Chapter 230 Suburban Dog

Suburban Dog

she goes everywhere

10/20/2010

Zim Smith Picasa link  (expanded 64 pics) 

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TribleOutdoors Zim Smith Dog Walks

Took model Misha dog on location for another photo shoot for the future Canine Calendar. She just loves to get out of the house and I need the walks too now that I have the time.

A real quality bike path system is being created here. The Zim Smith Trail is beautifully done thru the forests with a wide right of way and new wide paved surfaces. One segment above incorporates the 1888 Ruhle Road truss bridge (National Register of Historic Places) spanning Ballston Creek. If my math is correct, that's early post Civil War era, come on.  Didn't we just capture Geronimo then? I think it's beautiful, but then again we studied these intensively in college.

I kayak downstream from here in Round Lake and upstream in Ballston Lake. Ballston Lake is 130 ft deep and was called Shenantaha (deep water) by the Iroquois for a thousand years until we discovered it and renamed it. The Shenantaha Creek Park has signs up stating no dogs in the recreation portion but maybe it was OK down by the creek and there was no one there in any case. The walk path is clearly OK for dogs.

As I scout around for picture vantage points Misha is just having a ball running up and down the slopes fearlessly, going in and out of the water, sniffing, snorting & exploring.

Olmstead House 1845 is Malta Landmark called Old Stone Inn is just east of bike path and lies north of  Round Lake . (probably from the James / Ezekial branch.) Zalmon Olmstead of Malta had 13 kids from Amira to Zalmon Jr.

Noah Olmstead was an early settler in Malta near East Line Rd, which the bike path crosses. Some involvement with grist mills. John Olmstead supervisor of Malta 1851.

Town of Malta web

Saratoga County best in upstate.

Dwaaskill Preserve too swampy