Colorful Adirondacks!

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This past weekend would have turned out to be a total bummer if not for the day trip into Adirondacks... It was supposed to be a muggy and rainy weekend, clearing up later on Sunday. So, our expectations to take the trip to Adirondacks for fall colors fizzled out on saturday... Later in the day, sun came out and we decided come what may, we are driving first thing in the morning on sunday to Adirondacks... This time we decided to go west from the southern tip of Adirondacks at Warrensburg and go through Tupper Lake, Saranac Lake, Lake Placid and take the Rt 73 back to get on I-87, so that we could make a good loop inside the park. Immediately after we took the exit, we had to go through the town of Warrensburg where they, apparently, had a huge fair/garage sale! It was really huge - that lasted about 3 miles across the town!

After we got out of the town and entered the park, it was a totally different kind of beauty with sun playing hide and seek with rain! The brightness of the colors varied from region to region and it was so amazing to drive through the serenity in a totally sparse traffic towards Tupper Lake, NY. It was gorgeous to see a foggy atmosphere with colors sometimes hiding behind the fog...

We decided to find the supposedly scenic spot Mt Arab Fire Tower and have our packed lunch of lemon rice and curd rice there.. We reached Mt. Arab and kept on driving for more than few miles from the sign that read 'Dead End', but to nowhere! So, eventually, we stopped at a spot that looked like a trailhead, but apparently, it was a long hike up the summit. So, we just parked the car and gobbled our delicious lunch. Then, continued even further into another wilderness on a road that was supposed to have a 'Dead End' which was nowhere to be found... Took a U-turn and drove our way to Whiteface Mountain through Saranac Lake and Lake Placid.


We had already visited Lake Placid and Whiteface Mountain last year (interestingly on this same weekend of Oktoberfest at Whiteface Mountain) and so we decided to drive past and go straight to Whiteface Mountain. Unfortunately, we had the same weather pattern this time too - dark clouds hovering over the summit that. We were hoping to go up the gondola to take a view of Lake Placid on a clear day (?!). We weren't that lucky!
Whiteface Mountain Gondola Station

After this, we took the road back to I-87 through Rt. 73 and headed back home.....

Back home after a nice, relaxing outing, in time for dinner!

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