We dried out from all that rain and spent the day in and around Lake Placid. We had a great time and as usual ran out of time to see & do everything in one day.
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| Nice rustic site, but no cable, no internet, no satellite and low pressure rusty water :-( |
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Look Barb & Joe !!! These were everywhere. |
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| Still here after 31 years, this site was also used in the 1932 olympics. |
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| I had to try it. |
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| They only had the 1/2 mile course open. Piece-a-cake.... |
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| That's Dan !!! He is in the final turn of his Lake Placid BOBSHED Experience |
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| And his time is: |
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| And I gave him a GOLD metal for his ride on this fast track |
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| This is where it all started... |
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| We had to try the ski jump.... |
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| We had to practice at the pool first. (see Dan on the right just about to land his first practice jump; I'm on the left on the small jump waiting for him to swim to side.) |
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| Pam tried the short ramp but I had to give the long ramp a shot. |
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| Pam got some air. |
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| I was more interested in doing some tricks. |
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| Pam placed first for putting up with a lot of BS. |
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| While I wanted to put my training the test on the Ski Jump. |
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| Beautiful country from the top of the world. |
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| Unfortunately, the Ski Jump was closed to weekend warriors today. |
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| Since its the thought that counts, I finished 1st place in my dreams. |
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| Taking the chair-lift up White Face mountain for some slalom racing. |
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| Thinking what might have been if only the downhill was open today... |
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| Standing atop White Face looking to the tallest mountain used for the Olympics, unfortunately, not accessible to us. |
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| This was my first time on a chair-lift and gondola !!!! |
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| Lake Placid in the distance. |
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| Us in front of Lake Placid in the distance. |
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| Dan had to climb to the top of this mountain. |
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| Highest peak used for the Olympics, you can see the paths cut through the trees. |
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| Map of the 50+ runs down the mountain. |
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| And it wasn't really that cold. |
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| Pam loved the gondula ride, especially down. |
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| Dan checking his phone to make sure we were going the right way. |
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| The gondola ride felt more like a roller coaster. |
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| Tickled my tummy. |
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| Had to see where USA beat Russia in 1980. |
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| Neat to see. |
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| Home of the Miracle on Ice. |
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| Everybody had already left (it was 30 years ago) |
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| Center ice |
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| We saw a lot of these rings around town. |
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