Courtyard By Marriott Lake Placid

... with Quebec license plate caused some slight suspicions.

But that was not all. We had a hotel in Lake Placid, Lake Placid is in New York state and Vermont and New York are separated by Lake Champlain. All attempts to cross the lake were futile. Some ferries were closed for a season, some closed for a day, bridges were closed for no apparent reason and we started to suspect that two states weren't exceptionally friendly. At the end, we drove south half way to New York city ...

... og rigtig lækker komfort. Vi tog derefter direkte op til Lake Placid. En rigtig fed by, der minder en del om Val d'Isere. Vi prøvede at fiske lidt dog uden fangst, og jeg fik taget en del billeder. Vi mødte rigtigt mange fede biler og motorcykler.

... oldest covered bridge in New York) and spend another night. As I was lunching by the rapids in the middle of nowhere, Fred Sherry (a cellist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center who I have know for years) and his wife Carol wandered by, They were renting a house nearby.

... Tupper Lake and the Raquette River were spectacular as the clouds began to clear out. I stopped to visit the beautiful new nature center and the old Jewish cemetery and synagogue in Tupper Lake. Then on through Saranac Lake and then to Lake Placid.

Starting out in the fog, I biked first to North Creek, and then along the upper Hudson River. Some pretty steep climbs getting up into the mid-Adirondacks. I camped just north of Long Lake. A bit of drizzle and wind as a front came through that night.

... dangerous) and snowshoe hiking up Mt. Joe (which was also fun but exceedingly dangerous). We spent another day walking around town (very quaint and charming) and visiting the Olympic Stadium and Museum, which was entertaining. We each got a massage at the hotel spa, followed by some time in the steam room.

... are currently in Tupper Lake shopping for lots of food. We've heard there won't be any place to stay for at least 30 miles so we're stocking up for all our lunches, dinner and breakfast (groan, more weight). Between the hills and the constant headwinds we've had, it doesn't appear likely we'll make 30 miles on top of what we've already done today. We've actually had a ...

... it's really old (almost as old as someone I know) plus Emily's helmet decided to have a nervous breakdown so shopping was on the list of things to do while we were we were actually near civilization. Check out the Emily and her helmet picture - make sure you click on it to read all about that adventure. We've talked to some other bikers in the area and it sounds like if we ever get out of the Adirondacks we'll be golden. I guess a 30-mile day ...

... that last hill and it may be awhile before she is reincarnated into a form that can respond to you'. We were getting a little worried about dinner as we hadn't seen a grocery store in ages but we finally came across a little kid's farmstand and we literally bought them out. We got cucumbers, corn on the cob, and a loaf of bread. Then they went inside and came back with four muffins and a loaf ...

... to Mont Tremblant and Mont Saint Anne for relative bargains on ski weeks, but now things are exactly reversed with the greenback having lost so much of its purchasing power over the last few years. I'm a glutton for punishment, though, and I noticed on my trips through Lake Placid village that the Olympic Speed Skating Oval had public skating nightly. Wow! Speed skating is one of my favorite Olympic events, but I've never before been ...