http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyKey=64513&category=C What was she so afraid of? Aerial rape? I was just pissed off when the shitheads would fly over as low as they could. I've seen A10's, helicopters and fighters. They're really annoying when you're trying to cast a fly and enjoy some serene isolation. They should test their shit in Macedonia or Nevada. Next time I'll bring my particle beam weapon and scorch their paint a bit. There are three bases that I know of - Fort Drum, Griffiss Air Base and Plattsburgh Air Base. Fort Drum is busy. The latter two have been shut down but I think there is still some research going on at RADC/Griffiss - ( http://www.beardsley.com/portfolio/military/romelab/rl.html ). They may still fly some stuff out of there to test communications, mapping systems and sensors. I think the runways are still maintained. I've been on some fairly remote lakes up there. Go look for the West Canada Lakes on a map. It's really beautiful and in spite of the acid rain from the polluting midwest ( including Ontario ) there are some excellent brookies around. In other areas you can find muskies, pike, bass, raindows and landlocked salmon. The acidified dead lakes are truly sorry looking. This concludes the Adirondack solo backpacker report. Mike