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Erica Higgs and her family, on the other hand, are veteran campers. The more remote the better, says Higgs, of Poughkeepsie, who does tent camping with her 5-year-old daughter, husband, and dog, Noodle Bean. The attraction to us is being away from people.
Her personal favorites are The Kenneth L Wilson Campground in Mount Tremper, which offers 76 tent and trailer sites or Cherry Plain State Park in Petersburg which has just 10 lakeside camp sites.
Camping is hot thanks to pandemic
After initially bracing for an economic disaster as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic campgrounds were closed for much of the spring many New York campgrounds and RV resort operators ended up having a banner year in 2020 as people went camping in record numbers, according to the Campground Owners of New York (CONY).
MOUNT WASHINGTON â Itâs likely an admission fee will be charged by next summer to visitors entering the Sherman Adams Building located at the summit of Mount Washington.
That was the consensus reached at the virtual meeting held last Friday by the Mt. Washington Advisory Commission, made up of a dozen Mount Washington State Park stakeholders and chaired by state Sen. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro).
No one disagreed with the conclusion that revenues generated by selling hot dogs and gift shop items cannot cover the cost of running the park.
The commission had last met Aug. 28 in Franconia Notch. Capital projects discussed included a new sewage treatment plant and disposal system.
CONCORD â Itâs very likely that an admission fee will be charged â possibly by next summer â to visitors entering the Sherman Adams Building in Mount Washington State Park.
At least that was the consensus reached by the Mt. Washington Advisory Commission, made up of a dozen state park stakeholders thatâs chaired by state Sen. Jeb Bradley of Wolfeboro, at its virtual meeting on Friday, Dec. 11. No one disagreed with the conclusion that the revenues generated by selling hot dogs and gift shop items cannot cover the cost of running the Park.
Capital projects previously discussed at the commissionâs Aug. 28 meeting in Franconia Notch were updated.