A Trail of Broken Hearts
An Adirondack Outlaw Wandering Lost in Love’s Wilderness ********** Author’s Note: This story was featured in the February 13, 2022 online edition of The Adirondack Almanack ********** There’s a mystic trail in these mountains. Myths, tragedies, and harrowing rescue tales surround it. It’s not marked on any map. Oldtimers...
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Getting Rid of the Box
An Adirondack Outlaw Survivor Approach To Living Life Forward We’ve all heard the phrase “Think outside the box.” It’s all too frequently offered as a euphemism for innovative thinking or creative problem solving. It’s even been used by many “experts” as a foundation philosophy for a long list...
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Adirondack Outlaw 2022.0
My 2021 “Trail Cam” review, plus a map of planned 2022 Adirondack Outlaw adventures. ********** As we each pack our gear and map out individual routes forward into 2022, I thought I’d take a moment to share a glimpse of several upcoming Adirondack Outlaw adventures, as well as...
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Free
Soar High Above Windswept Waters with Eagles Breathe Crisp Mountain Air Through The Trees Rise to The Sun Each Frosty Fall Morning Live Each Day Mother Earth’s Outlaw Way One With Nature Under God Free ********** Until Our Trails Cross Again: Live Each Day True To Your Own ADKO...
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The Outlaw Way
“I SHALL LIVE OUT MY DAYS BEING TRUE TO MYSELF” ********** Until Our Trails Cross Again: ADKO...
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OUTLAWED
An Adirondack Outlaw’s Confession: Where Truth & Fiction Join Forces to Outwit the Law “Sometimes An Outlaw’s Best Hideout Is Right in Plain Sight” ********** Saranac Lake, New York – 1978: No one paid any attention to the slender blonde t-shirt clad teen walking casually down Woodruff Street,...
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ADK Outlaw Perspective
While Everyone Out There Seems Preoccupied With Wipin’ Their Ass My Adirondack Outlaw Survival Strategy Remains Simple: “Stockpile Outlaw Essentials“ STRONG COFFEE GOOD WHISKEY GASOLINE A GOOD SHARP KNIFE AMMO CA$H ********** Until Our Trails Cross Again: Live The Day You Are In Live Outlaw Real ADKO...
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“Outlaw Real”
My Fingers Are Clumsy Now My Vision Ain’t So Good Kinda Like My Writin’ A Bit Rustic Perhaps Sometimes Raw Often Rusty But Mostly All True Authentically Me Steadfast In Resolve Living Life “Outlaw Real” ********** Until Our Trails Cross Again: Row Towards Zen Free Of Fear Live A...
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Olympic Outlaws
How Two SLHS Outlaws Were Thwarted in Pursuit of the Gold Author’s Note: ( “Olympic Outlaws” appeared in The Adirondack Almanack’s March 18, 2021 online edition) ********** I first met Chris in the spring of 1978. We were both freshman milers on the Saranac Lake track team. I...
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Living A Bit Outlaw
Have you ever passed in a no passing zone? Ran a Red Light…. On purpose? Exceeded the speed limit….After Dark….While driving your Dad’s boat? Checked out in the “Express Lane” with too many items? Made a wake in a “NO WAKE” zone? Called in sick when you weren’t? Raise...
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