Lake Placid Travel Blogs

We woke up early and found the trailhead for Algonquin Mountain.  I believe it was the Macintyre trail that leads to the summit.  The trail was only moderately strenuous and the views from the top are well worth the hike.  We stopped and had lunch at the top.  This is when I fou…

Weekend trips, quick trips, week long trips, road trips, ya know...

Meteorologische vluchteling he? Nou, niks vluchten. Ik werd wakker van het regenwater dat met bakken tegelijk van de daken gutste. Dit was niet zoals ik me dat had voorgesteld. Echter,.. tijdens het ontbijt (een heerlijk ontbijt-buffet mét wafels!) stopte de regen en verschenen er enkele straaltj…

My 10,000 mile five week drive around the Southwest US, up the west coast, across the Canadian Rockies and Prairies, through the Great Lakes Region, across the Appalachians, through New England and all the way to Newfoundland.

The end of the old and beginning of the new. The start a fresh back in my home state with a different frame of mind. I loaded my harley davidson and took off for sturgis on the 29th of july in 2008.

Had an opportunity to tour the USA Luge practice facilities and the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY

Thing about being an NYC resident is that you don't really feel like leaving your comfort zone - the subway and the regular coffee and the control freaks and the stores where you don't have to 'come back next week'. Not trying to put NYC on a pedestal. Just pointing out how diff…