Joan Collins is a blogger for ROOST (Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism) writing about many topics including birding, hiking, canoeing, camping, and cross country skiing. ROOST hosts many websites covering the Adirondack region. Links to Joan’s 2014 blogs (with lots of photos!) are below by region:
Adirondack Experience
Hiking the Trails at Chain Lakes Road South
http://www.adirondackexperience.com/blog/2014/11/chain-lakes-road-south-opens-to-public
Canoe Camping on Lovely Lake Lila
http://www.adirondackexperience.com/blog/2014/10/the-lure-of-lovely-lake-lila
Canoe Camping on the Essex Chain Lakes
http://www.adirondackexperience.com/blog/2014/10/canoe-camping-the-essex-chain-lakes
Hike into Spectacular OK Slip Falls
http://www.adirondackexperience.com/blog/2014/10/hike-spectacular-ok-slip-falls
Lake Placid
Banding the Mysterious Northern Saw-whet Owl in Lake Placid
http://www.lakeplacid.com/blog/2014/11/banding-northern-saw-whet-owl
Tupper Lake
Birding in Tupper Lake: 5 Great Destinations!
http://www.tupperlake.com/blog/2014/11/birding-5-great-destinations