man & nature # 181-184 ~ the Rachael Ray gig
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 10:13AM 
My camp kitchen • click to embiggen
Goat cheese pizza • click to embiggen
Campsite with plane • click to embiggen
Stars of the show • click to embiggenI'm in a bit of a rush this AM to get out for a round of golf with my brother so I'll use the wife's email-text-to-friends-and-family description of the shoot with Rachael Ray -
Her (Rachael Ray) production people contacted him (me)about his luxury guiding business, and asked him to do a segment of her show. It will be on her show “vacations.” She did not really camp with us – she flew in on a sea plane with her husband, ate some food, and left. She did not eat much of the food, or drink much of the wine, so after she and her husband left, we had a feast. All of the food was local, organic Adirondack produce.
Rachel was very nice – she thought Hugo was wonderful (clearly she has good taste), and she was very friendly.
It was a very fun day – Mark, Peter, Hugo, Maggie and I all camped the night before, and everyone else arrived several hours before Rachel did, so we swam, had hoagies and beer, and generally chilled. She and her crew stayed about an hour for the filming. There were even loons calling while they filmed, for authentic sound.
FYI, in the Stars of the show picture above, L > R, that's David (my guest chef), Rachael Ray, and me. The show will air some time late next Spring.
gravitas et nugalis
Featured Comment: Bob Wong wrote: Nice looking spot. I'm wondering if your camp site's are prepared or wild and if you are restricted in where you can camp?
my response: On state land throughout the Adirondacks - keep in my mind that the Adirondack Park is bigger than the state of Vermont - camping allowed just about nearly everywhere. Other than elevations above 4,000 feet where no camping is allowed (other than during Winter), the only restriction is that camping on other than on a designated primitive / wilderness site must be at least 150 feet of any road, trail, spring, stream, pond or other body of water.
The site seen here is a designated site on a lake that has about 95% of the shoreline as state-owned land. Motorized boat traffic is kept to a minimum by the fact that: 1) the only boat launch on the lake is on a narrow and twisty creek and is designed for canoes, and 2) the only other access is through a small hand-operated lock from another lake.
This site was chosen because it is on a lake that still allows seaplane access - which was how Rachael and her crew needed to arrive - and it is the only site with a sandy beachfront which allowed the seaplane to come right up to shore.
Reader Comments (2)
And when they get done cutting and editing it will be like she spent a week with you.
Nice looking spot. I'm wondering if your camp site's are prepared or wild and if you are restricted in where you can camp?