Check out RoadBike‘s July issue (on sale 5/31/11) for our Americade daytrip through the Adirondacks. We stop at Fort Ticonderoga, the Essex Ferry, Lake Placid, The Wild Center, and Lake George. Here are some bonus pics that we couldn’t fit into the layout. And, as promised, turn by turn directions and map, so you can take the tour while you’re visiting Americade. Enjoy!
To download the directions, click this link. Daytrip-Directions
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- The Hague Motel is conveniently located about a half hour north of Lake George.
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- The motel offers cabins with more amenities than the motel rooms have.
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- I remember using Ticonderoga pencils when I was a kid. I don’t remember them being this big, though.
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- This covered bridge is part of Ticonderoga’s La Chute River Walk.
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- The River Walk includes helpful signage to explain why this waterway is so important to the area’s industrial history.
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- The Essex ferry takes cars, motorcycles, and passengers over Lake Champlain to Vermont in just 20 minutes.
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- The southern face of Pitchoff Mountain (Rt. 73) faces the Cascade Lakes and is known as Pitchoff Walls. There are a couple places where you can pull off to observe rock climbers.
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- RIding through downtown Lake Placid, you get to see the expansive outdoor speedskating rink at the Olympic Sports Complex.
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- The outdoor rinks are readily used by residents and athletes alike in the wintertime.
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- The W!ld Center is alive with displays that encompass the Adirondack’s ecosystem.
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- The Adirondack Park was established to preserve species like this one.
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- The south side of the biobuilding’s roof is made of 190 solar panels, which provide 10% of the building’s energy source.
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- This particular road showcases the Adirondack’s lush greenery and distant mountain peaks.
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- Getting lost in the Adirondacks, I discovered hundreds of lakes just like this one.
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- Sometimes you just have to stop to take pictures of the flowers.
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- The Hague Market is a short walk from the Motel, and they serve delicious breakfast sandwiches every morning.
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- View from the grounds at the Hague Motel.
