[Dave W]

wWe were in Lake Placid yesterday. Everyone but one elderly woman had a mask on while walking the very congested sidewalks. All of the stores and restaurants had something like No mask, No service. That town is in NYs large Essex County but has a permanent population of about 40,000 and maybe 20,000 daily tourists, summer and winter. Their virus count is a whopping 56 with 0 deaths. It was holding at about 25 until some woman from Florida showed up maskless at a church service in Ticonderoga 3-4 weeks ago. Our seasonal site there has very stringent mask and social distancing rules and why we usually are there on weekdays. Masks and social distancing work - and yes, it IS tough to eat and drink with a mask, but be sensible.


If you are from one of the 34 states and territories. you might want to reschedule your vist to the Adirondacks or the Finger Lakes Wine Trail. Or even Niagara Falls since you can't see them from Canada either.