Scenic Route from NYC to Indian Lake, NY to Saranac Lake NY

DrewE wrote:

mikestock wrote:
Be sure and buy some corn.

Being from Alabama, where the corn is grown everywhere, I never guessed that the best corn I ever had, would come from a roadside stand in upper NY, near Lake Ontario.

You have to come at the right time of year to get fresh sweet corn, though; generally sometime in or around the month of August. It's in season for nowhere near long enough.

I agree that there is little tastier than really fresh corn, as in on the plant to between the teeth within a few hours. Being a day old makes a noticeable difference.

An aunt who lived in PA used to send us kiddos to the vegetable patch to pick corn while she boiled a pot of water. We'd come back after throwing corn silk at each other and straight into the pot it would go for a minute so the corn was hot but starch hadn't time to develop:).

I seem to recall reading an article that newer, starchier, more disease resistant varieties of corn are now the norm and it changes how we cook and taste 'em.
I'm looking to step back in time during this trip to a time when it took 2 years for Christmas and birthdays to come; the summer seemed to stretch endlessly and it always ended the same day I handed in my "What I Did this Summer" report to the teacher.

mikestock wrote:
Be sure and buy some corn.

Being from Alabama, where the corn is grown everywhere, I never guessed that the best corn I ever had, would come from a roadside stand in upper NY, near Lake Ontario.

Corn in August, husk soaked in water then on to the grill. Yeeeeehup, that means summer:c.

mikestock wrote:
Be sure and buy some corn.

Being from Alabama, where the corn is grown everywhere, I never guessed that the best corn I ever had, would come from a roadside stand in upper NY, near Lake Ontario.

You have to come at the right time of year to get fresh sweet corn, though; generally sometime in or around the month of August. It's in season for nowhere near long enough.

I agree that there is little tastier than really fresh corn, as in on the plant to between the teeth within a few hours. Being a day old makes a noticeable difference.

Be sure and buy some corn.

Being from Alabama, where the corn is grown everywhere, I never guessed that the best corn I ever had, would come from a roadside stand in upper NY, near Lake Ontario.

mbopp wrote:

GeoBoy wrote:
If it is food, ice, etc. for your camping there is a Price Chooper and Hannafords supermarkets in Lake Placid. While visiting stop at Placid Boatworks on Station Rd. in Lake Placid and talk with Joe Moore about the area for canoe camping.

IIRR there's a Tops(?) supermarket in Saranac Lake.
I haven't touched base with the guys at Placid Boatworks since their fire.
Dave Cilley (St Regis Canoe Outfitters) published a map and guidebook about canoeing in the area. He was the driving force in opening up the Lake Lila - Little Tupper Lake carry trails. He has a shop in Saranac Lake and the original shop on Floodwood Rd.
And DW & I are eagerly awaiting the re-opening of the Hotel Saranac.

Joe Moore's new facility is very nice, beautiful showroom and building the finest paddling boats in the beautiful Adirondacks.

NY RVer wrote:
Wow, Matt_Colie, talk about memories, I grew up in Throgs (or Throggs) Neck, and stayed until I got married. The Fort, Pennyfield Ave., Silver Beach, Tremont Ave....my old stomping grounds! Blast from the past, didn't expect to see that on this site! Happy memories and happy trails to all!

Matt wrote:
Ah - Memories.

I went to undergrad at Ft. Schuyler under the Throg's Neck Bridge. Spent a lot of time between the Museums and the village. The Taconic, the Sawmill and the Merrit were my favorite roads, but I only had little cars.

With a girl in Albany and little cash, 9 and 9W were also run a whole lot. That is probably still good at least to Albany.

I just went and looked at my charts and I have 3 free ONPs north of Glens Falls Two (yes 2 Walmarts) and a Home Despot. There are also rest areas on the Northway and it looks like there is a new (from my POV) Walmart west of Ti(conderoga). There is a website and an app called RVParky, Free on the web, buy for the phone. There is also a yahoo group where a current ONP/NOP Walmart list is kept up to date.

