Friday, August 19, 2022 (continued)
We made a stop in Lake George, NY, the town on the lake of the same name.
 |
Warren County Old Courthouse - Judges'
Quarters (1878) with clock tower |
 |
| Shepard Park amphitheater (1990, park opened in 1912) |
 |
A double Adirondack chair (Lake George is located
in the New York Adirondack Mountains) |
 |
| Shepard Park beach |
 |
| Lake George Beach Club where we had lunch |
 |
| Our lunch time view |
 |
An authentic paddlewheel steamboat, the Minne-Ha-Ha
(1968-1969) on Lake George |
 |
| Lake George Mystery Spot has a low semicircular wall |
 |
In the middle of the blue representation
of Lake George is a cross of metal
that has been polished by many shoes |
 |
Kent stands on the mystery spot where
if one faces the stone wall and makes
noises, there will be an echo effect |
 |
US Post Office (1939-1941, by Louis Simon in
Colonial Revival style) |
 |
| Canada Street with crowds of tourists |
 |
| We seem to be in conservative territory |
 |
Fort William Henry was a British fort built in 1755 in
response the French building a fort at the south end of
Lake Champlain during the French and Indian War (1755-1763) |
We decided to play miniature golf at the Around the World Golf Course in order to see some Roadside America attractions.
 |
| German beer stein |
 |
| Spanish guitar |
 |
Paul Bunyan, from the 1964-1965
New York World's Fair, now poses
as a lumberjack from Canada |
 |
A French soldier lifts and lowers his left leg to block
your ball from passing under the Arch of Triumph |
 |
| The classic Dutch windmill obstacle |
 |
Ideally you want your ball to travel
around the brim of the Mexican sombrero |
 |
An authentic Chinese rickshaw has gaps in the wheel spokes
to allow the ball to reach the hole between the wheels |
 |
The second course in the complex
is Around the USA |
Next: The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY.
No comments:
Post a Comment