Raquette Lake News

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We know what it’s like to have a huge gaping hole in your staff and wonder how you’re going to fill it.  Happy to put this out there to our network of friends and supporters to help Tim at Utica Bread and The Tailor and the Cook.  Ya never know!   BTW, be sure to have dinner sometime at The Tailor and the Cook-  really delicious! Here’s Tim’s message: Hello Friends, Advisors, Supporters, and Guests of Utica Bread and The Tailor and the Cook – I send this message with a favor to ask – Utica Bread Needs Your Help! We are seeking a Full Time Baker at Utica Bread. Ideally, we are looking for a professional baker with experience in European and Artisan Breads. That being said, we would also be more than happy to find a passionate cook or…

http://www.raquettelakenavigation.com/wedding-cruises/    We just launched a revamped wedding page.   What do you think?  

  Imagine if you will, a large hunter’s bark shanty on a small rise overlooking a ten acre farm with cows grazing in the open surrounded by hay fields, crops and an orchard. From 1837 to 1860, this was home to Raquette Lake’s first settlers, Matthew Beach and William Wood.  They eked out a hard, solitary life as hunters, trappers and guides welcoming the earliest explorers and the first wealthy tourists. The man who gave the region the name Adirondacks, Professor Ebenezer Emmons stayed with Beach and Woods in the 1840s while surveying the area. If you were to see William Wood, you might not believe your eyes. He managed to bound through the woods hunting deer, portage his canoe atop his head, and carry a 70 lbs pack long distances – all while walking on the stubs of his…

Spring, Summer or Fall.  We’ve got it covered!

It’s in there in tiny print. Thank you for voting us Runner Up in the Fine Dining category of Adirondack Life’s Best of…..contest.

Last taco night on the winter boat- Fri Feb 26.  Free tacos and all the fixins’ starting 6 pm until we run out.       See the boat just below the steeple? Then see the crowd out on the lake? That’s how close we are! Ice Job on Sat Feb 27.  Stop at the…

This is our way of saying THANK YOU!!  If you have not been a customer this season, you’re still invited!!   As seen from Jim’s drone 5$ donation to RLFD and Ambulance fund gets you: Draft beer and sangria 50/50 tickets with door prizes drawn all day Bonfire BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs

Day 3 Pharaoh Mountain Breakfast at Shirley’s Diner at 6 am.   Ed was having breakfast too and gave us first-hand knowledge of what to look for finding the Pharaoh Mt trailhead and what to expect. He had hiked it several times.         The day looked promising as we drove out of…

  We left the motel at 6am Sun, headed for Ernie’s Deli.       Thank goodness they’re open!               Nice visit with Mary Jane who was in the deli the night before at 6 and then again at 6 am to open up.   Turns out Mary Jane and…

Now that the 2014 sailing season is over, we have time to indulge some of our other interests.  Our daughter Rachel (you know, the bar tender and beverage manager on the WW-the Elixir Lady!) loves adventures,  loves planning an adventure,  loves actually doing the adventure- not just talking about doing it!  So happy to have…