Tuesday's Adventure!!

Today we started off by watching a short movie about Raquette Lake. The film discussed the history of Long Point and how it became established. The man that started this first camp of the ADK was William W. Durant. In 1876 Durant had his first visit to the Adirondacks. Camp Pine Knot was the first of the famous great camps of the ADK. Then following were Camp Uncas, Sagamore and Kill Kare which wealthy families came to for leisure time and recreation. in 1882 the building now known as "Swiss Chalet" was completed and opened as the main building at Camp Pine Knot. Durant in 1895 sold the Camp and it's 200 acres of land to Collis P. Hunington. Archer M. Hunington, the step son of Collis P. Hunington inherited Camp Pine Knot in 1924. After the death of Collis P. Hunington, the family left and never returned, leaving the camp vacant for nearly 50 years. In 1947 Dr. Harlan Metcalf and Dr. Walter Thurber from Cortland State Teacher's College, discovered the empty camp during a canoe trip. Dr. Metcalf researched the property and eventually the camp became a part of Cortland's Outdoor Education Center.
After watching the video we went on a tour of the center and visited the numerous buildings. What I enjoyed most about the tour was looking at the detailed architecture and furniture. It was pretty fascinating that most of the buildings still had the original wood detailing. Overall the tour was very impressive and informative :-)
For the second part of our day we went kayaking by Kerby Camp and then onto Silver Beach. I definetly plan on kayaking more often when given the opportunity. Overall I was fairly impressed with myself considering that I've never done it before. I was sure that I was going to be the one that capsized but luckily I didn't!!Tomorrow we are off to a couple of museums which I;m looking forward to:-)