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Archive: Jul 2014

One of our partners, Great Camp Sagamore,planning a fabulous fundraiser Aug 2!

GCS News July 2014.pdf    Too big to send as a jpeg so please click on the link to read the pdf file. Here’s info about the raffle.  I’m buying a ticket! One week accommodations for 2-4 people in a private cottage on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Majorca in the Balearic Islands of Spain….

Here’s a feel-good story!

In July, 2013, Pam Miller and her friend biked to Raquette Lake from a local campground.  They happened upon the Durant just as we were boarding a luncheon cruise.  What a serendipitous opportunity!  There was space in the dining room.  Only trouble was Pam and her friend hadn’t brought any money with them and they…

Matt Grainger playing tunes on beer tasting cruise

Beer Tasting Cruise Wed July 16                     $30 pp= 90 min cruise, generous & continuous beer sampling, snacks & music! $20 pp for DD or non-beer drinkers (cash bar available). Reservations recommended and appreciated. Paradox Brewery Raquette River Brewing By the numbers: 4 snack items…

Jimmy Buffet Cruise July 5

Jimmy Buffet cruise planner extraordinaire! Good job Rachel! It’s unanimous.   This has to become an annual 4th of July weekend event.    Weather, latitude, attitude, music, food and libations.  Couldn’t have been more fun! Jimmy Buffet Fan Club officers from South Carolina couldn’t miss this party! Kristen manning the Margarita, Corona and Landshark station upper…

Beer Tasting Cruise on Wed July 16

 WOW!  SO MANY OPTIONS!  DO YOU KNOW YOUR BEERS?                              Generous pours  from three different very local breweries.  Join us!  $30 pp.  Includes apps.  $20 for DD or non-beer drinker (other adult beverages available for purchase).  315-354-5532. Paradox Brewery Raquette River Brewing

I never learned this in school, did you?

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56…

Thurs July 3 scenic excursion cancelled

Thurs July 3 Scenic excursion 2-3:30 cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Love it when former employees come back to visit!

We’ve known Erin since she was 10 years old!  She graduated from Long Lake CS and went on to graduate from Johnson & Wales Culinary School in Rhode Island.  A chef in her own right, she worked as our sous chef  the year Chef Jim’s daughter Avery was born, 201o.  Good thing!  Capable and qualified,…