Comments on: Loving the Adirondacks this Summer? http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/2008/04/loving-adirondack/ Travel, Tourism, Outdoors, News and Information for the Adirondack Region of New York Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:33:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TourPro http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/2008/04/loving-adirondack/comment-page-1/#comment-13002 TourPro Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:54:22 +0000 http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/?p=619#comment-13002 Hi Lisa. Who's "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_%28cocktail%29">doug</a>"? 8O Hi Lisa.

Who’s “doug“? 8O

]]> By: lisa http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/2008/04/loving-adirondack/comment-page-1/#comment-13001 lisa Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:21:11 +0000 http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/?p=619#comment-13001 doug, you've had some awesome content lately. i've left my note at this post, really good stuff. talk soon! doug, you’ve had some awesome content lately.

i’ve left my note at this post, really good stuff.
talk soon!

]]> By: TourPro http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/2008/04/loving-adirondack/comment-page-1/#comment-12828 TourPro Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:07:00 +0000 http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/?p=619#comment-12828 You get what you pay for? Bwaaahahahahahahahahaha! I'm going to go admire my tax return again. You get what you pay for?

Bwaaahahahahahahahahaha!

I’m going to go admire my tax return again.

]]> By: Mrs. Mecomber http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/2008/04/loving-adirondack/comment-page-1/#comment-12818 Mrs. Mecomber Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:56:43 +0000 http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/?p=619#comment-12818 If only NY would just dump the bed tax and all the other suffocating taxes, fees, and surcharges... I'd like that more than a "free night." If only NY would just dump the bed tax and all the other suffocating taxes, fees, and surcharges… I’d like that more than a “free night.”

]]> By: TourPro http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/2008/04/loving-adirondack/comment-page-1/#comment-12730 TourPro Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:23:46 +0000 http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/?p=619#comment-12730 I left out bus service, but that is actually the most efficient if you have the time. I recommend it all the time to people in the city. You can go from Brooklyn right to Lake Placid, the driver could even drop you at a trailhead if you asked nice. The car rental is OK if you're planning on using it the whole time, but leaving it at a trailhead for more than a day seems like a loser. I'd love to get a simple and cheap way for folks to come up and recreate. After all, The Park was created for that very purpose. Those city rates for Zipcar do seem a bit high. But, I seem to recall paying $20 bucks for a Pastrami sandwich, so I guess it's all relative. Plus, since they charge for mileage, the drive up here is a killer. Way better off with a traditional rental with unlimited miles. I did a scan of Albany rental rates and a 3-day totaled less than $90. Better yet, rail from NYC with bikes, get off anywhere north of Lake George and ride. Epic biking up here "in season". Eco-friendly and much cheaper. I left out bus service, but that is actually the most efficient if you have the time. I recommend it all the time to people in the city. You can go from Brooklyn right to Lake Placid, the driver could even drop you at a trailhead if you asked nice.

The car rental is OK if you’re planning on using it the whole time, but leaving it at a trailhead for more than a day seems like a loser. I’d love to get a simple and cheap way for folks to come up and recreate. After all, The Park was created for that very purpose.

Those city rates for Zipcar do seem a bit high. But, I seem to recall paying $20 bucks for a Pastrami sandwich, so I guess it’s all relative. Plus, since they charge for mileage, the drive up here is a killer. Way better off with a traditional rental with unlimited miles. I did a scan of Albany rental rates and a 3-day totaled less than $90.

Better yet, rail from NYC with bikes, get off anywhere north of Lake George and ride. Epic biking up here “in season”. Eco-friendly and much cheaper.

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