I generally don't like B&Bs. Usually you feel like you are a guest in a stranger's home. Usually the decor is outdated and lacks modern amenities. Then you have to awkwardly sit at a shared dinning table with a bunch of strangers and make small talk in order to get the free breakfast. Not my thing. BUT none of these things apply to Snow Goose! The location is absolutely perfect for exploring the high peaks region of the Adirondacks. It is right in Keane Valley which is a great little town with food, shopping, etc. It is close to all of the trails you would want to hike in the region. There is even a really, really great hike off the property to Snow Mountain. The hosts Wayne and Amy were incredibly helpful and friendly without being in your way at all. They stay in a completely separate part of the house and there are only 3 guest rooms so we barely heard the other guests while we were there. To say the place is cozy and comfortable would do a disservice to what Amy and Wayne have created. Amy literally wrote a book on home making which you can thumb through during your stay. Breakfast was incredible, with everything you could want. And there are many places to take your breakfast and eat so you don't have to sit at the dinning table with other guests if you don't want to. Oh, and did I mention they offer Sauna treatments? We stayed in the Harmonies room on the second floor. The bed is very comfortable and my wife and I both slept great the whole time. No TV but the Wifi was excellent so you are able to stream video no problem if you bring a device. This place is above and beyond what I have come to expect from the average Bed and Breakfast. Highly...
Read moreIn the bleak midwinter, my husband and I wanted to treat ourselves to some holiday magic in the beautiful Adirondacks. We could not have chosen a better place than the Snow Goose Bed & Breakfast.||It's easy to describe the basics here. Amy and Wayne are superb hosts and wonderful, generous human beings, so, the rooms were clean, the house was warm and beautifully decorated, the breakfast was delicious, varied, of great quality, and served on time, the water pressure was great, the water was hot, the nights were quiet . . . the creature comforts were met perfectly.||But this is only the beginning and doesn't begin to explain the experience you will have at the Snow Goose. I believe if you come here with an open heart, if you soak in the atmosphere, if you have some conversations with Amy and Wayne, you will walk away a little bit richer, your spirit will be fuller, you'll feel a little bit warmer, and you'll feel good every time you think back to that place in gorgeous Keene Valley.||For the more practical minded: The Snow Goose is minutes to trailheads and "downtown" Keene Valley, and an easy drive to Lake Placid and all the trails in the High Peaks region.||Amy and Wayne also own the ADK Trail Inn in Upper Jay, which includes the Monday/Tuesday Restaurant, and if the Christmas Dinner they served there for the community is anything to go buy, you're not going to want to miss...
Read moreIn the bleak midwinter, my husband and I wanted to treat ourselves to some holiday magic in the beautiful Adirondacks. We could not have chosen a better place than the Snow Goose Bed & Breakfast.
It's easy to describe the basics here. Amy and Wayne are superb hosts and wonderful, generous human beings, so, the rooms were clean, the house was warm and beautifully decorated, the breakfast was delicious, varied, of great quality, and served on time, the water pressure was great, the water was hot, the nights were quiet . . . the creature comforts were met perfectly.
But this is only the beginning and doesn't begin to explain the experience you will have at the Snow Goose. I believe if you come here with an open heart, if you soak in the atmosphere, if you have some conversations with Amy and Wayne, you will walk away a little bit richer, your spirit will be fuller, you'll feel a little bit warmer, and you'll feel good every time you think back to that place in gorgeous Keene Valley.
For the more practical minded: The Snow Goose is minutes to trailheads and "downtown" Keene Valley, and an easy drive to Lake Placid and all the trails in the High Peaks region.
Amy and Wayne also own the ADK Trail Inn in Upper Jay, which includes the Monday/Tuesday Restaurant, and if the Christmas Dinner they served there for the community is anything to go buy, you're not going to want to miss...
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