Lake George, New York

[Wayne Jeffers]

In a few weeks, Michelle and I will be going to northern New York, the northern end of Lake George, to pick up a boat I've bought. Since it's a day-and-a-half drive each way, we've decided to make a mini-vacation of it rather than dashing in and out. We'll probably stay a day, maybe two, in the area before beginning the return trip.

What should we try to see in that part of New York?

No date for our trip is set as yet. We're waiting for the snow to melt from in front of the doors to the shed where the boat is stored indoors for the winter. Last I spoke to the boatyard owner (a couple of weeks ago), the snow had melted until only four feet remained. :eek: Depending on the spring thaw, we're hoping to make the trip end of April or early May, before tourist season.

The boat? I've been looking for a parts boat (wood or glass; didn't care about the hull) for the Comet I've been restoring. I've found a complete wooden Comet that sounds like it is in really good condition as-is. And it has almost enough spare parts to re-rig my other boat, too. Maybe Michelle and I can start our own Athens County fleet. :D

Wayne

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Oh I love Lake George. I learned how to sail there as a kid. My family used to summer there. I would take the sunfish out then the laser. I remember healing too far over as a storm came over the mountains and flipped the laser. I was too light and too small to right her myself. Off from the distant dock I saw a power boat speeding up on me. It was my uncle to help me out. It seems the whole time I thought I was sailing undisturbed and alone my mom had been watching from the big porch of the main house with binoculars. I often think she still watches over me when I go sailing.

OK were to go
Haige (sp) is tacky but fun
Ft Ticondaroga ( sp ) is hisortical but can be boring
Not to far away is Burlington, VT, Pretty cool place University Town so good bars and food.

But me I just like the Trout House (the place I stayed as a kid) I always think of going back up there with MY family now.

Oh and Wayne you know your always welcomed to stop by my compound :D

[Wayne Jeffers]

Haige (sp) is tacky but funJoe,

What's in/around Hague? Hague is the closest town to the boatyard where my new boat is stored. smile.gif Appears to be a tiny crossroads town in the middle of nowhere. I've found almost nothing about it on the internet. (BTW, in searching Google, I did discover that the boatyard is for sale.)

What's the Trout House? Where is it? We like B&B's! :D

Our planned route is across I-90 to Albany, then north. I don't know NY very well, but isn't the J-CSOH compound a big detour away from our route?

Wayne

Hey, all I had to do was Google "Trout House" and look what came up! http://www.iloveinns.com/bed_and_breakfasts/new_york/trouthousevillageresort.htm

Thanks, Joe!

[ 04-08-2004, 10:07 AM: Message edited by: Wayne Jeffers ]

[Bruce Hooke]

Lake George is a beautiful area. If you like hiking there's lots of great places to go, both right around Lake George and nearby, deeper into the Adirondacks.

Some of the islands in Lake George are a State Park campground. You need a boat to get to them, of course. I've canoed out and camped on these islands in the fall -- beautiful!

[rbgarr]

There's a boatyard in the very SW corner of Lake George that stores a whole fleet of mahogany/older inboard runabouts in a covered boathouse ... but only when the ice is out. Don't know whether you could see any of them now.

Nor do I remember the name of the yard, but I took this picture there:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/pf04da96999755544566488e192bb7826/f92b6a19.jpg

What boat are you picking up?

[ 04-08-2004, 12:39 PM: Message edited by: rbgarr ]

[Sailman58]

The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, NY is a must see if it is open. There is a smaller museum in Vermont on Lake Champlain, but I don't know if they are open year round either. Best to call first.

[Don Olney]

Wayne,

The Adirondack Museum (http://www.adkmuseum.org/)does not open until Labor Day weekend. Its about 50 miles from Lake George over Rt 28. Might be worth a trip over anyway to see the Central Adirondacks. You could go north a bit to Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. Keep in mind that the local roads are speed-zoned and mostly two-laned.

You can follow Rt 28 back down out of the Adirondack Park (through the Fulton Chain of Lakes, Nessmuk country) and get on the NY State Thruway at the post-industrial slag heap known as Utica, NY.

We are thinking of going up in May to climb Haystack.

http://www.adirondackjourney.com

-Don

[Tom Galyen]

Gentlemen, Gentlemen!

I cannot believe that you people would not list the famous Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Vergennes, VT. If someone were to take a short trip from Lake George to Fort Ticonderoga, which as a amature historian I highly recommend I think that a further short drive to a Maritime museum is certainly in order. Can it be that jealosey of Vermont is the cause of it not being listed first?

I have not personally been to this museum but plan to get there sometime this summer. The main thing I wish to see is their replica of the Benedict Arnold's ship Philidelphia II. She is an exact replica of the ship that Arnold used at the battle of Valcour Island in the Revolutionary war. The original is in the Smithsonian in Washington DC.

Look this museum up on Google and I think you will agree that with me that if you are anywhere in the area and are intrested in wooden boats that it is well worth the trip. Plan on at least a day here.

Tom G.