My Nicaraguan friend made a delicious typical Costa Rican breakfast that I happily ate and greatly enjoyed. After breakfast we all readied ourselves for a museum. Who would have thought there would be a billion dollar state of the art Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks in Tupper Lake, NY. Tupper Lake is very small and not near any large cities. It’s about 25 minutes outside of Lake Placid. They do have the state mental hospital which it is huge, and now this museum.
Back to the Museum. The Wild Center is in thanks to one woman who had a dream for the Adirondacks and GREAT connections. After billions of dollars raised the Center was opened and we got to play. Although small it is a very informative hands on location where I was able to play. We were allowed to touch, crawl and play. If you like fish it has some amazing live displays of all the fish in the area. Throughout the day there were several short movies to watch. They also offer trails to walk on and some beautiful new wetland areas to see.
Even before the museum we made a few detours. Our first detour was to the base Whiteface Mountain so we could play in the snow. A few snow balls were thrown, some snow eaten, lots of crunching going on, and a sort of snow angel made. Our next detour was through downtown Lake Placid. I have a few memories from this town so it was nice to get a refresher. Who knew it only has about 1,500 residents but swells to 40,000 during seasons. Our last detour was at a farm stand. The colors of the fruits and veggies really popped in the cloudy weather.
After our day of play we headed back to the house for more hot cider and relaxing. A beautiful ham dinner and baked apples were prepared for us ladies. As our chef retired to watch football us ladies chatted, giggled, and got caught up on America’s Next Top Model. Tyra really loves herself.
I now know that the town of Lake Placid is not on Lake Placid.
And today’s high was 35!
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