For our 36th wedding anniversary, Tammy and I went for a long weekend to Saratoga Springs on Friday, December 13. We left home around 6am and arrived in Saratoga around 8 to have breakfast at Shirley's Diner. The diner was unusual from most we have been to in that it included a juice in the meal price. I had eggs over pastrami with home fries and toast. Tammy had poached eggs over salmon. I was also able to try a chocolate egg cream drink.
From the diner, we headed to our hotel where we were picked up for a private 90 minute car tour of Saratoga. We visited the Saratoga Spring Spa State Park where we learned its history, what made the water unique, and sampled three of the springs - a fresh water spring, the Geyser Island Sprouter (aka the 20 minute thunder spring for constipation), and the Polaris Spring (aka pepto-bismol spring for indigestion). We also went in to the lobby of the Roosevelt Baths and Spa - one of two remaining bath houses still in use there. Tammy did check later in the day for any availability, but there was none. The tour then took us to the places that most people know Saratoga for today - horses. We drove around the Saratoga Race Course, as well as, by the National Horse Racing Museum, and stopped at Fasig-Tipton where they auction thoroughbreds once a year. Our tour then continued around points of interest in the town and through the campus of Skidmore College.
When our tour finished back at the hotel, we drove ourselves to the National Horse Racing Museum where we spent two hours perusing the exhibits. We spent the rest of Friday afternoon on Broadway popping into various shops of interest. My brother Rick had recommended we eat at the Cantina which we did. It was a very good Mexican restaurant.
On Saturday, we had one of our best tasting hotel continental breakfasts ever; after which, we headed to the Saratoga Springs History Museum in Congress Park. Besides spending two hours reading exhibits about the city's history, we also sampled some more spring water - the Deer Park Spring, the Hathorn Spring One, and the Columbian Spring. From the park, we made a quick stop at the visitor center before walking to the NY State Military Museum for another two hour stint of learning. As we made our way back to the center of town, we stopped at High Rock Park where the first spring was 'discovered'. Here I sampled water from the High Rock Spring, the Governor Spring, and the Peerless Spring. A little more visiting of shops and dinner at Druther's ended our day.
Sunday morning after another tasty breakfast, we drove back to CT.
Some pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZcjjemsvCRyoFcsT8
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