A mountain with no panthers and surfing without an ocean.

Camp Read is in Chestertown. There is not a lot of nightlife there. There is more, but not a lot in either Lake George or Lake Placid, but driving there takes at least 30-40 minutes (more to Placid). There is a place called Panther Mountain Bar and Inn, located quite close to Camp Read. Panther Mountain is an interesting establishment. During the late 90s, they were not shy about serving alcohol to minors. Consequently, business boomed in the summer time. The place was often completely packed even though there were no beers on tap and the bartenders were not attractive young females. It was close and allowed anyone in and really anyone to drink which catered well to the various summer camp staffs in the area. A little bit later, they opened a bar up even closer to camp. While it tried to be a more upscale establishment, it was also the type of place where you could and did order eggs and beer for breakfast. What really made it great, to me at least, was you could play keno there. Keno is a big board of 80 numbers. On any given drawing, 20 of those 80 numbers are selected. You can choose to pick between 2 and 10 numbers. Depending on how many you picked and how many would match the payoffs could be quite good (though nowhere near the true odds). Also, you could play as little as $1 a game but if you hit three of three numbers that paid $23 which essentially paid the bar tab that evening. Regardless, whether drinking at Panther Mountain or the closer bar, you had to get back to camp at some point. This is where car surfing came into play. Though never a participant in this, I was an observer. Generally the goal would be to get out of the vehicle while moving and transition to the roof. Once on the roof you could generally go spread eagle like you are the secret service and JFK has just been shot, or the truly crazy would even stand. Amazingly, very little went wrong. I know of only one incident of someone coming off the vehicle and likely his level of intoxication prevented serious injury.