From the Publisher...

I started exploring New York's Adirondacks at around age 10 when I fished the many brooks, streams, rivers and lakes while my mother worked at summer jobs.

At college I spent most of my free time fishing the numerous local trout streams in the evening.  After I obtained my driver's license, it was an easy drive from Troy to fishing and exploring the nearby Adirondacks on weekends.

When I graduated from college I left New York state to make my mark in Canada, Boston and ended up in the San Francisco Bay area.

While I lived in California I would visit my elderly mother in Queens, NYC.  As it turns out I was able to spend considerable time in the Adirondacks of my youth and was intrigued by how much New York had changed, the 'dacks had changed; and in many ways how they had NOT changed!

After my mother passed away I continued my trips to NYC and the Adirondacks; this time with my 1974 Dodge Dart Swinger vintage MOPAR with which I had shared 18 cross-country adventures from San Francisco to New York and return.  Trust me!  Traveling cross-country in a vintage MOPAR is a no-brainer conversation starter!

These later trips were more focused on the people of New York's North Country and their everyday lives rather than the fishing.  

This website is a compilation of many adventures and experiences that I enjoyed on those trips.  The videos, slide shows and photos I recorded are indeed memories of a very special place.

My Dart and I experienced a wonderful place and amazing people.

My Dart and I enjoyed the ride!

Dave S.