There are a very few things that I miss about the megopolis of the east coast. One of them is not that girl in Albany (Aubny as the locals say it). I got her to come out here 44 years ago. The flat land is boring, but you can drink the water you sail your boat in here, but the seafood sucks.

Neither of us have any family left back east, so we just don't go that way anymore.

Did a fair amt of stomping up and down the Bronx; in fact I grew up there:). Throgg's Neck and Ft. Schuyler were a bit off my path but I certainly knew of them. Had a schoolmate, last name McGarrity, who lived out there and I visited her sometimes.
Me? I grew up in that giant miasma that eventually encompassed 3/4s of the Bronx known as the South Bronx. I think my original neighborhood's name was Tremont; then we fled to Sedgwick Houses, followed by my last growing up stay, Parkchester, of the statues staring at you from the side of buildings, as you passed it on the Bruckner, LOL.

Thought that would be the last time I evah stepped foot in the Bronx except to visit my mother (her children used to tell her to turn out the lights when she left and the whole borough would go dark but I digress) but dangit.........I'm actually living in my mom's GC apartment as I sell my UWS home andddddddd enjoying the experience?!?
Great supermarkets with ethnic goods I'd pay an arm and a leg to acquire in Manhattan. A good areobic workout daily doing the hills. I can visit my mom and older sister in Westchester for less than half the cost of leaving from manhattan. Yes, I remember some of why I enjoyed growing up here.

Matt, sounds like you got the best the Empire State had to offer (and we are nothing but vain, LOL) and ran away with her. I'm sure her new state enjoys her:c.

I want to thank all of you for helping to make this newest adventure better. Been years since I lived or studied in upper state and I'm sure many things have changed.

GeoBoy wrote:
If it is food, ice, etc. for your camping there is a Price Chooper and Hannafords supermarkets in Lake Placid. While visiting stop at Placid Boatworks on Station Rd. in Lake Placid and talk with Joe Moore about the area for canoe camping.

IIRR there's a Tops(?) supermarket in Saranac Lake.
I haven't touched base with the guys at Placid Boatworks since their fire.
Dave Cilley (St Regis Canoe Outfitters) published a map and guidebook about canoeing in the area. He was the driving force in opening up the Lake Lila - Little Tupper Lake carry trails. He has a shop in Saranac Lake and the original shop on Floodwood Rd.
And DW & I are eagerly awaiting the re-opening of the Hotel Saranac.

Wow, Matt_Colie, talk about memories, I grew up in Throgs (or Throggs) Neck, and stayed until I got married. The Fort, Pennyfield Ave., Silver Beach, Tremont Ave....my old stomping grounds! Blast from the past, didn't expect to see that on this site! Happy memories and happy trails to all!

If it is food, ice, etc. for your camping there is a Price Chooper and Hannafords supermarkets in Lake Placid. While visiting stop at Placid Boatworks on Station Rd. in Lake Placid and talk with Joe Moore about the area for canoe camping.

Ah - Memories.

I went to undergrad at Ft. Schuyler under the Throg's Neck Bridge. Spent a lot of time between the Museums and the village. The Taconic, the Sawmill and the Merrit were my favorite roads, but I only had little cars.

With a girl in Albany and little cash, 9 and 9W were also run a whole lot. That is probably still good at least to Albany.

I just went and looked at my charts and I have 3 free ONPs north of Glens Falls Two (yes 2 Walmarts) and a Home Despot. There are also rest areas on the Northway and it looks like there is a new (from my POV) Walmart west of Ti(conderoga). There is a website and an app called RVParky, Free on the web, buy for the phone. There is also a yahoo group where a current ONP/NOP Walmart list is kept up to date.

There are a very few things that I miss about the megopolis of the east coast. One of them is not that girl in Albany (Aubny as the locals say it). I got her to come out here 44 years ago. The flat land is boring, but you can drink the water you sail your boat in here, but the seafood sucks.

Neither of us have any family left back east, so we just don't go that way anymore.

Matt