ku # 669-71 / civilized ku # 379 ~ close, but not close enough
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 09:42AM 
Goodnow Flow cabin ~ Newcomb, in the Adirondak PARK • click to embiggen
Goodnow Flow ~ Newcomb, in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenA few days I mentioned that the wife and I had checked out some vacation property about an hour from our home. One of those properties is located on Goodnow Flow in the town of Newcomb.
At first glance, the property seemed to be an attractive situation - a nicely wooded, one acre waterfront property. And, unlike many waterfront properties on a decent-size lake, the lake is owned by an association that has placed many desirable restrictions on the lake use - such as a 10hp maximum for powered boats (therefore no water skiing), no jet skis, and the like). But, the more we thought about it, the more it became clear that I am not an association-type guy.
FYI, in the Adirondacks, a "flow" is the name given to bodies of water - usuallly long and relatively narrow - that have been created by damming a river. The dams (with spillways) are normally around 100 years old - built long ago by lumbering companies to create winter impounds for harvested timber which would be released each Spring via the spillway to makes its way to a mill.
Much of this formerly privately held land has been acquired by NYS and added to the forever wild forest preserve. The dams have been maintained in order to preserve some wonderful wilderness waterways.
Reader Comments (3)
Who's going to do the housework in the second "home"? Isn't this just another case of Veblen-ism? Isn't one "home" good enough? Why the need to escape from your place of residence? C'mon, Mark, two of everything ain't good for the environment, is it? It's not like you need to "get away" from it all - you're already there! I see your "getting away" as taking trips to metropoles - NYC and Montreal and passing through the pollution of NJ. Kinda backwards, innit?
Still -- looks like a nice place. Why not make it your full time residence? Pictures do make one want to be there.
Very nice photo! Beautiful! That is my camp :)