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\f0\fs28 \cf0 Living in Lake Placid there's a lot of rich history dating back to the early
1800s when families would come out of New York City to get out of the heat.\'a0 They
come up to the Adirondacks and they would stay for the whole summer to enjoy the weather
and just beautiful sunsets every night and it was very common to build what they would
call Summer camps. And Summer camps are really a name for just a Summer home. There were
many famous families that came up and that became a big part of history here. The Adirondacks
are so unique. It's such a short distance from some of the major cities whether its
New York City or Montr\'e9al wherever you look it's beautiful here. There are 6 million
acres in the Adirondack Park and is actually the largest park in the United States. Major
Parks, we all know, Yosemite, Yellowstone three or four of those parks would fit inside
of our Adirondack Park.\'a0\ We have had two Olympics here in 1932 and
1980 have a bobsled and Luge track that was redone. We have an outdoor Olympic oval for
speed-skating two indoor arenas with three different Olympic size rinks every July. For
the last 14 years we've had a triathlon Ironman event here which attracts thousands. We also
have one of the world very premiere 2 week horse shows and we have beautiful horse show
grounds here. Whiteface mountain, which was the site 1980 Olympics Ski Center, is very
unique because we had a road that was built that you can drive from the base right up
to the top where there's a structure we call the whiteface castle. From there you can either
hike up to the total summit or take an elevator.\'a0The road up is called Veterans Memorial Highway.\
and it's quite a winding road and it just is amazing how you climb up to over 4,000
feet you can see all of Lake Placid Lake you can turn around in the opposite direction
you can see up to Montr\'e9al. Lake Placid is completely charming. We still have Main
Street, America. It's a wonderful place to live and bring up your children. We have beautiful
little shops and boutiques. I think it's almost shocking that you can leave a city where people
don't really speak or know their neighbors and you come to this little pocket, it's almost
like a little jewel. It's very zen and it's very back to nature thinking about things
that aren't stressful and they remember what really matters and what really counts.\'a0}