Lake George Groceries and Attractions?

Your hard part will be getting off the island.

As said, if you pull the reefer down with electric and close it up for the time it takes you to get to and cross bridges (at least), it will be good. If you are worried then, stop on your way up the Hudson and fire the gas. It is only 200 miles from the Tappen Zee to Lake George and another 50 to Ti (iirc) and scenic all the way.

Also as said Lake George is a tourist town. You can buy anything you might need and maybe some things you don't. Bring anything you expect to need, because while you can buy it, you may find that they are very proud of the fact that they brought it north. You might just plan to stop at the (NOP) Wally's just off Northway exit 19. If you have time then, I used to like taking 9 the rest of the way north and leave the Northway to those that are in a hurry.

But before you leave the area, go up to Ticonderoga and get the tour of the fort and drive up Mount Defiance. Inlaws used to live in Paradox and I went to school in NYC. Love the area, but I could never live in New York state again.

I would run the fridge on the way up. What if you get there and buy a bunch of food and then find out your fridge is kaput?

Speaking of day trips, what are you driving? Big campers or do you have a smaller vehicle available for sight seeing?

We don't run our frig while traveling. We cool down the frig and stock it a couple days before the trip. Usually put one or two pre-frozen meals in it - mac 'n cheese, chili, etc. For a trip up to Lake George the frig and meals would still be cold, and mostly frozen still.

For a day trip, think about Fort Ticonderoga at the northern tip of Lake George. Drive up route 9A (NOT route 9, which is just a highway) for a beautiful trip. I happen to be interested in military history, so Fort Ticonderoga was a must see for me, but I think most anyone would enjoy it.

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!

Check out the Painted Pony Rodeo.

Great, fine dining at the Friends Lake Inn.

Bruce

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.

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

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.