Lake Placid and the Adirondacks

With Adagio docked in Troy, New York, the Hughes and the Mortimers set out by car to tour the Adirondack Mountains north of Albany. At six million acres, Adirondack Park is bigger than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Parks combined. Centuries of glaciation have filled the park with over 3000 beautiful lakes and mountains, and its proximity to New York City and Boston makes it a favorite recreational destination. The name, “Adirondack,” comes from a Mohawk Indian term meaning "bark-eater" used to describe the neighboring Algonquin tribes who often ate tree bark in winter to survive.

We enjoyed seeing a large part of the park including an overnight in Lake Placid, NY, home to the 1932 and 1980 winter Olympics. Lake Placid is a rather small town with surprisingly little infrastructure to support a major Olympics, and guests and visitors often had to be bussed in from surrounding towns during the games. But the ski jumps are still in place and Lake Placid is now one of three US Olympic training sites along with Colorado Springs, CO and Chula Vista, CA.

With the Hughes at Lake Placid Ski Jump Area