[elsonic]

most people know Lake Placid NY, famous for its hotels, restaurants, gift shops, for the Olympics, but few know about Saranac Lake, 20 minutes by car West of Lake Placid. the diffenrence between the two is huge.

Saranac Lake is touristy too. but it has a real main street with community centers, tattoo parlors, taverns, hospitals, schools, colleges, airport, grit, skaters, mexican joints, graffitis and full-of-hope philadelphianesque murals.

plus : it's historic, and right in the middle of a beautiful Adirondack Park setting.

Lake Flower, a reservoir ending the city to the south
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/5225/dscn34900001ku6.jpg

entering the city
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6541/dscn34910002ht4.jpg

swans? - in the Park
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3896/dscn34920003zd9.jpg

«cure cottages»
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8199/dscn34950005wc2.jpg

Union Depot - where people (now happy tourists) are «depoted»
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2729/dscn34960006dr2.jpg

downtown behind the tree to the right - panorama to come, if someone can explain the technology, I am 2.0
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/1197/dscn35040007ct0.jpg

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6220/dscn35080008mf6.jpg

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City Hall
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4988/dscn35490010hm9.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4727/dscn35500011og6.jpg

attention SSP fans - midrise in the distance
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6678/dscn35510012zx6.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7347/dscn35520013un7.jpg

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http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/9688/dscn35540015lr0.jpg

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Broadway - Main St
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3990/dscn35580017jx2.jpg

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/7549/dscn35590018lm4.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2609/dscn35600019kj9.jpg

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the lack of people in the pics is weird, it's pretty alive for a city this size (4000?)
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/651/dscn35620021ad4.jpg

sidestreet
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6301/dscn35630022oo5.jpg

side-sidestreet
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Timesquarish
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http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/4320/dscn35680027ko5.jpg

the place in the middle (brown with flowers) is full of loud classic hard rock rockers and is mullets-packed - Adirondacks are not just a weekenders haven
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2921/dscn35710029kd6.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1484/dscn35730030om1.jpg


http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6466/dscn35740031tt9.jpg

Saranac River
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/5051/dscn35760032gp4.jpg

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will jogger and cat crash?
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7822/dscn36020048ld0.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7133/dscn36030049vm2.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2623/dscn36040050oi1.jpg

hidden bike path
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/1964/dscn36070053kw8.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/8093/dscn36050051lk3.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6784/dscn36060052sl8.jpg

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures. You don't see much of thr Adirondacks on here.

[Jimby]

I can't get these pictures to open.

[Evergrey]

"will jogger and cat crash?" :haha:

what a glorious place... thanks!

[Peanut]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/ewing6177/Saranac.bmp

[skyline]

Very nice! I'd like to Kayak the waterways up there!

[JMancuso]

i've been there a few times when we lived in plattsburgh.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/ewing6177/Saranac.bmp

:tup:

[Jimby]

I finally was able to see the pics. Nice tour, nice to see the town again.
It hasn't changed much trough the years. The best fresh blueberry milkshake I ever had was at Saranac.

[boden]

Quaint!

[Thundertubs]

I was through there last September. I liked it quite a bit more than Lake Placid.

Great tour!

[whatsthepoint13]

what a quaint, picturesque, and peaceful looking place!

[ColDayMan]

Neat!