To – Lake Placid (New York)
Via – Ticonderoga (New York)
Miles Driven –151
Attractions Revisited – 2 (Ben & Jerry’s, Von Trapp Family Lodge)
Minutes Spent Discussing the Relative Merits of Snow Chains vs Snow Tires – 120 to 180
Knowledge about Snow Tires – Zip
Knowledge about Snow Chains - Nada
Today’s Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/32017704@N03/sets/72157609492104098/
Kate and I differ on the best way to fully utilize a hotel and there was no better demonstration of this than on the morning of Day 15 when I was up at 7am to walk Molly round the grounds, go for a swim, lounge in the hot tub, sweat it out in the steam room and read the complimentary paper by the pool before breakfast. Kate, in contrast, put in some quality time under the duvet. Still, each to their own. The snow chains vs snow tires debate started over breakfast and continued for the next few hours with the typical Grant ‘n’ Kate conclusion of…let’s just wait and see how it goes. I was about to plough into the ins and outs of the debate then but I realized that it was dull enough first time round so there’s hardly any need to regale it here.
Before leaving Stowe, we had a few camera chores to get o
The drive to Lake Placid was a real four seasons in one day affair as the
Nothing much to report after getting to Lake Placid. It looks like a pretty town but with an hour of sunlight left and having skipped lunch, priorities were walking Molly and finding food. A quick online search for food continually talked of a place called Caffe Rustica on the outskirts of town so that’s where we headed for a fantastic Italian meal (a couple of salads, lamb shank for me, pizza for Kate) but what made it truly great was that the restaurant was actually full and we realized that this was the first time we have dined surrounded by other humans in two weeks! On the downside, it meant we had to return to using cutlery and not belching loudly after each bite.
Assuming we don’t freeze overnight we’re going to take on some nature trails tomorrow and test the thickness of the ice on Mirror Lake..
2 comments:
GMac/Kate - Rita and I are housebound with two kids and are desperate for a fantasy holiday. Can you pick us up as hitchers tomorrow please. I promise not to tell any Nestle stories.
No problem - and you can afford to have 3 more kids before Bridget reaches full capacity. Or four more and we can leave Kate behind in whatever city we're passing through.
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