This was our family vacation spot for a few years growing up! My brother and I were able to book the same lakeside cottages that we stayed in as kids! We decided to capture some of the lake, village, and other landmarks to make this video. Enjoy!

Lake George, nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, is a long, narrow oligotrophic lake located at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains, in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York. It lies within the upper region of the Great Appalachian Valley and drains all the way northward into Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River drainage basin. The lake is situated along the historical natural (Amerindian) path between the valleys of the Hudson and St. Lawrence Rivers, and so lies on the direct land route between Albany, New York, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The lake extends about 32.2 mi (51.8 km) on a north-south axis, is 187 ft (57 m) deep, and varies from one to three miles (1.6 to 4.8 km) in width, presenting a significant barrier to east-west travel. Although the year-round population of the Lake George region is relatively small, the summertime population can swell to over 50,000 residents, many in the village of Lake George region at the southern end of the lake.

I love Lake George, and the entire Adirondack region of New York is so beautiful up there. My family would come up on summer vacations when we’re growing up. My brother Kevin and I decided that we wanted to revisit it. It’s been about 20 years or so. And we were able to actually book one of the same tiny Lakeside cottages that we stayed in as kids. Now they’re looking pretty old. They’re not updated and it is exactly what we wanted. Nostalgia overload. Kevin and I plan this trip with the understanding that things are going to be a little bit different with COVID. And that kind of a few of the spots we wanted to revisit more than we originally expected. So we decided to just keep the trip kind of low key, hang by the lake, see the town, see the sights, and mostly just be outside. Kevin had been watching my videos, and he wanted to capture the beauty of Lake George together. Yeah, sure. I was happy to oblige. I didn’t expect that he would be even more excited about it than me.

We were having fun and captured so much footage. Kevin was a huge help setting up and breaking down the gear and even getting some captures of his own. But after spending way too much time together. I just grew tired of this and had to start messing with him.

At this point I had been shooting all day, which I don’t normally mind. But enough was enough. We were sunburned, hungry and had seemingly captured everything there was to capture and Lake George. I was done with it. We get cleaned up and decided to head into town for our last night out. And we found a chill spot overlooking the lake where we ate well listen to some great local musicians. And just as the night was coming to an end gets here in this dance music. We decided to walk down to the pier to check it out.

What a way to end our trip and not a bad way to wrap up this video. I love what I capture when I travel. I mean, I travel to capture what I love. Maybe it’s both.