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Adirondack Life • VOLUME LV NUMBER 3

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The Journey Home • Cobbling together an Adirondack life

Northern Lights

Canada Lake • The lure of an Adirondack hideaway

The Latest Buzz • A combo bar, fly-fishing outfit and food truck in Ray Brook

Wild Nights • Just you, a tent and the great outdoors

A Bug’s Life • BLACKFLIES ARE MORE THAN JUST THE SCOURGE OF ADIRONDACK SPRINGTIME. A CLOSER LOOK AT THESE ITTY-BITTY BITERS

Repellent at the Ready

THE BLACKFLY DIVA

Nature’s First-Aid Kit

Playing Keep Away

TROUBLE IN PARADISE—OTHER ADIRONDACK BLOODSUCKERS

Old-Timey Bug Dope for the Do-It-Yourselfer

The Gem • A bright new hangout in Bolton Landing

DRESSAGE AND DREAMS • An Au Sable Forks equine center trots the hallowed grounds of a legendary horse farm

THE HAUS ON THE HILL • How the New York Philharmonic’s Saul Goodman found refuge in Lake Placid

John Brown’s Body • The abolitionist’s long journey back to North Elba

Fine Dining & Lodging

Starred Review • Lake Placid native and movie critic Kathleen Carroll on her changing village and a life in the dark

Earth First! • An environmental group’s uncompromising protests sparked pushback in the 1990s—were they saviors or saboteurs?

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