Kathy and Dave's Excellent Adventures
The world is too big to leave unexplored! Join us in our adventures!
The start of spring usually begins with the annual St. Patrick’s day celebration to welcome in the green of spring!! To bring in the “green” we joyfully marched in the snow, dressed all in green, to carry a banner in the annual Saranac Lake St. Patrick’s Day parade.
One has to wonder if you looked at the choices, hiking, riding the bobsled down an icy track, or navigating a sled during a skeleton ride which of these choices would give someone a bloody nose?
The answer seems obvious, skeleton! You are inches from the ice with your head bouncing occasionally off the ground, if you picked this one you were wrong! Hiking the least obvious choice was the culprit. Hiking through the snow a twig–no joke, a twig managed to find Dave’s nose and puncture the sensitive tissue of the nose causing quite an event.
On the other hand the bobsled and the skeleton where an amazing and exhilarating ride down an ice-covered track, while not as long as a real Olympic event for us amateurs still quite the ride. Check out Lake Placid winter fun .
On the second hole, Dave tried to circumvent the tube that the ball needed to go through to get to the other side of the course. Whacking the ball with some force, Dave caused the ball to go flying over the hill and outside the course, landing in a pile of deep powdered snow. Just to make it interesting his ball was WHITE.
Jill came to the rescue after all of us looked and looked. She managed to find the ball and get Dave back on the course.
We climbed a “volcano” made of ice and walked on Lake Flower. Good times at Winter Carnival.
Events: Winter is upon us and as we bundle up against the cold we look forward to seeing the Winter Palace take shape! Visit the Winter Carnival
Trips: Past trips are being remembered and future trips planned. Stay tuned and be part of our exciting adventures.
Volunteer: Volunteer travel is a unique balance of travel and volunteering. Currently we are exploring several options and look forward to sharing with you our choices.
It was an enjoyable First Night in Saranac Lake. We saw a contortionist from Australia and many local bands. Great night to walk around the village and start the new year. The New Year’s Day started with a whimper instead of a big bang, no exploding frozen pipes. Better start of the year.
