We set camp at Higley Flow State Park, NY. Many campgrounds were designed and built in the 1940’s and 50’s when campers were smaller, and more maneuverable. We sometimes reject a campsite because it would be too difficult to back into. Even with prayer you cannot get a 30-foot camper into a 20-foot site. All the campgrounds in the Adirondack Mountains support shorter campers, and only a few have electricity. We were camped an hours drive from Lake Placid, which is in the Adirondack Mountains. Higley Flow campground is a good example of how tight some turns may be within a designated camping area.
Higley Flow State Park, NY
Higley Flow
Our campsite
Note: scare on tree bottom, and part of a travel trailer embedded in tree
Results of a too tight of a turn. Bummer!! Deb makes sure this does not happen to us. When backing into a site, if I cannot see Deb, I don’t move.
Lake Placid, NY
Our visit to Lake Placid could have been planned a little better. We could have gone up the ski jumps, but did not. We could have gone swimming in Lake Mirror, but forgot our suits. Lake Placid is a very quaint town, and we are glad we experienced what we did.
Deb took this photo with her new iPhone XR. I think it is the best photo in this entire blog site. And one of the best photo’s on the internet. :::smile::: We had a great salad here.
Lake Placid, NY
Lake Placid, NY
Lake Placid, NY
Lake Placid, NY
Lake Placid, NY Toboggan slide onto Mirror Lake
Lake Placid, NY Toboggan slide onto Mirror Lake
Lake Placid, NY
Lake Placid, NY
Lake Placid, NY
Lake Placid, NY – Downtown
Lake Placid, NY
Lake Placid, NY
Whiteface Mountain
Whiteface Mountain is the fifth-highest mountain in the U.S. state of New York, and one of the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. Set apart from most of the other High Peaks, the summit offers a 360-degree view of the Adirondacks and clear-day glimpses of Vermont and even Canada, where the skyscrapers of Montreal, 80 miles (130 km) away, can be seen on a very clear day.
Drive up to Whiteface Mountain Observatory – looking down
Whiteface Mountain Observatory
Deb an Dan
Whiteface Mountain Observatory
Whiteface Mountain Observatory
Whiteface Mountain Observatory
Whiteface Mountain Observatory
Whiteface Mountain Observatory – Elevator
Workers removed more than 10 million pounds of rock to excavate the tunnel and elevator shaft. The rock was so hard it took 10,000 drill bits and 20.000 pounds of dynamite. The work was completed in just over a year, completing it in 1937. Then construction began on the 27-story elevator to the top. Men excavated the elevator shaft from the bottom up, except the last 50 feet which were dug out from the top. The stone didn’t go to waste. It was used to build the tower, terrace and walls you see at the summit.
Tunnel from elevator to outside
Tunnel from elevator to outside
Old Smokey and The Beatles
The last time a fire burned in this fireplace The Beatles had just released their last album. The science gear on this summit is so precise it can tell you how bad the pollution was in China a few weeks ago. You can imagine what a log burning directly under the equipment would do to the measurements. When the science came in the fires went out. OK, so there was no real reason to bring The Beatles into this post, expect for the reason that I can do it if I want too. So there then.
Visitors center on top of Whiteface Mountain
The last time a fire burned in this fireplace The Beatles had just released their last album. The science gear on this summit is so precise it can tell you how bad the pollution was in China a few weeks ago. You can imagine what a log burning directly under the equipment would do to the measurements. When the science came in the fires went out.
4 thoughts on “Lake Placid, Whiteface, and The Beatles”
Hi Deb-
You are right near the place I spent all my childhood summers at! If you get a chance, take a drive down to Jay. Go down the hill from the band stand and at the bottom there’s a blacksmith shop right before the covered bridge. My grandma owner that, my cousin owns it now. It’s a beautiful spot on the Ausable river! It’s about 15 minutes from lake placid
Art, Crystal – Thanks for your kind words. Our Rig has been in for service and warrantee work since 8/1/19 almost 4 weeks. We had planned on hitting the road again on 9/1/19 As of now there is not an ETA for RV completion. “Rat’s”
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Hi Deb-
You are right near the place I spent all my childhood summers at! If you get a chance, take a drive down to Jay. Go down the hill from the band stand and at the bottom there’s a blacksmith shop right before the covered bridge. My grandma owner that, my cousin owns it now. It’s a beautiful spot on the Ausable river! It’s about 15 minutes from lake placid
Caryn
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Deb and Dan, this is Art and Crystal here in Florida-great pics! you two are the best campers in the world! Love your blogs. Blessings to you!
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Art, Crystal – Thanks for your kind words. Our Rig has been in for service and warrantee work since 8/1/19 almost 4 weeks. We had planned on hitting the road again on 9/1/19 As of now there is not an ETA for RV completion. “Rat’s”
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Caryn – You certainly grew up in a beautiful area. We truly enjoyed Lake Placid. Thanks for following us on “Living in Eternity.”
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