Kim Rielly's blog
May
08
2013
It's tough to stay inside when we are the recipients of a string of perfect days like this - it's been sunny and in the 70's during the day and cool at night for well over a week in the Adirondacks!
Apr
24
2013
So, I accidentally invented a perfect day yesterday. Here's how:Some wish we'd just skip spring and go straight to summer. Not me. As the temperatures rise throughout spring in the Adirondacks, I find the higher temps, longer days, and sun have an almost dangerously energizing effect on me; dousing my cabin fever and sending me outdoors to do more than my lazy winter fitness levels should allow.
Apr
18
2013
Mar
04
2013
I didn't really know much or think about speed skating until Eric Heiden brought the sport into the spotlight during the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid. And although I have worked in Lake Placid on and off since the mid 90's, I have never considered trying out those cumbersome-looking long blades on the oval in the middle of town, which has a life-sized figure of Heiden clad in his 1980 tight yellow outfit out front, with the face cutout for souvenir pictures.
Feb
17
2013
Sometimes, when the conditions are just right, we're treated to a variety of fun, low percentage winter Adirondack adventures.In this case, "low percentage" is a term that my aunt used to label the crazy, overhead-slam-from-the-net tennis shots that I infrequently won. The term came up while we were playing doubles during visits to their place down south when I was a teenager. She insisted that I wouldn't be handed those "low percentage" situations as often if I just stayed in my place and played like the rest of the retirees on the court.
