Don, you are describing one of the most picturesque parts of the Northeast. Establishing the Adirondack Preserve was one of the best things New York State ever did. It sounds as if you spent a lot of quality time in the Adirondacks in earlier days.
Since you mentioned Lake Tear of the Clouds, let me add a bit of historical trivia associated with it. In 1901, Vice President Teddy Roosevelt was at Lake Tear of the Clouds after returning from a hike to the Mount Marcy summit when he received a message informing him that President McKinley, who had been shot two weeks earlier, had taken a turn for the worse. Roosevelt hiked down the mountain and then took a 40 mile midnight stage coach ride to the railway station at North Creek, New York, where he learned that McKinley had died. Roosevelt then took the train to Buffalo, where he was officially sworn in as President
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