Lake Placid

We've made a resolution to take a mini-trip every year for Matt's birthday. Mid-April is a great time for taking a trip because it is the off season around here and we can do fun things for cheap! Last year we went to Montreal. This weekend we went to explore Lake Placid.

We decided to go for just one night since we had to leave Willow at the kennel and because it's just not that far away.

Friday night we went out with some friends. I wore a new necklace Mom and Meg bought for me :) Isn't it pretty?

We left Saturday morning for Lake Placid. We had to take the ferry across the lake...It was Matt's first time riding on a ferry in a car. What an adventure :) He thoroughly enjoyed it!

When we arrived on Saturday, it was cold and windy. No different than weather in Vermont. COME ON SPRING! We planned to ski on Sunday at Whiteface, the mountain where the Olympic ski events occurred in 1980 and that actually has the largest vertical drop on the east coast. The weather was only supposed to get colder, wetter, and just plain worse for Sunday so we decided to ski for the afternoon on Saturday. The chairlift to the summit was open and we braved the weather just to say we'd been to the top.

The town of Lake Placid actually lines the shores of Mirror Lake (Lake Placid is next to it). Our hotel had a nice little view of Mirror Lake.

Lake Placid is a super cute town.

The lake was definitely still frozen. Brrrr.

We went out to a delicious dinner and I fell in love with this funky lighting. I apologize for the iphone picture.

This morning we went to the Olympic Center. Lake Placid has hosted the winter games twice. The first time was in 1932 (only the 3rd winter games ever). The second was in 1980. The Olympic Center houses the hockey/ice skating rinks (where the event Miracle on Ice occurred, as the US men's team beat the Russians to advance to the finals - they went on to win the gold medal). We did a little tour of the museum. Here are the pics....

Hope you had a great weekend!

xo