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FOLIAGE WEBSITES

• Foliage Hotline tel.   (800) 225-5697
• Adirondacks.com – Foliage updates, recommended drives
• Albany Time Union Newspaper – Foliage photos, recommended scenic drives

 

 

THINGS TO DO IN ADIRONDACKS

• Hiking near Lake George
• Adirondack Adventure – zip lining through the trees near Lake George (call 518-494-7200)
• Saratoga Springs
• Glenn Falls – see the Hyde Collection (da Vinci, Rubens, Rembrandt, Picasso, Whistler, and Homer), Cooper’s Cave (Made famous by James Fenimore Cooper’s novel The Last of the Mohicans, visit the hiding site of Hawkeye and his companions where they attempted their escape – open Memorial Day through Columbus Day), visit Cooper’s Cave Ale Company (English ales and ice cream, Address: 2 Sagamore Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801)
• Fort Ticonderoga
• Fort William Henry
• Ausable Chasm
• Lake Placid - Site of 1932 and 1980 Olympics, Verizon Sports Complex has bobsled/lug/skeleton track you can go on for $40, Kodak Sports Park has skiers jumping into 750,000-gallon pool adjacent to it

 

 

Lodging at Lake George

• The Ippisch Family $75 for Log Cabin (type B) for October 13
• Sun Castle Resort
• Fort William Henry Resort
• Sagamore on Lake George – Budget Travel Deal: A one-night stay on the island's historic, Sagamore Resort, surrounded by the Adirondack, Mountains, with full breakfast When: Oct. 9-Nov., 16, 2006 Cost: $99 per person, Mon.-Thurs.; $109, per person, Fri.-Sat. Contact: 800/358-3585

 

Lodging in Adirondacks

• Lake Placid Courtyard - 5920 Cascade Road, Lake Placid, New York 12946, Phone:  1-518-523-2900

 

 

 

 

 

 

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