Trails End Inn & Other Locations

We had a nice stay at the Trails End Inn (say that 3 times fast!), a bed and breakfast in Keene Valley, NY. David and Susan, along with Marco their Labrador Retriever, were our hosts. They have a number of rooms in different sizes with different features. We stayed in the Marcy Suite and really enjoyed our stay.

Keene Valley is in Upstate New York about 14 miles from Lake Placid. This area of New York is rather remote and cell phone service is hard to find. Food is not the easiest to come by either, except you can get plenty over in Lake Placid but it is very crowded and expensive. New York has little diners in some towns. We really enjoyed finding them and seeing what sort of cuisine they offered. Breakfast is always good.

We left the Trails End Inn on Thursday morning and headed out the long way for Albany. I guess you could say that when we left the B&B, there was room at the Marcy Suite!

When Nan and I travel we like to take the scenic route. Sometimes Nan will point to a road and say, "Wonder where that goes?" I'll turn and we will explore. We have found so many neat little places on our trips. We turned onto Millbrook Road in the Catskills Mountains and wound around for several miles. Along the way we saw a deer, a bear cub which quickly ran away when we took interest in him, a rabbit and lots of scenery like this old covered bridge built in 1902.

We passed a very nice farm where a man was splitting lots of wood. Most people in the rural areas burn wood for heat during the winter and they spend a lot of time in the summer gathering their wood for winter. What caught our attention was the sign in his front yard. It read "New York Maple Syrup." New York produces more maple syrup than Vermont but Vermont's syrup has the reputation.

We stopped to see if we could purchase some syrup and found Mr. Kenneth Burger a delightful person to talk with. We were at his place about 2 hours as he showed us through his sugar house, told us all about how the syrup is made and how his wife packages it. In addition to syrup, they also make maple jelly and cream. We bought some of each and were glad to actually pay the producer rather than a store.

Here is Mr. Burger beside his growing stack of wood. His sugar house is in the back. If you get a hankering for some maple syrup or jelly, please call him and order some. His number is (845) 586-4784. Tell him the couple from Tennessee sent you.