Adirondack Family Time™

You have to have some way to get your fresh fruits and veggies during the Adirondack winter. So here are three (wide-spread) options available for you to continue to frequent Farmers' Market in every season. Enjoy! Saranac Lake Farmers Park-it Saturdays, 10am - noon October  - May  Academy Street, beyon the Hotel Saranac Lake * Order before Thursday 9 pm  and order will be ready for pick-up Saturday  Snowy Market, Sugarhouse Creamery Sundays: 10 am - noon  October  - April  * Online order goes live Tuesday through Thursday Sugarhouse Creamery, Upper Jay  BEYOND Saratoga Farmers Market WINTER Wilton Mall Food Court (Bow tie entrance)  Saturdays: 9:30 am - 1:30 pm  November - April  Add caption Glens Falls Winter Market Saturdays, 9am - Noon November - April  Cool Insuring Arena, 1 Civic Place, Glens, Falls NY Albany Winter Market Wednesdays, 11 am - 2 pm  November - April  Empire State Plaza, Concourse Madison...

A different view from the Great Adirondack Corn Maze This weekend seems to be the Adirondack kick-off for all things spooky. For my household of scaredy-cats, I look for a range of events that my Adirondack family can enjoy a thrilling adventure without the need to co-sleep. One activity that seems to hold the attention of every age is a trip to the corn maze. Getting lost through those corn stalk twists and turns provides hours of fun. Day or night, an Adirondack corn maze can provide hours or fun for all ages. Now with Halloween around the corner these various locations are upping the thrills with evening scares and flashlight nights. Here are a few of my family’s favorite spots.   In the Adirondack High Peaks is the Great Adirondack Corn Maze in Gabriels. It's open from Thursday to Sunday from noon to dusk through the end of October. Special flashlight nights on Friday and Saturday have the corn maze open for evening hours.  Dont miss the Tucker Farm'...

HIGH PEAKS AREA - Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake and beyond  Every Day until Oct 31: Dusk : Drive by and judge the Zonta ADK House Decorating Contest (Check FB for map) Every Day until Oct 31: 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm , 4 pm   Experience Outdoors Zipline , 4948 Cascade Rd, Lake Placid  (Call 518-524-7944) Last day: Oct 31 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: noon - 5 pm  The Great Adirondack Corn Maze: , Gabriels:  (open until last wkend of Oct)  Thurs-Sat year-round 10 am - 5 pm Saranac Laboratory Museum: Open, $7/adults, $5/students, FREE/children under 18 and members of Historic Saranac Lake (timed entrance) 10 am - 5 pm Saranac Laboratory Museum: Open, $7/adults, $5/students, FREE/children under 18 and members of Historic Saranac Lake (timed entrance)  Thurs -Mon, 10 am -5 pm LP Olympic Museum : Adult/Teen: $8,Jr/Sr:$6, 6&under/FREE  Friday, Saturday, Sunday : 10 am - 5 pm The Wild Center, Tupper Lake: Reservations required...

My children are beyond the age of having to be entertained. As a matter of fact, they should be entertaining me. So my family will be flatting the curve by making dinner, cleaning up, and even painting the kitchen. Don't worry. I'm sure they will love it after finishing their online classwork. With all the information being touted far and wide, I wanted to put together a list of online resources to be used while you and your family members are at home practicing social distancing. I will add to the list as things come in. Adirondack Resources:  The Wild Center   - Check out behind the scene footage with animal experts Eagle Island :  Home activities New York State Park Virtual Tours Art Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems Virtual Museum Tours : Check out these 12 tours Smithsonian  Louve : Virtual Tour The MET 360 Project   Virtual Tour Educational Resources Champlain Valley Educational Resources Outschool : $100/family Scholastic Lea...

REPOST FROM JANUARY 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Living in a climate where it snows around 6 months out of the year, we either need to eat it or shovel it. Eating snow is always the preferred way of using snow. This recipe for homemade soft-serve ice cream is easy and fun. It doesn't store well so plan on making enough to eat immediately. My family doesn't seem to mind that they have to eat any leftovers. Enjoy! One quick and easy dessert that is a fan favorite is making a  soft-serve ice cream  out of snow and simple ingredients found in the fridge and pantry. Recipe:  (These measurements aren't exact because it really depends on the consistency of the snow.) 1 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup confectionary sugar 1 tsp vanilla 4 cups of fresh clean snow • Gather the fresh snow and store it in a mixing bowl. • In a separate cup mix together the cream sugar and vanilla until smooth. • Pour the cream mixture over the fresh snow and stir together until smooth...

For those of you wondering why Veterans Day is always celebrated on November 11... Oh wait. It wasn't always celebrated on the 11th. Here is why! 1 918: November 11, 11:00 a.m. the armistice ending World War I (truce) goes into effect 1919: President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with these words  "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…" Fact: The original idea for Veterans’ Day was a day observed with parades with a brief suspension of business beginning at 11:00 a.m. 1938: November 11 is made a legal holiday is signed into Act on May 13 – as a day dedicated to the cause of world peace known a...