Seven of us, four of whom graduated from SUNY Buffalo and were members of the International Club there, met in Saranac Lake for fun and frolic.
Mike and Dawn and Debbie stayed with Elizabeth and I at the Best Western, just across from Lake Flower. Robin and Bobbie live in Saranac Lake.
Elizabeth and I managed to have a fine swim one afternoon, but the rest of the time was scheduled with visits to interesting places in the area. I did not make all of them. I would not seem to get rested enough to embrace the adventures.
One I missed was to John Brown's house and fully enjoyed by all with a good lecture on his life and his mission.
A second place was ?? where visitors learned of the use of Saranac Lake area as a place giving sick people a quiet and clean air environment to aid recovery.
We also enjoyed a fine time at the nearby carousal. It is quiet wonderful. No fake looking plastic horses here. Every animal is hand carved and the variety was just grand. It was a work of art that could be ridden.
I love to ride a merry-go-round. It taps into my youth and I experience it as I did as a kid. I rode the one at Lime Lake often. Ten cents a ride and rings to snatch in hopes of a free ride when a gold ring came up.
I rode twice. Once I rode a wonderful porcupine, intricately carved to show the spikes. Another time I rode a frog called Wiggly who was stretched out as if swimming.
It was also grand to find I could climb on the moving animals, and off with a little help from Michael.
FOOD
The first day we had pizza (some with cauliflower crust) at a local place. Then for supper everything seemed closed and we ordered a pizza to be sent in. I skipped that pizza and had some meatballs.
Our breakfasts were all at the McKensie restaurant next to the hotel. Hotel guests got a 10% discount. The food was very good. They had a kiebasa sausage, but it was very salty and not as good as I hoped. Good coffee.
One night we ate Mexican. I had mushroom fajitas and it was very good. Others had other taste treats. No one was disappointed. They served Buckler as their NA beer. So much better than the standard O'doul's or 00 Heineken.
We also ate once at a BBQ place that served outside on picnic tables. They had great ribs, a fine tasting baked lobster, clams, and both oreo and smores flavored milk shakes.
On the way home Elizabeth stopped at the Noon Mark diner in Keene and bought a pecan pie and a berry berry pie, so the off diet life has extended back here to Burden Lake.
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Mexican place
ribs with baked lobster and oreo milkshake.
E and I swam for a while one afternoon.
Carousel I rode the porcupine and then a rather floppy frog.
Hand carved.
Ate at the hotel one night as all restaurants were closed.
Had breakfasts each morning at McKensie's right next to the hotel. A great spot for eating and visiting.
Stopped at Noon Mark diner in Keene for homemade pies. Berry berry and pecan pie were just grand. Real old fashion pie taste.
I did not visit the museums, but many saw John Brown's house and a museum depicting the benefit Saranac Lake area had to allow people to recover from diseases like tuberculosis.
