FOREVER WILD

New York -- The Empire State.

Most people when they think of New York state, they think of the city that never sleeps, NYC. Yes, NYC is populated with over 8 million people but only encompasses about .55 percent geographically of the whole state.

When I think of New York, I think of a place I call my second home, The Adirondacks. The Adirondack state park is approximately 6 million acres of BEAUTIFUL land. The grand canyon, yellow stone and glacier national park can all fit inside the ADK park.

What I love about the Adirondacks

• The Adirondacks is it home of some of my favorite mountains.  46 mountains (46ers) in the Adirondack that reach just under or over 4,000 feet. Many of these mountains hold valuable memories to me as I spent many holidays and summers hiking these high peaks with my dad and siblings.  
• I LOVE the Olympics, especially the winter games!  Lake Placid was home of the 1932 and 1980 winter Olympic games. Only three places have ever hosted the winter Olympics twice. This place has been a place where I have been able to become my own version of an Olympian! I have been curling on the Olympic ice, I've skied the face (white face mountain), I've bobsledded on the Olympic track, and completed a biathlon with my siblings. And to add to that, the Miracle movie is one of my favorites and where I used Herb's speech to pump up for NCAA championship games.  
• It is home to the American Maple Museum. I'm thankful for a place where I can binge eat maple soft served ice cream and have maple iced donuts. 

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So instead of creating a big apple cookie or a bagel/pizza cookie I decided to make a fun creation of a maple cookie.

And since it is Olympic week and we are in the city that is home of the MIRACLE game and where the United States hosted TWO Olympic games...

This is the MIRACLE cookie...
This one is for you Jim Craig, our USA goalie for the 1980 games.
I hope you're everything like the Disney movie portrayed you to be  :) ​

Maple, salted caramel, chocolate chip. Made with pure ADK maple syrup

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