Making Connections
My TOBIE trail adventure last summer was perfectly planned—in my head, at least. With a pledge to make my 2021 Adirondack vacation compensate for the one I missed in 2020 due to the pandemic, I knew exactly how I’d tackle the 16-mile trail connecting the communities of Thendara, Old Forge, Big Moose, Inlet and Eagle Bay (TOBIE).
The strategy: I would walk or bike a different short segment of the trail each day throughout the week of my annual family reunion. And I’d check it out at a speed slower than the usual car rides on which I’d first noticed TOBIE’s brown trail signs, as I whipped along Route 28 for ice cream, donuts and other critical camp survival supplies.
Traversing TOBIE would be an excuse to sneak off with an individual family member or two, to slow down for luxuriously lengthy conversations, to catch up on all that I had missed while
