SARANAC LAKE — Since moving to the Adirondacks at the start of the year, Nicky Hylton-Patterson greets most mornings the same way.
She laces up her neon pink-and-green sneakers, pulls on a bright long-sleeve shirt and a pair of leggings. Then she’s out the door, hopefully early enough to share her favorite trail with only the ducks, frogs and turtles.
For months, her route is consistent: From her home, she runs down the road and over a bridge to the trail that loops around Moody Pond….