Viewing page 57 of 102

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

50.
thing.  So there, in plain sight, we left our canoe with maps and some luggage in it.
  The Inn is situated some two miles from the railroad station by that name on the main Adirondack railroad.  At the next station to the north, Lake Clear, you change cars for Placid.
  Rain was falling in torrents when we reached the station at Placid at 3:30.  Leaving our tent and knapsack in the station, we proceeded to walk up to the village in search of something to eat.  A mile up the hill we found a lunch car and there had a most welcome meal.
  The "business" portion of the village is situated on Mirror Lake, just to the south of Lake Placid proper.  Along both of these lakes are most luxurious homes and club houses.  At the northern end of Placid towers up Whiteface Mountain, the second highest peak in the Adirondacks.  We did not have time to ascend this mountain nor even to see all that we wished of Placid.
  The government maps which we had did not cover this particular section so it was necessary to inquire our way from here on.  We found the owner of a drug store most obliging and his directions most explicit.  The storm had now passed away and we took the road south.  Outside of the village a magnificent view unfolded itself.  There to the south were great high masses of mountains capped by the triangular-shaped peak of Marcy. A somewhat lower range of mountains extended all the way aroud to the east, ending in Whiteface.  About four miles out from the town, on a direct line with the two highest mountains, Whiteface and Marcy, and a few rods from the spot where "John Brown's Body Lies A'mouldering in the Grave", we camped for the night.  A good camping ground was difficult to find but we at last