Lake George, New York - June 10 - June 11, 2015

 

Lake George, New York - June 10 - June 11, 2015

June 10, 2015

Today we left the Hershey RV Park, heading out to Lake George, New York.  It is a bit of a drive, but we plan to stay at Lake George for two days, to give Stan a break. 

We find that the New York roads are about the same as every other state.  We encountered our first Toll Road.  We were on it for about 100 miles.  The only difference is that we got to pay $21 when we reached the other toll booth.

One thing that is cool about the New York rest stops, is that in addition to parking and restrooms, they have fast food restaurants.   The one that we stopped at had a Starbucks.  Stan tried a “Roy Rogers” beef sandwich.  He said it was a lot like Arby’s.  But it is a nice break from driving.

We had a tough time finding the RV Park.  The signage was small and blended into the background.  We passed it the first time and drove around through the village of Lake George and tried it again.  Unfortunately, we turned to early the second time only to find that we turned into a dead end.  So we had to unhook the Jeep.  This time Bev took the Jeep down the road to check on the turn to the resort.  Once we found it, Bev blocked traffic while Stan backed out on the road to turn around.  Needless to say, nerves were a bit on edge.  


"Sassy" Stewart

We got to the RV Park without further problems.   We had a nice pull thru.  A cocktail (or two) was in order.   The neighbors were sitting outside to Stan decided to go visit.  Bev finally wandered over too, since they had a dog.  It turned out to be a great evening visiting with Graeme & Lori Stewart and their dog Sassy.  They were a great couple from Dublin, New York, that were returning home after buying their new fifth wheel trailer.  We had a lot of laughs.  Also, another couple from New York stopped by on their golf cart.  It turns out after we had visited for awhile, that all of us will be in the Florida Keys about the same time in the fall.  We hope to see them again then.

Sassy with her ball - She & Bev played

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 11, 2015

Today was a morning of rest after a day on the road. 

In the afternoon, we decided to head out to check out the area.  Lake George is in the Adirondack Park and has a lot of resorts, motels and tourist attractions.  It would be a great place to take kids.  There are water parks, and many water attractions.  The lake is beautiful.  We even saw Paul Bunyan, however he is not as cute at the Bemidji Paul Bunyan.  We even took a selfie with him.  We had lunch at Smokey Joe’s in Lake George.  Great food.



 

We also drove into Warrensburg -  It is a town of about 3,000 people, but it must have at least a dozen big beautiful churches.  


A few things that we have discovered in this part of the country

1.       There are a lot of towns that end in ville, or burg,

2.       There are LOTS of beautiful churches

3.       There are a lot of HUGE cemeteries – I suppose they have had a lot more years to accumulate dead people.

4.       The people working on the roads all work the same – one working and four or five watching.

We returned to the rig in time for happy hour with the Stewarts.  Bev threw the ball for Sassy and totally wore her out – Sassy not Bev.