Lake George NY, Adirondack beauty
Regular readers know that one of my organizing principals in traveling is to avoid crowds. So, I scheduled my trip to Lake George in early June, the period when it is just waking up and preparing for the summer crowds. It is a time where this tourist haven is (mostly) open for business, but not yet overrun by crowds. In other wards, a perfect time for me. Lake George is located about two-hundred miles north of New York City, in the Adirondack Mountains. It is thirty two miles long and up to two miles wide. The Lake George valley is a rift valley, formed by the stretching of the continental plate along a fault. The lake itself was created when the glaciers of the ice age left a terminal moraine along the southern end of the valley. This geologic history has created a beautiful valley, filled with a gorgeous lake. Together, they form one of New York’s most beautiful areas. One so pretty, it has drawn tourists for over one-hundred years. Today, the town of Lake Geo...