Adirondack Life

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Adirondack Life • VOLUME LIV NUMBER 5

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Lakes Alive • A message of hope for Adirondack waters

Northern Lights

End of an Era

A Cut Above • On the trail with Luke Peduzzi

A Wild Ride • When Sherman’s Amusement Park was our family business

Harold and Faith • A new exhibition spotlights Weston’s partner and muse

LAKE GEORGE MUSIC FESTIVAL • The Lake George Music Festival is reinventing the meaning of the phrase “cultural destination.”

NORWEGIAN WOODS • BRYNILSEN’S VIKING VILLAGE, IN OLD FORGE, BLENDS OLD-COUNTRY HOSPITALITY WITH OLD-FASHIONED FUN

TREASURE TROVE • For 75 years Jule and Fred Thatcher chronicled life along Lake George

In The Weeds • EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL IS THE BANE OF ADIRONDACK LAKES, BUT HOW TO TREAT THIS INVASIVE PLANT IS A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC. REPORTER ERIN SCHUMAKER GETS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ISSUE

A Different VIEW • FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER RODNEY SMITH’S WHIMSICAL TAKE ON THE ADIRONDACKS

HOT DOG • A PARKWIDW SALUTE TO THIS ICONIC SUMMERTIME SNACK

Billion Dollar Bet • New York State’s risky investment in Lake Placid’s Olympic dream

SARATOGA SPRINGS • As you motor north on I-87 to the Adirondack Park, think of Saratoga Springs as a gateway of sorts. Before punching through the Blue Line—millions of acres of forests, peaks and waterways—a stop and stay in the Spa City offers another experience. There’s Victorian architecture, fine dining and high culture with a historic thoroughbred track to boot—a vacation before your vacation.

Seeing Green • The editor of Arizona Highways trades the Sonoran Desert for the Adirondack forest

A Colorful Mann • The tinted landscapes of an early Adirondack photographer

FIND DINNING AND LODGING THE ADIRONDACK REGION

ORDA’s Impact on the Community

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