Adirondack Family Time™

Lake Placid, NY presents its annual Holiday Village Stroll with many free activities, crafts for kids and movies. Take time to enjoy a wine tasting at The Pines Inn and get your parcels wrapped while children watch a holiday film. Ice Skat at the Olympic Center and search for the High Peaks Resort's Yule Log. There is hockey, and even a gingerbread house craft at Generations Restaurant. So much to do! Have fun. Click below for the compete schedule.

Saratoga Restaurant Week,  November 30- December 6, 2012 3 Course Menus For Just $10, $20 Or $30  Lunch For $5 Or $10! Participating local restaurants offer 3-course dinner specials during the Saratoga County Restaurant Week. Start off with your choice of an appetizer or salad, then choose from a menu of sumptuous entrees, and top it off with a decadent dessert! Plus some participating restaurants are offering  lunch specials for just $5 or $10 . Saratoga Restaurant Week is the perfect time to get out and try new restaurants in the Spa City! 2012 Restaurant Week presented by American Express:

Scroll down to see a list of stores around the Adirondacks and beyond that carry the Adirondack Family Time guidebooks!  If you do not see your local bookshop, please let me know and I will contact them. Thank you for your continued support!  Champlain Valley Plattsburgh to Ticonderoga $17.95 (plus shipping)   The second Adirondack Family activities guidebook is available now. Adirondack Family Time: Champlain Valley Plattsburgh to Ticonderoga is a comprehensive four-season guide to over 300 activities in the Adirondack Champlain Valley for the towns of Plattsburgh, Willsboro, Westport, Essex, Port Henry, Crown Point and Ticonderoga. COMING SOON: Long Lake to Old Forge (2013) and North Creek to Lake George. (2014) Adirondack Family Time: Tri-Lakes and High Peaks: Your Four-Season Guide to Over 300 Activities (with GPS Coordinates) is a comprehensive four-seaon guide for the towns of Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake,

Many thanks to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for this handy guide to New York State's salamander population. Did you know there are 18 species of salamanders?   Some of are even endangered list like the Eastern tiger salamander . Others like the Marbled, Blue-spotted and Jefferson's are of " special concern. "

Here is an article about the latest Adirondack Family Time book from the Press Republican!  'It became about exploring where we live' By ROBIN CAUDELL Press-Republican BLOOMINGDALE — Fall into the season with Diane Chase’s “Adirondack Family Time Champlain Valley: Plattsburgh to Ticonderoga,” a four-season guide to 300 activities with GPS coordinates. “The first book covered the Tri-Lakes and the High Peaks regions of the Adirondacks,” said Chase, who lives in Bloomingdale. “The plan was to create four books based on the four regions of the Adirondacks. From what we found as a family and going out and doing things, the whole Adirondack Park is so diverse, and there’s so much to do.”   For the full article:   Book offers fun family-outing ideas for region

Please remember those in need. If you wish to donate to victims of Hurricane Sandy here are some helpful links. I will add more as situations change. I know many people in the Adirondacks received help during Hurricane Irene and know it is our turn to help. Where to get gas?  Salvation Army is providing mobile feeding units and shelters along the East Coast Red Cross Feeding America is distributing emergency food, water and supplies AmeriCares is providing medicine and other supplies World Vision has flood clean-up kits, personal hygiene items and food kits for hurricane victims Save the Children provides relief to families with children Other places and organizations are looking for volunteers. There are also collection places to donate items so it is certainly a good time to clean out our closets and pantries.

The   North Country SPCA , a no-kill animal shelter in Essex County,  presents Birds of Prey at the Whallonsburg Grange for $5/adult and  FREE for children under 12,  Come see the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge & Rehabilitation Center 's recovering animals, Cider and cookies, too!