Great poem Ken.
I grew up in Florida, went to college in Colorado and stayed there for several years and then went back in the Army. They stationed me at Ft. Drum in upstate NY and I spent a lot of time traveling around the Adirondaks, my wife and I really fell in love with it, probably more than anywhere else we have lived. Your poem captures them beautifully.
We are back in central Florida now, but are really thinking of moving to upstate NY, your poem makes us want to go even more.
Thanks for writing it, think you could stand a "cracker" transplant for a neighbor?