Wow, listen to the sound of crickets chirping!
I miss summer vacations. When I was a kid, Lake George (upstate NY) was a recurring destination. We stayed at a variety of motels over the years...ate at an assortment of restaurants. (I couldn't really tell you about any of the restaurants, though, since in those days all I ever ordered was a hamburger.) Aside from swimming in the lake, we'd go into town in the evening...typial little resort town with a bunch of souvenir shops on the main drag. There was a spin-art booth, which I loved to do, right across from a place called The Trading Post, where I enlarged my collection of Breyer horses (still have some of them!).
Down the block was an ice cream parlor, right next to an arcade. Yes, they had arcades before the advent of video games! Mostly pinball, some skee ball, stamping pennies with The Lord's Prayer...they even had a booth where you could record your own 45 record. I tried it once---the resulting disk is around here somewhere.
There were a bunch of attractions. Fans of the Daniel Day-Lewis version of The Last of the Mohicans may remember mention of Ft William Henry...the movie was filmed in the Carolinas, but the real fort is on the shores of Lake George. Although these days it's got a mini golf course with a thirty-foot tall Paul Bunyan next to it.
My particular favorite was Gaslight Village, a now-defunct amusement park with a "gay 90s"* theme. The 1890s are an era I wouldn't mind visiting. In those days, gals with my figure were prized! Anyway, Gaslight Village had Victorian-style architecture and what was billed as the oldest carousel in America and I loved wandering around looking at the exhibit of ladies' fashion and the arcade.
We'd go back to the motel, and no matter how warm it might have gotten during the day, at night it would cool down enough to need a blanket. Sounds wonderful!
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*So-called for the general merriment of the times, nothing to do with anything slashy.
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Down the block was an ice cream parlor, right next to an arcade. Yes, they had arcades before the advent of video games! Mostly pinball, some skee ball, stamping pennies with The Lord's Prayer...they even had a booth where you could record your own 45 record. I tried it once---the resulting disk is around here somewhere.
There were a bunch of attractions. Fans of the Daniel Day-Lewis version of The Last of the Mohicans may remember mention of Ft William Henry...the movie was filmed in the Carolinas, but the real fort is on the shores of Lake George. Although these days it's got a mini golf course with a thirty-foot tall Paul Bunyan next to it.
My particular favorite was Gaslight Village, a now-defunct amusement park with a "gay 90s"* theme. The 1890s are an era I wouldn't mind visiting. In those days, gals with my figure were prized! Anyway, Gaslight Village had Victorian-style architecture and what was billed as the oldest carousel in America and I loved wandering around looking at the exhibit of ladies' fashion and the arcade.
We'd go back to the motel, and no matter how warm it might have gotten during the day, at night it would cool down enough to need a blanket. Sounds wonderful!
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*So-called for the general merriment of the times, nothing to do with anything slashy.
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