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Last week we took a 3 day trip to Saranca Lake. Upon our return I posted some pictures on Picasa ,wrote a brief account of our trip and emailed it to my friends. I thought it would be worthwhile to post it here at CFC as a travel info. I tried to translate my original message to Chinese except that I was too slow. I then used Google Translator. The translation though is pretty funny. Here it is the original English version and the Google Chinese translation. It is pretty funny.
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, my grand-daughter.
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. It continued to rain after we arrived. So we did not venture too far that evening. 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. I had the today's special: seafood pasta combo which turned out to be quite good while 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 our 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 on my Prius!
在刺激的时刻，我们决定采取一个短2天访问萨拉纳克莱克，约3小时车程，在纽约州南部的渥太华。我想使我的GPS购买使用过圣诞。所以，我设立了我和我的TomTom路线。它似乎很容易使用。因此，在5月20日，星期五上午，我们成立了我们的旅程。康沃尔郡的路上经过了我们的桥梁。我们遇到一对美国海关大的演出阵容。参加了超过45分钟我们获得通过。稍微有点绕路走在马塞纳到沃尔玛拿起一个玛雅carseat。
当我们到达沙拉纳克，这是接近下午三时。我们检查了一个古朴的小屋，是由业主重建自己。我们遇到了我们的主人卡尔。蛮好的一个人，非常友好。在去萨拉纳克方式，有雷雨爆发。它继续下雨后，我们来到了。因此，我们不敢过分的夜晚。曾在蓝月亮餐厅吃晚饭。食物是非常好的，但咖啡因已过时。我的牛排和玛丽亚虽然是好吃的海鲜炖还好吃。房间虽然没有甜点。
第二天早晨，我们去了吃早餐的主房。克里斯介绍给我的女主人。织补，这早餐是巨大的。我们有新鲜的水果沙拉，果汁，玉米松饼，松饼，培根。我不觉得饿，直到下午2点以及过去。
早餐后我们去一个注册贝克山远足。正如预期的线索，有时是泥泞湿滑。我们到了顶端，但一路下来是有点危险的。我们都得到了由黑蝇位，但他们并没有像加拿大的凶猛。对我来说只是一个咬夫妇。
午餐我们去一个地方叫好吃满足格栅，与旧家具不起眼的地方，我们得谈谈关于我们的订单厨师。玛丽亚有一个正规的有机牛肉汉堡，而我试图想象，并下令将和牛牛肉汉堡，花费的两倍。根据我们的厨师（或者我应该说，是厨师吗？），和牛是从著名的神户牛肉的牛。在80年代有几百牛进口到美国，后来一些。但是，日本90年代所禁止的牛和牛的出口。太晚了，目前有一些在募集和牛阿迪朗达克牧场夫妇。我不知道这是否是心理，但它肯定很好吃！在下午我们去了，在百乐湖野生中心。伟大的展品：游泳水獭的鳟鱼及其他生物模拟池塘坦克。
晚餐采取了赤狐。我有今天的特色菜：海鲜意大利面组合的结果是相当好，而玛丽亚的鲑鱼是如此如此。
星期天上午，我们说再见的亲切主机。普莱西德湖去，但发现它太商业化后的商店之间徘徊小时了。而我们回家的路上，我们停止了对在约翰史密斯，但游客信息中心是为星期日休息。他们将开始开放纪念日期间和下个周末后，每周7天。无论如何，我们用时间来回来，蜿蜒通过小城镇在纽约很多我们的方式和越境进入普雷斯科特在奥格登斯堡边界。没有在海关阵容那里！通过推动减缓我上了回家的路上我的普锐斯每百公里4.2升！
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, my grand-daughter.
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. It continued to rain after we arrived. So we did not venture too far that evening. 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. I had the today's special: seafood pasta combo which turned out to be quite good while 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 our 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 on my Prius!
在刺激的时刻，我们决定采取一个短2天访问萨拉纳克莱克，约3小时车程，在纽约州南部的渥太华。我想使我的GPS购买使用过圣诞。所以，我设立了我和我的TomTom路线。它似乎很容易使用。因此，在5月20日，星期五上午，我们成立了我们的旅程。康沃尔郡的路上经过了我们的桥梁。我们遇到一对美国海关大的演出阵容。参加了超过45分钟我们获得通过。稍微有点绕路走在马塞纳到沃尔玛拿起一个玛雅carseat。
当我们到达沙拉纳克，这是接近下午三时。我们检查了一个古朴的小屋，是由业主重建自己。我们遇到了我们的主人卡尔。蛮好的一个人，非常友好。在去萨拉纳克方式，有雷雨爆发。它继续下雨后，我们来到了。因此，我们不敢过分的夜晚。曾在蓝月亮餐厅吃晚饭。食物是非常好的，但咖啡因已过时。我的牛排和玛丽亚虽然是好吃的海鲜炖还好吃。房间虽然没有甜点。
第二天早晨，我们去了吃早餐的主房。克里斯介绍给我的女主人。织补，这早餐是巨大的。我们有新鲜的水果沙拉，果汁，玉米松饼，松饼，培根。我不觉得饿，直到下午2点以及过去。
早餐后我们去一个注册贝克山远足。正如预期的线索，有时是泥泞湿滑。我们到了顶端，但一路下来是有点危险的。我们都得到了由黑蝇位，但他们并没有像加拿大的凶猛。对我来说只是一个咬夫妇。
午餐我们去一个地方叫好吃满足格栅，与旧家具不起眼的地方，我们得谈谈关于我们的订单厨师。玛丽亚有一个正规的有机牛肉汉堡，而我试图想象，并下令将和牛牛肉汉堡，花费的两倍。根据我们的厨师（或者我应该说，是厨师吗？），和牛是从著名的神户牛肉的牛。在80年代有几百牛进口到美国，后来一些。但是，日本90年代所禁止的牛和牛的出口。太晚了，目前有一些在募集和牛阿迪朗达克牧场夫妇。我不知道这是否是心理，但它肯定很好吃！在下午我们去了，在百乐湖野生中心。伟大的展品：游泳水獭的鳟鱼及其他生物模拟池塘坦克。
晚餐采取了赤狐。我有今天的特色菜：海鲜意大利面组合的结果是相当好，而玛丽亚的鲑鱼是如此如此。
星期天上午，我们说再见的亲切主机。普莱西德湖去，但发现它太商业化后的商店之间徘徊小时了。而我们回家的路上，我们停止了对在约翰史密斯，但游客信息中心是为星期日休息。他们将开始开放纪念日期间和下个周末后，每周7天。无论如何，我们用时间来回来，蜿蜒通过小城镇在纽约很多我们的方式和越境进入普雷斯科特在奥格登斯堡边界。没有在海关阵容那里！通过推动减缓我上了回家的路上我的普锐斯每百公里4.2升！
