Playing Tourists

So even before we read the New York Times yesterday, we had planned to go to the summit of Whiteface, then troll around Lake Placid for a bit. BTW, we are none too pleased to read the plethora of recent Adirondack travel stories in the paper of record. Shhhhhhh. Everyone just keep going to the Hamptons and we'll be just fine. No need to travel up to these parts.

Anyway, we took 2 different scenic routes to the top of Whiteface: by car and by gondola. You'll notice I didn't say "hike", as my brother has 2 smaller kids so we still haven't conquered this one as a 46er yet. The girls (Leslie, Eleanor and me) drove to the summit while the boys (Joe, Michael, Oscar, Clarke and Brendan) took the gondola. The girls' adventure was short and sweet as our adorable Eleanor had just woken from a nap and wasn't dressed properly for summit weather. Still the views were wonderful. Then we headed to Lake Placid for lunch at The Cottage. We chose this as Joe and I had drinks there previous and loved the setting. The food was "eh", the menu was boring, the service was "eh"...but the view was great so next time we'll stick to drinks! We then strolled town and popped into the Ice Rink (Miracle on Ice baby). The kids must have drank their adorable juice that morning because before we knew it the guy at the door had let us all into the Junior Hockey Championships with USA vs. Sweden - great fun. The highlight was the small crowd of hockey buffs bowing to the Zamboni as it zipped by.