        • jmsmithy
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                            August 20, 2014 at 6:33 am
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                            Do they have campground bears in the Daks? 😛 Sleep well.

                            Campground bruins are the norm not the exception in the Adirondacks. Both my side (west, Old Forge, Blue Mt Lake etc) and east side ( Lk Placid, Schroon Lake etc ) and everywhere in between. Monday night buddy of mine and I at the only local Italian place within 35 miles (not bad but hard to please a Jersey guy 😆 ) and had a 20 minute show of about 2 y/o frolicking around the parking lot dumpster in back….he’s a regular moving from restaurant to a convenience store down the road on a semi-regular basis I understand …but DEC does a good job of educating folks. Hopefully they listen.

                          • adirondackman
                              August 20, 2014 at 10:44 am
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                              Alex – Man you know how to live! It don’t get any better then that.

                              Looks like you got a great camping partner too!

                              When I take my wife camping she always makes a few hints to go home a day or 2 early. I’m always hinting for a few extra days.:lol:

                              Enjoy your time in the woods.

                            • adirondackman
                                August 20, 2014 at 10:54 am
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                                David Petersen wrote:

                                Do they have campground bears in the Daks? 😛 Sleep well.

                                We have a few Camp Bears in the Daks. I usually give them a glass of Tullamore Dew. Turns them into a Big “Teddybear:lol:”

                              • Alexandre Bugnon
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                                  August 20, 2014 at 12:47 pm
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                                  Great camping partner indeed. That girl backpacked all over the Rockies, Europe and Middle East before she was even 20 years old! 😀

                                  toasting bread! Hey I’m French, I need my toast and butter in the morning! What d’ya want from me!!! 😛

                                • David Coulter
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                                    August 22, 2014 at 1:57 am
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                                    Very nice, Alex, very nice. We did a little family camp in Promised Land State Park this week. You set up looks just a little bit like ours did. Great to get out. All the best, dwc

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