Saratoga the Adirondacks Our Heaven on Earth is near

[cal828]

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That was downright poetic Don. Hope you and Patty make it back to New York and Saratoga one day. Covid pretty much spoiled the notion of travel for all of us. Surely, one day, we will all be able to enjoy travel again and can do it by air once again without the fear of the consequences. However, for the moment, it looks like things are just getting worse. Hard to read about and even think about. Good to have our little racing group to take the mind off of things, even if it is just a brief respite.

[JolyB]

What a great trip down memory lane. The Adirondack Park was always a wonderful destination for us, either as a place to visit, or a place to traverse on the way to somewhere else; have delightful memories of some days at Blue Mountain Lake, where my former sports car road rally partner had rented a summer home; to my Niece's wedding at a typical Adirondack "camp" on the shores of Saranac Lake, soaking in the history at the Revolutionary War battlefields near Saratoga and at Fort Ticonderoga, RV camping along Piseco Lake or just driving into the Park in search of a B&B after a day's racing at Saratoga. I've always marveled at the foresight of those who carved the Park out of the center of New York State, creating the ideal public-private partnership and keeping land forever wild.

It will be a very unusual Saratoga season coming up. Watching the races without seeing the usual crowds surrounding the paddock will take some getting used to. More difficult yet will be seeing the approach of the season at the Spa without being able to plan at least one day trip to see the races in person and have a leisurely dinner before starting the long drive home. Don, I very much enjoyed the opportunity I had to meet up with you and Patty at the Spa; it seems like a long time ago now, in a very different world.