Driving through the Adirondack High Peaks

I drove up to the farm this past Sunday. We'd had a lot of rain and the Adirondacks were beautiful. I'll post some photos from the drive today and photos of the farm in the next post. One of the high peaks is named Nippletop and I believe the photo above is it. If it isn't, it should be.
The picture above is Route 73 just as I left the main highway. Route 73 is the best known highway through the high peaks region. Well, after all, you can see a couple of them in this picture. Remember that you can get a full screen view of any photo by just clicking on it.
The Ausable River (above) runs alongside Route 73 for some time and adds a lot of nice scenes to the drive.
To my left was a moss covered cliff wall down which spring water was cascading. I thought it was picture worthy. This photo especially benefits from a full screen view.
Here, the Ausable River has become a veritable rapids, thanks to our heavy rains the previous day.
This gushing, rushing cataract is always visible from the road but was especially impressive and even kind of intimidating with all that water volume. Imagine going over that drop in an inner tube.
Chapel Pond above, right alongside Route 73 and a great place to park when hiking Giant Mountain or Noonmark Mountain. It's also a nice spot to get out and stretch, enjoying the view.
I've shared photos of this waterfall before but it's got extra volume in this shot. It's much higher than it appears in this photo. Last winter when the water was frozen, I used to see intrepid (or insipid?) rock climbers scaling the cascade of ice.
That's my little car parked alongside the road. Inside are all 6 dogs, licking the windows into a kind of opaque excess. It makes driving difficult, but hey - it's what a dog is supposed to do. It's their job.
Remember the taxidermy store in Keene? Here's a couple more views of its interior. Here, 3 bear cubs adorn the walls.
A fox, a wolf, a bear, a goat, Oh My!
And from the balcony where I stood next to a multitude of red fox pelts. I'm still contemplating buying myself a coyote tail. I'd be afraid to give one as a gift as so many people would not appreciate dead animal parts. Remember the raccoons paddling a birch bark canoe? They also have a much smaller version: One gray squirrel paddling a tiny bark canoe. Hmmmm.
I stopped to let the dogs out to pee alongside the Cascade Lakes. Here are Casey and Seamus watering the grass and sniffing for wildlife.
Above, one of the Cascade Lakes flowing into the next.
I took a photo of Winky and discovered one of the reasons these are called Cascade Lakes. See the waterfalls in the background? These lakes are also near the base of Cascade Mountain. I guess the name was just too obvious to ignore. At any rate, Winky was very happy to get out of the car and stretch his crooked little legs.
You can see narrow, bumpy Route 73 running alongside one of the Cascade Lakes.
Just entering the town of Lake Placid, looking across this horse show arena, is Whiteface Mountain. I believe that it's the only high peak with a road to its summit and I can promise you that the view from up there is spectacular.
Above, a whole range of peaks visible from the road.

Well, that's it for this post. I'll post farm photos in the next post.