Adirondack Mtns. and Lake Placid

Greetings from the travelers,

As we are drivingWednesday, October 17
to the next campground (or I should say -- as Larry is driving), I will try to type the blog. It was foggy this morning when we got up and the clouds were low in the mtns., but the sun soon came out and it was a clear sunny morning. As we drive towards western New York, the trees have not exactly reached their peak of colors. The mountains have disappeared also.

Yesterday was a beautiful clear day for our drive through the Adirondack Mtns. These mtns. are not near as high as the Rockies, but are still very impressive. A couple of the peaks had snow at the summit. The town of Lake Placid was on our route. The 1932 and 1980 Olympic games were held in this quiet town nestled in the mtns. We saw the ice rink where the historical ice hockey game between USA and the Russians was played. The USA beat the Russians 4 to 3. The picture above is of the building that houses the three ice rinks -- one for figure skating, one for the hockey games, and one for the speed skaters. All of the Olympic facilities are used today such as the ice rinks, ski jumps, ski runs, luge tracks, and bobsled runs so that Olympic hopefuls of the future can practice and some of the Olympic contestants of today who still want to participate can practice. Lake Placid is not a big town, but it is clean and well kept. Beautiful flowers everywhere along the store fronts.

Our drive yesterday was very scenic with lots and lots of trees and lakes. It said in an article that there are around 2,800 lakes in the Adirondacks and we saw a lot of them. We had packed our lunch and ate alongside one of the lakes. It is so pretty to see the colorful trees along the lake’s edge reflected in the clear calm lake water.

We are now driving towards the Finger Lakes area in western New York State. The campground we will be staying at is in Romulus, NY. The private campgrounds are getting few and far between as they are closing down from mid-October to late October. The one we are going to for the next couple of days does not have WiFi so it may be a few days before we can post our blogs. We will give you all a rest. Ha! Bye Bye