Went for a short hike on a campground trail. It was hard to follow as we walked alongside the Ausable River.
After breakfast, we drove to the Olympic Centre, which houses the 1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics Museum as well as the ice rinks where hockey & figure skating events were held. We took a guided tour which was excellent. Our informative guide recounted the action of the US - Russia game of 1980 with much enthusiasm.
The museum displays & exhibits bring to life the memories and accounts of Olympic achievements. There are torches, medals, skates, bobsleighs, and historical memorabilia from the Olympic Games.
Our next stop was the Olympic Jumping Complex, which is a year-round training and event facility. First, we watched members of the Russian team practicing aerial freestyle skiing, landing in the pool!
There are also 90 and 120 metre ski jumps, which were built for the 1980 Olympics.
Then it was a ride up in the chairlift which took us to the base of the 120 metre tower followed by an elevator ride up 26 stories to the skydeck!
What beautiful views! The leaves are starting to change.
Our next stop was the Olympic Sports Complex, which offers more than 50 miles of groomed trails for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, a biathlon course, a combined bobsled/luge/skeleton track and the 1980 Winter Games bobsled track. We were actually able to walk on the bobsled track.
That concludes a busy day!
No comments:
Post a Comment