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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Lake Luzerne

Okay, the word of the day is WET. We had a teensy false start today: the bike trip equivalent of "Did I turn the iron off?" is "Did we lock the car?" about a half-mile away from the motel, we turned back just to make sure. Of course we had. And of course it started to rain. we talked about it as we rode, and could recall exactly five days in the five thousand miles it took us to cross the country that we had rain. Two of those were days we chose as rest days anyway, and the other three were light enough rain that we really had to think about them to remember. Today was not one of those. It started out as a light sprinkle and then became a steady downpour of flash flood proportions. We waited out one particularly heavy shower under the gas canopy of a convenience store. The convenience store chain here, by the way, is Stewart's, quite nice. We've actually become experts since riding through the Midwest. Anyway, we pedalled on, figuring there was nothing much better to do. Our ride was mostly uneventful, though we are beginning to see the signs of being in the Adirondack region. Many houses had walls made of the huge rocks which are common in this area, and we climbed one big hill that foretells of more to come. Pittsburghers: think Sycamore St. The architecture here reminds us that Eastern NY has Dutch history, since many of the houses resemble ones we saw in the Netherands. One even had a mailbox that was a huge wooden hand holding a huge wooden shoe with the mailbox nestled into the front of it, admittedly not the classiest thing, but it got the point across. Since the weather wasn't conducive to sightseeing, we'll concentrate on the food. Lunch was in Saratoga Springs, a wealthy town with many expensive choices. We managed to find a Mexican restaurant on a side street that, according to the menu, prided itself on authenticity. We shared an order of Ceviche for two and enchiladas with mole poblano. They were both excellent, and the service was fabulous. Our meal was about $20, so there!! Our destination today was Lake Luzerne, and we had decided on a motel rather than camping after the first hour of rain. The forecast includes steady rain all night, and tomorrow scattered showers. Things look up after that for the weekend. In any case, our arrival here was about 3:00 and as we reconnoitered at the local Stewart's, we noticed that we were right across the street from a place called The Elms, rental cottages on the edge of the lake. We didn't really need a cottage, but according to the local man we talked with in the parking lot, the motels were about a mile or two down the road and we figured we might as well inquire. My question about rates was met with a question from the owner: "What's your budget?" My response of $60 got us a part of the house, including full kitchen, bath and dining room with fireplace for that price. I checked the website and his story that it normally rents for $150 is true. I guess he figures $60 is better than nothing, So, we are relaxing for a bit and trying to dry out and deprune our fingers and toes before we head a block up the road for dinner. Dinner will come with a 10% discount courtesy of The Elms. Life is good. I am just hoping this guy's name isn't Norman,

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