We are heading up the Lake George RV Park in July with 2 campers. It will be myself (34 y/o male) and my mid 60's parents in one camper. It will be my brother and sister-in-law (40 y/o) and their two boys (7 and 5). This will be our first big and by far our longest trip from home in our campers and our very first time in Lake George.Any suggestions on restaurants to hit, attractions to see, shops to see and other things to do? We've done research but would love to hear from you guys as well.Also, I'm wondering what to do about groceries. We have a service here called peapod that allows you to order your groceries online and they will deliver them to your house for a small fee. You also have the option of ordering online and having them do all your shopping and bag everything and then you just go to the store and pay and load up your car with all your groceries that area already in bags. I use it all the time.We don't want to run our fridges on gas when traveling so we'll be going up with no perishable food. I was curious if there were any stores up in lake george that offered a similar grocery shopping experience. It would be great to get up there and either have our groceries delivered to the campground or drive to the store and pick them up. Any ideas if anything like that exists?

Lake George has a ton of attractions,after all it is a tourist town. There are outlet stores right by the camp ground and some restaurants right there too. The Great Escape amusement park is just down the street and Splash Water Kingdom is a few miles away. There is a cruise line that runs on Lake George daily with a choice of amenities and cruise lengths. There are dinner cruises,moonlight cruises,simple site seeing tours,and the prices are reasonable. Fort William Henry is in the village and is a great historic site.You will be in the Adirondack Park which has many hiking trails for every ability if a walk in the woods is your thing. Saratoga Springs is 20 minutes away with the thoroughbred race track, the harness race track and raceino(electronic gaming parlor).Saratoga also has a lot of great restaurants and a ton of night life. There are several grocery stores within 10 minutes of the campground as well as Walmart ,Target and the Aviation Mall. There will be no shortage of things to do or places to go in the Lake George area. The campground is great and has alot to do as well. I live between Lake George and Saratoga and this is a great area to live,work and play. I'm not sure about grocery delivery but the stores are 10 minutes away so driving there is no challenge and they are all located on state roads easy to navigate.

dcb17b wrote:Lake George has a ton of attractions,after all it is a tourist town. There are outlet stores right by the camp ground and some restaurants right there too. The Great Escape amusement park is just down the street and Splash Water Kingdom is a few miles away. There is a cruise line that runs on Lake George daily with a choice of amenities and cruise lengths. There are dinner cruises,moonlight cruises,simple site seeing tours,and the prices are reasonable. Fort William Henry is in the village and is a great historic site.You will be in the Adirondack Park which has many hiking trails for every ability if a walk in the woods is your thing. Saratoga Springs is 20 minutes away with the thoroughbred race track, the harness race track and raceino(electronic gaming parlor).Saratoga also has a lot of great restaurants and a ton of night life. There are several grocery stores within 10 minutes of the campground as well as Walmart ,Target and the Aviation Mall. There will be no shortage of things to do or places to go in the Lake George area. The campground is great and has alot to do as well. I live between Lake George and Saratoga and this is a great area to live,work and play.Thanks!Being we have never been there, we want to go up with some kind of game plan and not fly by the seat of our pants. lol

Much less hassle to buy your groceries at home and fire up the fridge on electric to cool it down. Close it up tight. And it should stay cool enough for the trip from Long Island to Lake George. Or turn on the gas. If the fridge is cold, it won't use much gas enroute. What...some eggs, milk, cold cuts, water for fridge? Bread, cereal, canned, and jarred food for pantry. That covers B'fast, and lunch. Or just hit the restaurants. Think about this. If you don't want to use gas in the fridge, it will take it over a day (after you get there) to cool down on electric. Then you get to put your food in it.Do your grocery shopping before you leave. If you really don't want to use your fridge till you get there, Just fill your pantry with non perishables. And take a few minutes to buy your fridge items when you get there. Grocery shopping on your own, ain't all that terrible.

Check out the Painted Pony Rodeo.Great, fine dining at the Friends Lake Inn. Bruce

Ive been up and down the east coast in the hot summer heat many times over 11 years and always run my fridge, on gas while traveling. Thats what they are designed to do! We stock up before we leave so we rarely have to go shopping while on vaca.Ditto we stayed at Lake George Rv Resort and had a blast. They also have a shuttle service so you don't have to drive. Down at the Lake they also have fireworks and the lake cruise on the Minnie Ha Ha is also fun.Have fun at their bon fire!

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nomad297
Explorer
Jul 18, 2014
cm11599ps wrote:
Are the fishing and pedal boat ponds busy? Like, if I decided to go pedal boating one day would it be a problem with a wait or would I have no problem?

If I go fishing would there be a ton of others or would it basically be me and maybe just another person there?

No problem with the paddle boats and no problem with the fishing.

Bruce
longislandcampe
Explorer
Jul 18, 2014
Are the fishing and pedal boat ponds busy? Like, if I decided to go pedal boating one day would it be a problem with a wait or would I have no problem?

If I go fishing would there be a ton of others or would it basically be me and maybe just another person there?
nomad297
Explorer
Jul 15, 2014
I am at Lake George RV Park right now -- I've been here since last Thursday and will leave on Sunday. The Mosquitos are pretty bad after sundown, but I haven't noticed any at other times of the day. Yes, drinking is allowed. I saw a couple drinking wine down at one of the ponds and I have seen many others having a good time at their sites. This is our second time here. It's a great place.

Bruce
dcb17b
Explorer II
Jul 14, 2014
I'm sorry I misread it. I do not see anything in the posted rules on the web site that says no alcohol. All of the campgrounds in the area that I know of allow adult beverages.
PAThwacker
Explorer
Jul 14, 2014
haha, camping and worring about bugs! Thats a new thread.
PAThwacker
Explorer
Jul 14, 2014
I put bulky fluids into the fridge to keep it chilled during the week. We camp practically every weekend of the summer. Fridge is on from April till November. The only time an issue occurred is when an extended power outage/lack of propane. Human errors at the power grid/homeowner level.
longislandcampe
Explorer
Jul 14, 2014
dcb17b wrote:
Mosquitos are present for a few hours in the early morning and around dusk. A screen house is not a bad idea. The water must pass state tests and be potable. Whether is taste good or not I can not tell as it has been 25+ years since I've been there. Welcome and I hope you enjoy your visit upstate.

Haha, I was talking about the other kind of drink. :-)

We always use bottled water for drinking.
dcb17b
Explorer II
Jul 13, 2014
Mosquitos are present for a few hours in the early morning and around dusk. A screen house is not a bad idea. The water must pass state tests and be potable. Whether is taste good or not I can not tell as it has been 25+ years since I've been there. Welcome and I hope you enjoy your visit upstate.
longislandcampe
Explorer
Jul 13, 2014
Also, can you drink at LAke Geroge RV Park?
longislandcampe
Explorer
Jul 13, 2014
Will the Lake George RV Park be buggy? Should we bring screen tents?

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