Summer Sessions 2015, Travel

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Quicklinks

• Get A Ride using our Rideshare website.
• On Your Way to Silver Bay
• Driving Directions
• Public Transportation
• Taxis from nearby locations

Share a Ride to Siver Bay

Click the following link to visit our Rideshare website to offer rides to other Friends or to find a ride to Silver Bay.

On Your Way to Silver Bay

Adirondack Meeting, about an hour from Silver Bay, extends an invitation to Friends to visit meeting for worship on Sunday, July 19—a wonderful way to extend your knowledge of NYYM Friends and add a worshipful break to your journey. Worship, at 10:30 am, is programmed; refreshments and sharing follow. The meeting is at 27 Saratoga Ave., South Glens Falls NY 12803. For info, call Regina Haag, 518-793-3755.

Powell House is offering an On the Way to Silver Bay confer-ence July 17–19: "Whether you are on your way to New York Yearly Meeting's annual sessions held at Silver Bay or just want a low-key weekend filled with visiting, playing ultimate Frisbee, blowing bubbles, singing, playing board games, quilt-ing, swimming, and even doing work projects." Please register at www.powellhouse.org.

Driving Directions

Silver Bay is on the west side of Lake George about 90 miles north of Albany. About an hour north of Albany on I-87, leave at exits 22, 23, or 24.

At exit 22: Take a left onto Rt. 9. Go through Lake George Village to the north end and take a right onto Rt. 9N. Go through Bolton Landing, then go approximately 13 miles. At Silver Bay  Road, go 1/2 mile to the Inn.

At exit 23: Take a right off the exit onto Diamond Point Road (county route 35) and proceed all the way to the end of the road, about four miles. Turn left (north) onto Rt. 9N. Go five miles to Bolton Landing, plus 13 miles farther to Silver Bay Road. At Silver Bay Road, go 1/2 mile to the Inn.

At exit 24: Take a right off the exit onto Bolton Landing Road. Go 5 miles east to Rt. 9N, then left (north) onto 9N for 13 miles. At Silver Bay Road, go 1/2 mile to the Inn.

Driving time: 1 1/2–2 hrs from Albany; 4–5 hrs from New York City; 6–7 hrs from Buffalo. For more explicit or alternate directions, contact Silver Bay.

Public Transportation

By train: Take Amtrak's Adirondack to Ticonderoga (800-523-8720 or 800-879-7245).

Bus service: Adirondack Trailways (800-225-0815) from New York or Albany to Lake George Village. See below for transportation from Lake George Village to Silver Bay.

Taxicabs from nearby locations:

Adirondack Cab Co. (Ticonderoga) 518-585-2222

From Albany Airport or Albany Bus Terminal

Note: Friends using public transportation who are interested in traveling together from Ticonderoga on Sunday, July 19 should contact Helen Garay Toppins at [email protected].