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From a Great Camp

Camp Santanoni is one of the earliest examples of the “Great Camps of the Adirondacks”. For lovers of this architecture, photos and descriptions hardly do it justice. It was the brainchild of Robert C. Pruyn (1847–1934), a prominent Albany banker and businessman. Pruyn acquired 12,900 acres (52.2 km²) just south of the Adirondack High Peaks. He hired three architects to design a summer residential complex.

It turned out to be a sprawling wilderness retreat of extravagant proportions. The complex numbered 45 buildings and was regarded as the grandest of all such Adirondack camps. It consisted of three main groupings of buildings: The Gate Lodge complex; the farm complex; and the Main Camp. These were built from 1892 to 1907.

The scale of such an endeavour in such a location is incredible. The Gate Lodge not only signified entry, it was a monumental, stone, arch structure holding six staff bedrooms, a caretaker’s home, and assorted barns, wagon sheds and other buildings.

The farm complex was a massive set of barns, three farmhouses and workers cottages, a stone creamery, workshop, chicken house, kennels, smoke house, root cellar and other service buildings. The family raised imported and domestic breeds of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry. It supplied the camp with its meat and produce, while surplus dairy products were sold in Newcomb and sent to Albany for the Pruyns and their friends. Many Newcomb residents today still own milk bottles with “Santanoni” embossed in raised letters.

The Main Camp held an excellent view toward the Adirondack High Peaks. The central lodge was actually a grouping of six separate buildings. It held the main living and dining lodge with seven bedrooms, a kitchen and service building with seven staff bedrooms, all connected by a common roof and porch system. 1500 spruce trees were used in the log construction. The structural and decorative features defined rustic chic for its time, including a liberal use of birchbark wall coverings that exists today. A boathouse, artist’s studio, workshop, icehouse, and additional staff quarters made up the camp.

Pruyn’s heirs sold it to the Melvin family, leaders in the business and professional community of Syracuse, in 1953. And that is where this story begins.

Douglas Legg, also known as “Dougie,” disappeared when he was 8 years old from the camp.  He was a grandson of the Melvin family. This took place on a July afternoon in 1971. The young boy and his uncle started out on hike on the familiar terrain. Due to the risk of poison ivy, the uncle sent him back to the camp to change from shorts into pants. They were about a half mile away from the camp at the time.

Dougie was last seen by his older brother and a cousin about 50-60 yards from the main lodge.  He never met back up with his uncle, and he was never seen from or heard from again. According to an article from the time, he was a “mini woodsman.”

The disappearance sparked a massive search, mostly funded by the very wealthy family. Almost 1,000 volunteers along with planes equipped with heat-detecting infrared FLIR tried their best. All efforts were unsuccessful over a 6-week period. It is still unknown if Dougie simply wandered off and was lost, succumbing to the elements, or if foul play was involved.

Given the mystery, several theories have sprung up. In 1993, 22 years after Dougie disappeared, a woman undergoing psychiatric treatment believed a boy fitting Dougie’s description was kidnapped and murdered by one of her relatives. It proved to be false. The subsequent news coverage generated what investigators believe is the most credible tip.

A man on leave from the Navy in 1973, two years after Douglas Legg disappeared, was hunting in the area when he separated from his friend to chase a deer. He crossed a peninsula leading to a 21-acre island in Newcomb Lake. This is a half mile from the main lodge. He stumbled upon a small skull and partial skeleton which he believed to be human. He told his friend of his find but was worried about returning on time from Navy leave and he was on land he should not have been on, so never reported the find. Neither man was aware of the disappearance.

The man who had chased the deer heard from his friend in 1993 when the friend saw a news story on the renewed search. He immediately called the police to report his experience. The story fit with the last known sighting as the original hike was around Newcomb Lake.

Police theorize that Dougie, attempting to follow his uncle, stumbled across the peninsula and thinking he was still following the lake shoreline became disoriented in the thick, dense growth and perished on the island. The area was searched in 1971, yet, police are not sure how thoroughly due to the large number of volunteers and extremely dense vegetation.

The man, then living in Montana, was flown back to help. The remains could not be located. Authorities believe it was buried under inches of sediment and moss from the passing years. This new search covered a very small area.

In the early 1970’s the Melvin family, not caring to return to the scene of the tragedy, quickly contracted with the newly formed Adirondack Conservancy Committee to purchase the entire camp. The furnishings were removed, and the Conservancy then resold the property to the state of New York for incorporation into the State Forest Preserve.

