Adirondack Life

Strong Rope

You may have noticed a little more activity during the summer at the busy intersection of Routes 28 and 30, the crossroads for Indian Lake, Raquette Lake and Blue Mountain Lake. Across from the Corner Store, colorful umbrellas shade picnic tables. A food truck is often set up to the left, a musician strumming a guitar on the right, all in front of Potter’s Resort’s new taproom featuring craft brews from Brooklyn’s Strong Rope Brewery.

On a steamy August afternoon, Rebecca Zeh, of Ballston Spa, cools down in the shade with a red ale. Her family has been coming up

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