Adirondack Museum

Today we spent our morning at the Adirondack Wildlife Center. It is an incredible place that does not have a zoo-like feel to it. Instead, it represents many aspects of wildlife from aquatics to birds to mammals. The facility operates using solar panels for their energy consumption and solar tubes used for geo-thermal energy. I enjoyed walking through the nature scape, but honestly the grounds seemed to be a huge nature scape, not just the designated area of play.

Up close with a hanging PURPLE TENT that "traps" Emerald Ash Borer Beetle it not what I had expected. The triangular shaped tent is not a complex gadget used to attract and trap the beetle. It is simply a three sided sticky bug trap. It had a slug, leaves, debris, and a few beetles but no larva that I could see. The mature beetle is harmless and the larva is the threat. How do these tents help?

Another highlight of the Wildlife Center was the large pond. When standing in the atrium lobby you felt like you were in the pond just outside the window. I enjoyed the design of the building inside and out.

The afternoon we spent at the Adirondack Museum. This is a cultural center with historical artifacts displayed in a town like setting. Each building has a theme. My favorite was looking at the hand tools used in the kitchen and gardens. Modern society relies on machinery that using an exceptional amount of energy instead of incorporating more hand tools. I tried taking pictures of individual artifacts inside the glass cases but the glare of the canned lighting above did not allow for quality pictures. Instead I took pictures of the descriptions and hopefully I can find images on the web.

I believe that by using hand-tools instead of using petroleum based machinery that consumes energy, as a society we can begin to reduce the amount of natural resources as individuals. Corporate America will collapse when individuals begin to refuse buying into the massive consumption game of keeping up with the Jones'.

Please check back to view photos of my adventure today!