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Off The Beaten Path: The Renaissance Faire
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The Ren Faire in Tuxedo Park, NY is a wonderful way to spend a summer day. The are many shows, such as the Joust and Human Chess, not to mention the Bellydancers and Giant Mud fight. A favorite of mine is the "Birds of Prey" show. Falcons, Eagles and Peregrine falcons swooping over your head during a demonstration of their skills and talk explaining the importance of conservation efforts.
At the numerous shops,you can buy anything from little live "dragons", to costumes and jewlery and a lot of handmade crafts made of glass or pottery. Even Faerie wings!
And the Food, interesting stuff, like a giant turkey leg, or "meat on a stick" or flavored ices on fruit halves or even just a beer!
And don't forget the little street filled with all kinds of games. Archery, Axe throwing, the "Amazing Maze" and my favorite "Sheep Chucking"
There are even paddleboats, though I'm not exactly sure how they fit in to the whole "Renaissance" theme...
Tons of people dress up in the traditional garb of the time, but there are also people who come in their bermuda shorts and fanny packs, quite a mix!
The Wizard in the photograph doesn't even work at the fair I am told. he just comes every day all dressed up, doesn't say a word, but poses for many pictures!Saturdays, Sundays & Labor Day Monday August 7 through September 26, 2004 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM In the fall the same location is the setting of THE FOREST OF FEAR, a haunted house attraction.
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Phone: 845-351-5174
Website: http://www.renfair.com/NY/index.php
Other Contact: http://www.theforestoffear.com/
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Off The Beaten Path: Rent a boat on Greenwood Lake
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A wonderful way to spend a summer day! There are a couple of places to rent boats on Greenwood Lake. We choose a little place on the western side of the lake and rented the boat for about 3 hours, but we could have rented it for the entire day. Where you rent the boat, New York or New Jersey , dictates where you can drive the boat. You are not allowed to go over state lines. (for insurance purposes, i believe)
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Off The Beaten Path: Auto Museum in Saratoga Spa State Park
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Saratoga Springs is known not only for it's Horseracing Tracks, but for the healing mineral Springs found in the area. The native Americans used these springs for years and years to heal the sick, and shared their knowledge with the Europeans when a friend became ill. Quickly the area became THE place to go, and not only were people coming to bathe in the springs, but the water was beeing bottled and sold at an alarming rate. Eventually the water tables dropped dangerously low, so the state shut down most of the plants, and the area became Saratoga Spa State Park.
Saratoga Spa State Park is unlike any other State Park I've been to. it's quite small, with many buildings, including the Gideon Putnum Spa resort, the Auto Museum, a grand looking resturant, and a few bathhouses. There are of course hiking and walking trails as well.
The old bottling plant in Saratoga Spa State park has been turned into the Saratoga Automobile Museum. When we went they were holding a Shelby show, we just had to stop in. The museum is two floors with the exhibition on the first and the permanent collection on the second. It's not a huge museum, there are about 50 cars in all. But well worth stopping by at $7 per adult.
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Phone: (518) 587-1935
Website: http://guides.saratoga.org/web/attractions/outdoorfun/linkpage.cfm?link=www.saratogaspastatepark.org
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Cheese and antiques, huh? Well, OK! I love the both, so I guess it works! | Ekahau Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:47 UTC
Amy I like your new York page a lot we move to New York from Singapore about two years ago for example I discovered Storm King Art Centre on your page-- has really good info and photos thanks | Faiza-Ifrah Sun Dec 17, 2006 01:12 UTC
excellent page. i liked ur tips and destinations are gr8. new york state seems like southern ontario to me. many people say even toronto is like nyc, but my husband challenges it and says these are two very different cities in every respect :-) | freya_heaven Fri Oct 28, 2005 19:09 UTC
The Jack O' Lanterns look wonderful! Gorgeous new photos & updates, Love the Tepee! The Rennaisance Fair sounds fun & a great place for people watching! Interesting page, Well done Amy, gorgeous photos, One of the best pages on VT! q(~_~)p |
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