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If you like a quiet time, here is my recommendation that we went in May last year.: Lake Saranac. I rented a Bed & Breakfast Place and it was situated right by a lake. Food was very good around town. There are places for hiking as well.
I even wrote a short account of my trip:
At the spur of a moment, we decided to take a short 2 day trip to Saranac Lake, about 3 hours drive south of Ottawa in New York State. I wanted to make use of the GPS I bought over X'mas. So I set up my route with my TomTom. It seemed pretty easy to use. So on the morning of May 20, Friday, we set out our journey. The route took us through Cornwall over the bridge. We encountered a big lineup at the US Customs. Took us in excess of 45 minutes to get through. Took a slight detour to go to Walmart at Massena to pick up a carseat for Maya.
By the time we got to Saranac, it was close to 3pm. We checked ourselves in a quaint little cabin that was rebuilt by the owner. We met our host Cal. Nice fellow and very friendly. On the way to Saranac, there were outbreaks of thunderstorms, on and off. It continued to rain after we arrived. So we did not venture too far. Had supper at the Blue Moon Cafe. Food was very good but the decaf was stale. My steak though was tasty and Maria's seafood stew was also delicious. No room for dessert though.
Next morning we went over to the main house for breakfast. Got introduced to Chris the hostess. Darn, that breakfast was substantial. We had fresh fruit salad, juice, corn muffin, waffles, bacon. I did not feel hungry until well past 2pm.
After breakfast we went for a hike up Mount Baker. As expected the trail was muddy and slippery at times. we made it to the top but the way down was bit more treacherous. We all got bit by black flies but they were not as ferocious as the Canadian ones. For me only a couple of nips.
For lunch we went to a place called Eat & Meet Grille, an unassuming place with old furniture and we got to talk to the cook about our order. Maria had a regular organic beef burger while I tried to be fancy and ordered a Wagyu beef burger which cost double. According to our cook (or should I say, chef?), Wagyu beef is from cows known as Kobe beef. In the 80's several hundred cattle got imported into US and later some more. But Japan banned the export of Wagyu cattle by the 90s. Too late, currently there are a couple of ranches in the Adirondacks raising Wagyu. I am not sure if it was psychological but it sure tasted great! In the afternoon we went over to the Wild Center at Tupper Lake. Great exhibits: swimming otters, tanks of simulated ponds of trouts and other creatures.
Supper was taken at Red Fox. had a good seafood pasta combo. Maria's salmon was so so.
On Sunday morning we said good bye to our gracious hosts. Went to Lake Placid but found it too commercialized and left after an hour of wandering among the shops. And on our way home we stopped over at John Smiths but the Visitor Info Center was closed for Sunday. They will start opening 7 days a week during and after Memorial day next weekend. Anyway, we took our time to get back and meandered our way through a lot of small towns in New York and crossed the border at Ogdensburg into Prescott. No lineup at the customs there! By driving slowing I got 4.2 liters per 100 kilometers on the way back!
Not sure why I ramble so much. Hope you have the patience to read through it.
If you need the contact of the B&B place, please QQ me.
I even wrote a short account of my trip:
At the spur of a moment, we decided to take a short 2 day trip to Saranac Lake, about 3 hours drive south of Ottawa in New York State. I wanted to make use of the GPS I bought over X'mas. So I set up my route with my TomTom. It seemed pretty easy to use. So on the morning of May 20, Friday, we set out our journey. The route took us through Cornwall over the bridge. We encountered a big lineup at the US Customs. Took us in excess of 45 minutes to get through. Took a slight detour to go to Walmart at Massena to pick up a carseat for Maya.
By the time we got to Saranac, it was close to 3pm. We checked ourselves in a quaint little cabin that was rebuilt by the owner. We met our host Cal. Nice fellow and very friendly. On the way to Saranac, there were outbreaks of thunderstorms, on and off. It continued to rain after we arrived. So we did not venture too far. Had supper at the Blue Moon Cafe. Food was very good but the decaf was stale. My steak though was tasty and Maria's seafood stew was also delicious. No room for dessert though.
Next morning we went over to the main house for breakfast. Got introduced to Chris the hostess. Darn, that breakfast was substantial. We had fresh fruit salad, juice, corn muffin, waffles, bacon. I did not feel hungry until well past 2pm.
After breakfast we went for a hike up Mount Baker. As expected the trail was muddy and slippery at times. we made it to the top but the way down was bit more treacherous. We all got bit by black flies but they were not as ferocious as the Canadian ones. For me only a couple of nips.
For lunch we went to a place called Eat & Meet Grille, an unassuming place with old furniture and we got to talk to the cook about our order. Maria had a regular organic beef burger while I tried to be fancy and ordered a Wagyu beef burger which cost double. According to our cook (or should I say, chef?), Wagyu beef is from cows known as Kobe beef. In the 80's several hundred cattle got imported into US and later some more. But Japan banned the export of Wagyu cattle by the 90s. Too late, currently there are a couple of ranches in the Adirondacks raising Wagyu. I am not sure if it was psychological but it sure tasted great! In the afternoon we went over to the Wild Center at Tupper Lake. Great exhibits: swimming otters, tanks of simulated ponds of trouts and other creatures.
Supper was taken at Red Fox. had a good seafood pasta combo. Maria's salmon was so so.
On Sunday morning we said good bye to our gracious hosts. Went to Lake Placid but found it too commercialized and left after an hour of wandering among the shops. And on our way home we stopped over at John Smiths but the Visitor Info Center was closed for Sunday. They will start opening 7 days a week during and after Memorial day next weekend. Anyway, we took our time to get back and meandered our way through a lot of small towns in New York and crossed the border at Ogdensburg into Prescott. No lineup at the customs there! By driving slowing I got 4.2 liters per 100 kilometers on the way back!
Not sure why I ramble so much. Hope you have the patience to read through it.
If you need the contact of the B&B place, please QQ me.
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现在在 Kingston 上网
这大凉天，去那里为鸟般。:blink:
