June 25, 2022
Martha’s Dandee Cream and Grill, Queensbury, NY
location, location, location – Martha’s has all three – across the street from the Great Escape Six Flags Park; a large parking lot and nicely visible from the road. But location is not the only thing Martha’s has going for it. It is also efficiently run with good food and friendly service.
We drove into their parking lot and saw a row of red boxes with water jumping between them making a fountain, a sign with a rooster, long building with lots of walk up windows (with no lines) and a lot of people.
We walked up to an open window and ordered small hot fudge sundaes with mocha ice cream, mine with peanuts, Erica’s without nuts. They came incredibly fast – beautifully layered with soft mocha ice cream, hot fudge sauce and peanuts. There was whipped cream and a cherry on top. The sundaes were a generous size and delicious – the soft mocha ice cream was very flavorful, the peanuts fresh and crunchy, the hot fudge did not melt all the ice cream – a great experience.
The ice cream even more enjoyable because of the generous amount of seating. We chose benches facing the crazy rides at the amusement park across the street. I have never been brave enough to do roller coasters, but I love watching them.
Martha’s also has a full grill and lots of other food, but we were only interested in the ice cream so we did not look at the rest. I really liked this place.
In the area: We stopped at Martha’s on our way home from Tupper Lake where Erica just finished their Tinman Triathlon. I was a great spectator.
Tupper Lake, located in Adirondack Park in upstate NY. was settled in the 1844 mainly as a lumber producing town. In the late 1800s it sustained a large fire destroying most of the town, which was rebuilt to the town it is today. Eventually the lumber industry became less important, but remnants are still seen in placards in parks, skeletons of buildings, lumberjack competitions and rail trails.
My first encounter in Tupper Lake was a family vacation many years ago when I was in high school. About all I remember of that trip was going to a dump at twilight to see black bears – I never knew that I would eventually live in the most densely populated state in the country and often see black bears in the wild – when I walked in the woods after work (I saw two cubs last week), crossing streets and even in my own backyard. I also remember I liked Tupper Lake. I still do.
My next encounters with Tupper Lake were when I was in college in Potsdam, NY. My trips home always went through Tupper Lake – I remember seeing their Lumberjack Festivals and stopping to get snack or drink. I have always found the Adirondacks to be one of the most beautiful places in the world, and Tupper Lake to be a great place to jump off for hiking, swimming, or kayaking,
Our trip there this year included camping at the Little Wolf Campground – we enjoyed the view of the clean, flat, lakefront campsite, the guitar playing of fellow camper, the kindness of the owner who let us use his kayaks to watch the sunset as we paddled around the lake. I highly recommend this campground if you are staying in the Tupper Lake area.
I walked a lot of miles exploring the town during the triathlon – there was a walkway along the Racquette Pond with placards about the lumber industry in the Adirondacks. Interesting fact: Several companies logged in the Tupper Lake area at the same time. When with the logs were cut, the were all marked with the company that cut it, so when it was floated downstream, they could keep track of whose log each one was
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