"All Forward!" "Stop!" "Back on the right!" "Hit the deck!" For eight years as a licensed whitewater raft guide, I've called out these - and other - commands to many different crews on my raft. People from all different walks of life -- many of them...

Licks and grins Summer is here and along with the heat comes the opening of many seasonal specialty shops. This week we're talking ice cream in the Adirondacks, and we were more than ready to go out and sample the local wares. Your guides for this...

For over a century, getting away to a mountain lake was the peak of family fun. And this is still the case. The mountains and lakes haven't changed much over the decades, even if children have. If you want a relaxed time that lets the adults chill out...

Whether you are a serious athlete who competes in marathons, or if you love to just take a casual jog now and then, the Adirondacks are the perfect beautiful setting to do your biking, running and swimming! Here are a few of the races you can find...

The enormous pillar of stone seemed to rise from the mist like a brontosaur lifting its head. I had ascended the steep, bedrock-paved trail, clambered over boulders, and then, through the treetops, I saw it -- the rock chimney of Chimney Mountain. A...