Tuesday 7 Oct 2014: MINI takes the scenic route, and all that Jazz

our hotel
our hotel in Lake Placid
Rhoda
Rhoda

Cruised in our 2015 MINI Cooper S  (Rhoda) from Cobleskill  (where we stayed in the Best (Western)),to Lake Placid in NY through beautiful country!

Service with a smile from the lovely Shannon in the dinning room at BW
Service with a smile from the lovely Shannon in the dinning room at BW
scenic
scenic
scenic
scenic trip
our ride
our views
and more
and more
!
!

We arrived at the White Face Lodge (Home of the Politically Correct Names), to our suite:

back entrance to our suite
back entrance to our suite
living area with fireplace
living area with fireplace
dinning/kitchen
dinning/kitchen

It is a 1 1/2 bath suite

in the master bath
in the master bath
shower in master
shower in master
for vain peoples
for vain peoples

We ate in the main restaurant

my kind of decor
my kind of decor
at dinner
at dinner

And, after all of this scenery and luxury, to cap it all, there was the…

JAZZ in the restaurant…

IFD!
IFD!

 

 

 

 

 

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Monday 6 October 2014: History and scenery

Threads crossing: Rhoda at the Herkimer Home.
Threads crossing: Rhoda at the Herkimer Home.

After breakfast in our hotel, we drove to cherry valley, where we saw the museum.  (Cherry Valley was the site of a vicious massacre during the war for independence, and the museum contains artefacts of many generations.)

scenic US20
scenic US20
Cherry Valley Historical Society.
Cherry Valley Historical Society.

We then drove through beautiful country to Herkimer NY, where we had lunch by the Mohawk river.

at the restaurant
at the restaurant
Threads crossing: Rhoda at the Herkimer Home.     Threads crossing: Rhoda at the Herkimer Home. After breakfast in our hotel, we drove to cherry valley, where we saw the museum. scenic US20     scenic US20 Cherry Valley Historical Society.     Cherry Valley Historical Society. We then drove through beautiful country to Herkimer NY, where we had lunch by river.     view from restaurant
View from our restaurant

We then drove on to the Herkimer homestead.

Herkimer Home
Herkimer Home

Nick Herkimer was a Rev. War General.

View of River from Herkimer House
View of River from Herkimer House

We then drove back to our hotel, through beautiful country side, with hills, curves, and changing leaves.