Adirondack Park

We made it to the Adirondacks! The Adirondack Region of Northern New York includes the 6 million-acre Adirondack Park, surrounding countryside and the entire western shore of Lake Champlain. The Adirondack Park was created in 1882 by the New York State Legislature, which enacted measures that guarantee public lands will remain forever wild. Unfortunatly, we can only experience a small portion of it but hopefully, it will give a good feel for the area.

Today we drove over to Lake Placid and went on a Bobsled ride. Well...it is the end of the summer, so our bobsled had wheels.

It was a 1/2 mile course and we made it down in about 41 seconds. It was a little jarring but fun. Later, I noticed an egg sized purple bruise on my hip and another two on my upper arm. I think they are from the last banked turn of the bobsled ride. This bobsled track is now only used for tourist rides but it was next to the new, world-class track that they use for bobsled, luge, and skeleton in the winter. It was very twisty and looked quite challenging. A guide told us that, although it's not advertised, on Christmas day, non-Olympic caliber athletes (tourists)can take a ride down a portion of this track in an enclosed luge reaching speeds up to 70mph! Awesome!

After a trip around the Olympic area, we went into town and had a very nice dinner. The weather was nice and it was a great day!