Here are a few of the dozens of photos I took....
Near Tupper Lake....
A river near Tupper Lake....
A group of riders goes by....
Bog River near where it enters Tupper Lake....
Bog River Falls....
A typical Adirondack lake....
A wide river....
I rode with these two along State Highway 30....
A float plane on Long Lake....
I rode down Moose River road, which is nice and twisty and I loved riding on this road! Here is a picture of the river....
Jumping into Moose River....
I have seen a few of these, but I don’t know what they are. Any suggestions?....
They look as if they are covered with a sticky material to collect insects?....
One of my readers, Eve, used to live in northern New York State and she suggested I go see Alexandria Bay in the Thousand Islands area and Boldt Castle, which I did today....
This is the hotel I am staying in, the Riveredge next to the St Lawrence River....
The view from my room....
One of the tourist boats on the St Lawrence....
The big attraction around here is Boldt Castle. George Boldt, who was proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, started construction of the castle for his wife, Louise, but construction was stopped in 1904 when Louise suddenly died at the age of 42. George ordered the construction to cease immediately and it never re-started. The castle soon began to deteriorate badly until 1977 when the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority acquired the castle and began a restoration program. The work is slow and expensive and today, many rooms in the castle remain as an empty shell.
Approaching the Boldt Castle by boat, you see the striking Alster Tower first, with the main castle in the background....
The main entrance to the castle....
The side of the castle from the grounds....
The Alster Tower....
The view of Alexandria Bay from the top floor of the castle....
Looking up above the grand staircase....
The domed glass ceiling above the grand staircase....
The castle has been vandalised over the years by a huge amount of graffiti. Why anybody would want to do this is incomprehensible....
One of the nearby thousand islands....
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