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The weather in Upstate New York has been great for the last 2 weeks and we explored the Adirondack Mountains. On Sept.26th we drove with Carol and Peter to Saranac Lake and hiked around a lake at Paul Smiths Interpretive Center. The tree colors were beautiful and Gabi took lots of pictures. I gave her a two day break from hiking and yesterday we hiked the Cascade Pond Trail near Blue Mountain Lake.

Again sunny weather and a nice lunch at the pond. The last time we hiked this trail was in September 1986 ( 18 years ago ! ), when we carried Sonja (4) and made poor Carsten(6) walk this trail; no wonder he does not like hiking.
We did see a Black Bear, but only from the car as we left the trail area. He was really cute and was checking us out from about a 25 yard distance. I had turned off the engine and threw him Gabi’s apple to lure him a little closer for a better photoshot. Unfortunately at that moment a noisy car drove by and the bear got scared and ran into the woods. It still was the first Black Bear we have seen in the wild. (Maybe luring wasn’t such a good idea:roll:)

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