Hey! It’s February and every weekend in February in Lake George, New York they are having their Winter Carnival. Now, in all honesty, I didn’t know anything about this until last Saturday morning when my husband said to me “hey let’s go to the Lake George Winter Carnival” and I said “the what?” He explained what it was and I figured why not go. I have to tell you last weekend was really cold here in Upstate New York so we needed to bundle up, but it was worth it.
Ok, so this winter carnival takes place each weekend in February. Last weekend was a lot of fun and since you won’t be reading this blog until Monday you will only have 2 more weekends left after reading this to go. I did do a podcast about last weekend’s carnival, you can listen to it here Winter Carnival in Lake George NY. Anyway, last weekend there were cookoffs, helicopter rides, pony rides, outhouse races and so much more! I even faced a fear of mine and I walked on the frozen water of Lake George. It was fun!
This weekend there will be more cookoffs, an ice diving demonstration, an ATV poker run, and much more. And that is just Saturday. On Sunday they have a bunch of things to do as well. There was going to be car racing on the lake, but that has been canceled due to the ice not being safe this weekend. According to the website, there are sleigh rides. We didn’t see any last weekend while we were there otherwise we would have done it. By the way, the sleigh rides and the helicopter rides you do need to pay for. If you go to the Lake George Winter Carnival website you can get all the info you need.
If you live in New York I would recommend visiting Lake George for the weekend to go to this carnival. If you need to drive to it I think it’s worth driving. If you would rather take the Amtrak train if you live somewhere like Brooklyn, I would recommend that as well. It is beautiful in Lake George right now even though it’s cold. The surrounding mountains are what make it look so beautiful. There are also stores you can shop at like Molly Malone’s Irish Gifts. If you’re from a different state you can get a Lake George souvenir. Keep in mind after this blog gets posted you will only have 2 weekends left to go to the winter carnival. You know unless you read this in March or some other month in which case you missed it!
OH, before I forget there is an ice castle that you can go to in Lake George as well and you can walk through it. It does cost. I’m hoping to go to it this weekend I will let you know. Hey, It’s Monday and unfortunately, the castle was closed on Saturday due to the weather being to warm. I guess I have 2 more weekends to try!
Kathleen Smith author of Miscarriages My Story, Brooklyn Raised Livin’ Upstate & Hey You Moments to Remember. Blogs about a variety of things. Has her own podcast Kathleen’s Korner and she is the CEO of BearsWithApps. OH, let’s not forget her YouTube channel