He was being silly.
That's a campsite his family has been going to for years.
It's on a road that loops around the southern part of the park, then up through Loon Lake, eventually connecting with a road that goes through Saranac, Lake Placid, then down route 9 and back around again. bout 130 miles.

So next year... the plan is... to ride it.
Which would be so so cool. We usually just hike, but I think it would be so much fun to ride up there.

And Esmerelda (that's her name) will make a nice little home to come home to.