They stayed at the Flamingo Resort at Diamond Point. They all had a great time. There were so many things to do right at the resort. It looks like a great place for families.
Before they left we talked about the vacations that we had at Lake George. We went in 1984, 1985, and 1987 (in 1986 we went to DisneyWorld).
We stayed at a place called Horicon Heights in Bolton Landing, a little further north on the lake than Diamond Point.
We first heard about the cabins at Horicon Heights from a co-worker of Paul's at Combustion Engineering. He was from New York City and loved the Adirondacks, and had stayed there with his family. He said the cabins were right on the lake and they were less expensive than anything else at Lake George.
A little history of Horicon Heights (you know me, I always want to know the history of places, lol). I didn't remember this but Paul did, and he was telling Mark about it. The original owner lived in a house out by the road and bought kits from a Scandinavian company to build these cabins. He eventually sold the property to a couple who were professors at RPI, which was about an hour away in Troy, NY. There names are Lenore and Nick Clesceri. When they bought it, they moved the cabin that was in the center of the group of cabins and in its place built a large house that they lived in. They then rented the cabins and the original home out by the road. The cabins were kind of rough, in fact, Paul brought his tools and fixed at least one thing each time we stayed there.
The first time we went, Mark was almost 10, and Kristen was almost 12. We stayed in one of the smaller cabins. I remember the first time we went Mark brought his mess kit from Royal Rangers and ate with that until the dishes were washed at least one time there.
The cabins were on a hill and there was a short walk to the lake.
In 1985 and again in 1987 we stayed in the largest cabin. This cabin had a view of the lake.
I have so many good memories of staying at Horicon Heights. I jokingly said to Mark, when they were telling us about what was available at the Flamingo Resort, that the only amenity that Horicon Heights had was the lake, lol.
We brought our aluminum row boat and motor, and a couple of huge inner tubes and Paul pulled the kids on the lake, and also went fishing.
We went into Lake George Village a lot. They had a little amusement park there called Gaslight Village with rides and shows. It is no longer there, but there is a Six Flags nearby now. We took a trip to Ft. Ticondaroga for a day. Paul also went parasailing the last time we were there.
My cousin Lynda and her family and parents stayed there too for a few summers and they told us that the cat there had had kittens the summer of 1987. We had one cat, Bony Sweet at the time. She was a stray that kind of adopted us when we had our cat Callie. After Callie died we were down to one cat and we decided, before we went on vacation, to get one of the kittens. We were used to two cats, so why not, right? My Aunt Dot wanted one too, so we brought a cat carrier and came home with two kittens. Dot named her kitten Lady Skeeter and we named ours George.
We had a lot of fun with the kittens that vacation.
Before Mark and his family came home, they went to Bolton Landing and took pictures of Horicon Heights. He talked to someone there who told him that the kids of the people who owned it when we stayed there run it now. There have been a lot of improvements, in fact I almost don't recognize the cabins. They don't have front doors anymore and have decks off the back which must be the front doors now. They look a lot better.
The lakefront still looks the same, the dock and the Gazebo. There are more chairs now.
I don't recognize this sign, but love the picture of Janelle and the kids there.
The next year, 1988, we went to DisneyWorld again and that was actually our last family vacation. Kristen graduated from high school in 1990 and then college expenses kicked in for the next many!!! years.
If I could give young families one piece of advice it would be - take as many family vacations as you can. The memories last a lifetime.
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