Where's Eddie the Eagle??
Hard to believe it’s time to say goodbye to Camp Lake Placid. It wasn’t even on our list of places to see, but it's certainly on our list of places to which we’ll return. It’s really hard to describe a phrase you’ve heard all your life, like: “Upstate New York.” But once you’re here, you recognize it deserves its own moniker just like: West Coast or Deep South! It’s such a beautiful area, lush and green and mountainous. The mountains are tree covered, but nonetheless, there’s no mistaking them for the hills in the “Hill Country” of Texas. These guys are legit!
We arose with the sun (5AM up here) and lollygaged around not wanting to start the packing and exiting process. We took a final drive downtown and then decided you can't visit Lake Placid without paying homage to the Olympics of both 1932 and 1980. And what better place to do that than at the Ski Jump Hill. Why, you could just close your eyes and picture Eddie The Eagle soaring through the New York skies.
While we finish tidying up around here, why don’t you visit the spectacular engineering feat that is the Lake Placid Ski Jump site!
From the base looking up...
From the top looking down
From afar
Better stick that landing!
Enough already!
Impressive engineering feat
Little brother
The Twin Towers
Half way down - nice view.
Oh…by the way…where are we headed next? Well, we’ve heard there are some cool covered bridges sprinkled throughout Pennsylvania. That just happens to be on our way to northern Michigan where we’ll meet up with youngest son, Jordan and his bride-to-be, Amanda. Lotsa fun times ahead! Stay tuned…
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