We headed North on Saturday to Lake George Village (about 60 miles North of Albany). Neither of us had been past Saratoga Springs before so it was good to go somewhere new. We found a trail up Prospect Mountain which essentially went straight West from the lake. You could drive up to the top but who wants to do that on such a great day!
The trail was 3 miles round trip, mainly in nice shady trees. It was a little rocky though. We successfully managed to go off trail for a while and ended up scrambling through some pretty thick trees, scrub and rocks and approached the top from the West rather than the East. My calves are still sore today!!
The views of the Lake, the Adirondacks and the high peaks were perfect. The trees have started to turn to fall colours, although I'm told it only gets better. It seems so long since I've seen real autumn colours.
The hike back down was pretty tough on the knees but we made it. We then went to the Adirondack pub and brewery for a late lunch/early dinner. I had the bobcat blonde and the apple ale, both were delicious! Beers and food were followed by a enjoyable round of mini golf at Pirates Cove - flashbacks to Orlando holidays!!! I am glad to say that I won, but only just.
Sunday we went out to Cohoes and Peebles Island for a long (well long for me - 40 minutes) run. I jogged around the island twice and it felt good. I was planning to go around again if Matt wasn't back at our meeting point. Those new shoes must have been working. I even found a snake on our walk after the run. It was an eastern garter snake we think.
We stopped at Cohoes Falls on the way home. When Henry Hudson was sailing up the now Hudson River, this is where he stopped. He thought that he would find his way to another ocean as the river is tidal even in Albany but the Cohoes Falls scuppered those plans!
All in all, a great weekend, capped off with red velvet cupcakes and Matt's first day at work today.
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