Day 26 - Utica, New York

Well tonight will be our last night in the States as tommorow we'll be in Toronto, and once again we crash at a Motel. We were planning on camping tonight, however the only campsite we thought we could find, we definitely could not find. Today we made it all the way across Vermont on the rural highways and enjoyed the scenic route. We crossed the bridge across Lake Champlain to New York and Adirondack Park, the huge park where Lake Placid and many other lakes and sights are. We didn't realize that Lake Placid was the host of two winter Olympics, both in 1932 and 1980. Besides that it kind of has the feeling of a really small version of Banff or Whistler. It's pretty touristy there, but there isn't that many shops, nor many restaurants. We definitely preferred Banff when it comes to the touristy mountain towns. There isn't very good access to the lake either, unless you are going to rent a boat, however we made it down there and snapped a couple pictures. Nothing about the whole area is particularly fascinating after being through Lake Louise, Banff and the Canadian Rockies, however we're still glad we came to see it. It's a nice a drive through the park which is full of small lakes and great scenery, as well as a ton of deer. Tomorrow we take the I-90 west towards Buffalo to check out the falls and then off to Nicola's Aunt Linda and Uncle Mario's house for a weekend visit in Scarborough.

The bridge over Lake Champlain to New York

Olympic Ski Jump Venues at Lake Placid

Lake Placid

Nicola lookin' pretty in her sun dress, she's been waiting forever to break that thing out