Note: Bookings are now full. Contact Glen Hukins to be put on the wait list. The 23rd annual Lake George Getaway Weekend (a club favorite!) will take place Friday afternoon Sept. 8 through Monday Sept. 11 (Monday is optional). Once again, let’s hope for nice weather! It again promises to be a great event with some fun activities planned and great dining choices. We will be staying in the lakeside hamlet of Bolton Landing, located 8.5 miles north of the Village of Lake George on the western shoreline. Enjoy the mid-September weather with evenings that can be cool, but the days are almost always warm (sometimes after a chilly morning). There is a facility for storing your bike indoors at the hotel. While this is a cycling weekend, there are lots of off the bike activities to suit most tastes including hiking, boating, horseback riding, zip line adventures as well as tourist entertainment like sight-seeing cruises, museums and shopping. Everyone will enjoy just sitting on the dock with a drink in hand looking at the view. Check out the options at: www.lakegeorge.com

Advanced registration is required (see “Registration and Fees” below). The event is capped at 20 people to avoid my losing my mind, so sign up early! The resort next door has been purchased and has been leveled to build a private home – so, less guest capacity. Also, this year the car show is the same weekend down in Lake George Village so Northward Ho will be busy. I can’t stress enough to book now!

Hotel Reservations:

Home base is the Northward Ho Resort, Bolton Landing, which offers a choice of rooms, efficiencies, or cottages for your accommodations. In order to take advantage of the facilities and participate in our picnic and evening entertainment, you need to be a guest at the resort (for insurance reasons). Please contact the owner, Don Roessler, at the motel directly to make your reservations and arrange payment.

Registration and Fees:

Registration for the weekend event is $35 per person. Your registration fee includes a wine and cheese reception followed by a buffet dinner on the dock/patio on Friday evening. Let me know if you have special dietary needs at least a week before the event! More wine and cheese on Saturday night. Great cue sheets/GPX files and wonderful rides.

This event is for MAFW members only, however, members may bring non-cycling guests who are residents of their household. Other non-MAFW members wishing to cycle will be subject to an additional fee of $30 for a one year club membership. Registration and payment including club membership fees for non-members are required in advance. Click here for Registration Form. Email Glen Hukins glen.hukins@gmail.com with any questions.

Additional Information:

The cycling is for experienced and self-sufficient cyclists. Cyclists generally form into groups, but there will not be any formal SAG or support. The rides are mostly C terrain and done at a leisurely to moderate pace. There will be optional rides available for everyone from “casual” to A terrain. We will be cycling in hilly areas but bypass many hills by cycling along the Schroon River. You will enjoy cycling along Schroon Lake, Trout Lake, Brant Lake, Loon Lake, Beaver Pond, Friends Lake and the Hudson River.

Monday is an open day. You may choose to ride, try some good hiking nearby.

There will be happy hours Saturday and Sunday. Please BYOB as the the wine supplied is not limitless. Should you wish to participate, after happy hour, we may dine at the Algonquin Restaurant (great views of the lake and wonderful food), the Barnsider Restaurant (great BBQ), Cate’s Italian Garden or whatever the weather might dictate. One night we may cap off the evening with some highly competitive mini-golf. Better hit the driving range now to practice! We have also been known to have some exciting games of left-right-center.

Bring a windbreaker and tights in case we get some cool off shore winds as well as a rain jacket (just in case, but hopefully will not be needed). And just in case, don’t forget a mask! We will observe Covid precautions (masking, social distancing) as needed or appropriate. Spare tubes and bike pump should be standard. For off the bike, plan on bringing clothing covering everything from summer swimming weather to mid-fall chills. Again, the timetable for the weekend will be from Friday afternoon September 8 thru Monday September 11, 2022 with home base at the Northward Ho Resort. Please remember, for insurance reasons, if you are not staying at Nothward Ho, you are not allowed on the property.

Hope to see you there for some great Adirondack fun.

Contact:

Glen Hukins
144 Talah Way, Loudon, TN 37774
(973) 570-5147
glen.hukins@gmail.com