Travels Part 1

On June 4 we headed for New York to bring Alison her stuff, as she got a permanent job at the Olympic Training site in Lake Placid. We stayed at Christie's new cabin at Bloomingdale, a small community outside of Saranac Lake. Alison was working a lot and couldn't spend very much time with us, but she did get us in to the Olympic venues for some fun. Here we had a bobsled run on the 1980 Olympic track. Good thing we had a professional driver and brakeman. We went 65 miles per hour around all those curves!
The next day we drove up to the top of Whiteface Mountain - where the downhill ski events took place in 1980. The last 26 stories you have to climb, or take an elevator. Of course, we chose to climb! What a awesome view.
In the background of the next picture you can see Lake Placid. It's a good thing we had our own personal guide. Christie had been up there before, and could point out all the sights.
You can see all the way to Lake Champlain and Vermont from the top. The temptation is to just sit on a rock and soak in the beauty of God's creation.

While we were there we also had time to golf, visit Paul Smith's College where Christie works, hike in the Visitor's Interpretive Center which is part of the 14,000 acres of the campus, go out to eat several times, and worship together at Chrisitie's church on Sunday. It was really a very special time. We love the Adirondacks and can now enjoy it year 'round by reading Paul's Father's Day gift - a magazine subscription to a very cool magazine all about the area. But ... our vacation wasn't over yet! Stay tuned for the next posting with a visual journal of historic Boston!