All Entries Tagged With: "Saratoga"
$1 Bowling, $1 Shoes, $1 Pizza!
Ballston Spa http://www.tippybowl.com/ 24 Washington Street, Ballston Spa, NY (518) 884-9429 Every Tuesday at 5. That’s right! In the land of $4 dollar gas, a fantastic deal in Ballston Spa. $1 pizza, soda, games and shoes, ONLY at Ballston Spa’s Tippy Bowl! Tuesday’s, after 5.
Saratoga Race Track!
Saratoga, as they say, is “The August Place to Be”. And it is August, and the crowds have arrived. Literally, people from all over the world come to watch some of the finest horses in the world. But Saratoga isn’t just about horse racing. Sure, fortunes are made and lost here. Saratoga is more of [...]
Champlain Canal Tours
Champlain Canal Tours www.champlaincanaltours.com If you’re standing inthe middle of Saratoga, you’ll see a sign that says Route 29. Turn right onto Route 29 East, and you’ll go past a playground and a few buildings, and then, within minutes, you enter country. Real pretty country, with the Vermont mountains on your right. Where on earth [...]
Saratoga Battlefield
Saratoga National Battlefield Saratoga, NY http://www.nps.gov/sara/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm This article isn’t a lengthy, detailed article about the Battle of Saratoga. Heck, no—there’s lots of that out there already, treatises, in fact. And the government covers lots of it on its own web site, http://www.nps.gov/sara/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm But here are some neat photos of the turning point in the American [...]
Yaddo
Yaddo is an artist retreat located just off Exit 14 of I87 in Saratoga, NY. Every famous artist or author has stayed here. It is part mansion (closed to the public) where the artists stay; part rose garden, which is open to the public. The gardens are stunning, flanked with sculptures and meandering streams. Yaddo [...]
Giant Mountain
Giant Mountain. Even sounds difficult. It is the 12th highest peak in the Adirondacks, and sits right off Route 73 heading towards Lake Placid. Me: 48, almost 49. Slight pudgy. Non smoker. In shape. Co-hiker: 19, thin as a rail, in great shape. No, it wasn’t a total mismatch climbing up to the summit 4,600 [...]
Yaddo
Yaddo Saratoga, NY http://yaddo.org When you exit I87 in Saratoga, and turn to the track, you come to a red light. Look to the left, and you will see a sign, “Yaddo”. Drive down the meandering road, past the ponds, and the road forks. To the right, the sign reads “Private.” Of course, you proceed [...]