Now called the Santanoni Preserve, it is open to visitors. Though not up to its former glory and grandeur, the scale and quality of build impresses. Preservation efforts are ongoing. The state encourages cross country skiing, wagon rides, and … hikes.

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Una tarde en Santorini

Lo prometido es deuda, así que voy a contaros nuestra escala en Santorini.

Santorini está considerada como la joya de las Cycladas. Su capital es Thira y su puerto principal es el de Acinios.

Es una isla de origen volcánica y fue habitada desde el año 3.000 a.c por los Fenicios.

Algunos estudiosos consideran que Santorini forma parte de la mítica Atlántida.

La isla tiene forma de media luna, y en esencia, es lo que queda de una enorme explosión volcánica que destruyó los primeros asentamientos existentes, haciendo desaparecer gran parte del territorio de la antigua isla y provocando la creación de la caldera geológica actual.

El archipiélago se conforma por las islas habitadas de Santorini y Thirasia;​ y los islotes deshabitados de Nea Kameni, Palea Kameni, Aspronisi y Christiana.

Desembarcando en tender en Santorini

Como os contaba en el capítulo anterior, la espera para desembarcar en tenders en Santorini fue de lo más animada.

El desembarque no fue demasiado agradable, ya que el mar estaba muy movido ese día en Santonini

De ahi que en el vídeo podais oir mis comentarios serenos y tranquilizantes, pero os juro que el mar estaba muy picado y el tender parecía una montaña rusa.

¡¡Es que por momentos parecia que ibamos a volcar!!

Felizmente, el tender no volcó y conseguimos desembarcar sanos y salvos en Thira o Fira, mientras otros seguían disfrutando y fotografiando los crudos momentos vividos

El teleférico de Santorini

En un plis plas subimos al teleferico, ya que el Equinox era el único barco en Santorini en ese momento.

A la vuelta, fue un poco más complicado, y estuvimos un montón de tiempo esperando, lo que hizo que mucha gente se lanzase a la aventura, y de noche cerrada, se animasen a bajar por el camino de los burros

No quiero pensar lo que tiene que ser Santorini en pleno mes de agosto con más de 8 barcos coincidiendo en la escala

Teleferico Equinox

Teleferico Equinox

Teleferico Equinox

Teleferico Equinox

¿Que ver en una escala de crucero en Santorini?

Una vez en Fira compartimos un taxi con una pareja de venezolanos en luna de miel y nos trasladamos a Oia.

La luz otoñal y el principio del atardecer lograron que la isla nos enamorase. Además, estaba casi vacía y con un montón de locales ya cerrados, supongo que por haber finalizado la temporada.

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Santorini

Santorini

Santorini

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Mientras, algunos seguían peleandose con las camaras y los tripodes

otras posabamos para la posteridad

La que me compraré cuando sea mayor es esta casa ¡¡que preciosidad!!

Además, si necesita alguna reforma, hay algún español que habita cerca

Lo cierto es que ahora, echando la vista atrás, podemos considerarnos unos privilegiados, al poder visitar Santorini sin hordas de turistas por todas partes.

¡Que tranquilidad!

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Santorini

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Regresando al Equinox

Aún así, al regreso, tuvimos que esperar bastante tiempo por el teleferico, espera que nos sirvió para conocer a unas entrañables chilenas con las que luego compartimos momentos y veladas inolvidables en el barco, y años después, un magnifico crucero por Sudamerica a bordo del Zaandam de Holland America, pero esa será otra historia…

Ya de regreso al Equinox, duchita, arreglarnos para la cena, ¡¡y al Blu!!

Ese día si fotografié la carta, asi que podeis haceros una idea de todo lo que había.

Blu Equinox

Blu Equinox

Blu Equinox

Blu Equinox

Blu Equinox

Todo ello regado con un vino excelente, recomendación de Vitor, nuestro sommelier.

Un shiraz australiano de unas bodegas propiedad del famoso golfista Greg Norman.

Tras la cena, un espectaculo de magia en el teatro, y a dormir, que al día siguiente nos esperaba un día duro en Kusadassi

Celebrity Equinox: Nuestras impresiones en Aquaclass. Santorini. Capítulo 4👌✔⛵ Una tarde en Santorini Lo prometido es deuda, así que voy a contaros nuestra escala en Santorini.

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