Skiing at Saratoga

This is one of the buildings on the grounds of Saratoga Spa State Park. It is the Baruch Research Laboratory (this link is to a .pdf that has a succinct summary of the spa) and administration building (named after Dr. Simon Baruch, who was instrumental in working out the system of cardiac therapy which had been so successful in the treatment of heart disease at the Spa). Its purpose was to study the nature and course of chronic diseases using mineral waters--especially heart diseases. Dr. Walter McClellan, M.D., was chosen by the Commission in 1930 to fill the position of medical director. Under his direction, the Spa's medical department was active in educating both the general public and the medical profession as to the benefits of the mineral waters and the spa therapy.

These open arch hallways are throughout the buildings in the area. These are attached to the Roosevelt baths. We think patients dried off out here and soaked up some sun after their mineral bath. It was alittle cool today so we saw no one out, but the indoor mineral baths were open.

Pat and I really enjoyed skiing around the golf course and eventually worked up a good sweat. Can you see Pat's Christmas present?

An interesting perspective shot along a fairway border...