Last weekend we got the chance to go to Lake Placid! Our awesome friends, the Zinke's, know what home-bodies we are and enticed us to venture out and take a vacation with them! We are so glad that we did. It was a great trip. Lake Placid is a very scenic location with a lot of cool things to visit. It was the home of the 1980 Olympic games. For anyone who doesn't know me that well, I am an Olympics nut, so this was incredibly cool to me!We did so many cool things while we were there! Right after we got there we decided to take a walk down Main Street to see Mirror Lake.
The weather was perfect. The boys enjoyed seeing the boats and (more importantly) throwing rocks into the water.
Apparently, rock throwing isn't just something that young boys enjoy!
As we strolled down Main Street there were tons of Bobsleds and other kinds of sleds lined up outside all of the different shops. We had to stop at each one because Clayton had to sit in them all!
After seeing what Main Street had to offer, we went to the Ski Jump venue to see a ski jumping competition! It was so amazing! The have this mat that they lay down over the grass and that is what they jump onto in the summer. I must admit, watching ski jumping in the summer in capris and a t-shirt is definitely the only way to watch it!Once it was over, we got to ride the ski lift to the top of the hill. Those of you who know me well know that I am prone to MANY irrational fears, especially where my children are concerned. I did have a little bit of anxiety that one (or both) of them would fall out of the ski lift. This fear almost prevented me from going but I am sooo glad that Justin, Rick, and Vanessa talked me into it! It was amazing (and the kids were both perfectly safe).
The top of the hill was gorgeous! The boys enjoyed running around and we all had a little bit of fun with the medal stands!Boys will be boys. Roughhousing for boys of all ages was a must at the top of the hill!
Justin showing us all how strong he is!
This one of Clayton "relaxing" cracks me up.
The medal stand was so fun to see. They sure have come a long way (looks-wise) since the 80's!
Once you are on the hill, you can take an elevator to the very top of the actual jump. The view from the top was breathtaking! It would be absolutely gorgeous in the fall when all the leaves change color...
Once we had seen all there was to see at that venue (we also got to watch some acrobatic ski jumping where the jumpers flip into a huge pool), we went back to the hotel to prepare for....the ICE CAPADES!! We got a sweet deal on Ice Capades tickets so we went to the Herb Brooks Arena to watch. Of course Clayton and Noah had to be hockey players (how could you not want to be a hockey player in that arena)!!
I was surprised at how much they both liked the Ice Capades. Clayton kept yelling to the skaters, "You can do it!" and Noah was clapping and screaming (in a good way) like crazy! Clayton even got up at one point and started twirling in the isle so that he could be like the skaters (future olympian??). We did have to leave at intermission though because poor Noah (who had missed his afternoon nap) crashed at the end of the first half.When we got up on Sunday we went to see the actual Lake Placid and took one more stroll down Main Street before we loaded up the car and headed home. I loved this trip because we were able to see everything that Lake Placid had to offer in just a couple of days. It was the perfect weekend trip. The boys did so much better than I could have expected. I now know that we can take vacations with them (short ones anyway) without loosing our minds. Thanks Rick and Vanessa for taking pity on us and making us leave the house! You guys are the best!!
