We are home...

We had such a long day today. We left the house
around 9:15 and headed out to the Adirondacks, which is about a 2 1/2 hr drive from my mom's. We drove thru a myriad of little towns, villages and hamlets. It was a bit tedious, not really knowing where we were going, sitting in the back seat and having no real idea of the time frame. Doug was great and told me lots of neat history around the towns we were in while we drove. Also - once we hit the actual Adirondacks, I pulled out my camera and started taking pictures. Really cool is that I can actually take pictures now while the car is moving, and they come out AWESOME.



My mom and Doug took me to their favorite place in the Adirondacks - Long Lake. There is this cool Country Store (Hoss's) that Doug jokes about being the "Mall" because they have a bunch of little cottages behind the store, a pizzeria, a christmas store, an Art store... and some other things. It's kinda funny!

We left Long Lake and headed back up to Old Forge (there is ONE road to get in and out of these places) and on the way back into Old Forge, we encountered some of the locals.... lol These deer didn't even budge. My mom rolled down her window to take pictures (This was taken out of the front windshield) and they didn't even move. I'm sure they would have wanted food! LOL
Of course, no Christmas in the country adventure is complete unless you meet Santa or Mrs. Santa! Mom and I were so lucky when a man walked by and offered to take our picture together with Mrs. Clause. We saw reindeer too, but short of sharing all the pictures we took with you - These are a couple of my favourites :)
We picked up some treasures too. I got a cute little snowman ornament where the Snowman is holding ornaments in his hands, balancing one on his head and even hanging one from his nose. He's too cute! the other one says "please refreeze". I got a larger wooden ornament for the wall that says "When you stop believing in Santa, you get underwear!" I loved it since while I don't "Believe" in Santa.... I do believe in the magical time of Christmas- and honestly Santa is a big part of that... sooo I guess I do believe in Santa.

Anyway - that was our day - thanks for letting me share - and I'll talk to you later!