US Submarine Convention and Boat Reunions
Saratoga Springs, New York
September 13-19, 2004

We are busy preparing for what we hope will be the most memorable USSVI gathering ever. Make your plans today for this year's convention! Hotels are filling up fast. There are still rooms at and near the Holiday Inn (Holiday Inn, the Springs, The Carriage House Inn, Grand Union Motel and the Hilton Garden Inn) and near the Prime Hotel (Marriott Courtyard and Saratoga Arms Bed & Breakfast). See our website's Hotel List for more information.

The New London Submarine Base trip on Thursday September 16th has been expanded, but only one busload is allowed. The trip now leaves at 5:45 AM and returns at 9;30 PM. Added to the Sub School Graduation and tour of the school, you will tour the Nautilus and Submarine Museum and eat dinner at the Groton Base Sub Vets Clubhouse. See the trip page on our website for details. Please note that if you are going on this trip, you will miss the Lake George Boat Ride and Dinner Thursday evening.

Don't forget: the U.S. Navy Band will play in a parade just for you during this year's convention!

Things to do in and around Saratoga
 We are adding much more information about nearby attractions.

Attractions on the SubVets Shuttle line
 (1 mile Sub Vets Shuttle runs every 20 minutes. Pickup and drop-off at designated corners and hotels.)

• 17 Hotels, Motels and B&B's with more than 1000 Rooms
• More than 70 Restaurants Health Spas Baths & massage
• Naturally carbonated private baths or massage
• Mineral Health Spring water - 6 springs
• Antique and specialty shops
• National Dance Hall of Fame
• Congress Park, (US Sub Vet Logo Flower arrangement, Italian Gardens and Fountains, Veterans Memorial Bandstand, The oldest Casino)
  A working 1890's Musical Carousel
• State Spa and Park (the Lincoln Mineral Baths and Health Spa, Gideon Putnam Hotel, a 9 and an 18 hole Golf Course, Classic Automobile Museum)
• Million Dollar Mansions (North Broadway- one block from the Prime)
• Historic Main Street (Broadway was designated Main Street USA and one of the top ten most walkable streets in America)
• 1890's Hotels (the Adelphi Hotel, Rip Van Dam Hotel and Saratoga Arms B&B)
• A 1700's Stagecoach Tavern ( Olde Bryan Inn)
• Bowling Visitor's Center NYS Military Museum (visit Submarine displays and memorabilia)
• Outdoor cafés
• Saratoga Music Hall (in historic City Hall)
• Saratoga Arts Center Several Art Galleries Walking Tour
• Saratoga Thoroughbred Race Track and National Racing Hall of Fame and Museum
•  Farmer's Market
• Yaddo Artist Retreat, Mansion and Gardens
• Caroline/Putnam Street Nightlife (between the Prime Hotel and Holiday Inn)
• Old Taverns; Outdoor pubs and dinning; Irish Pub, Saratoga Brew Pub; world's busiest Ben and Jerry's. Or just take a horse drawn carriage ride through the evening activities.

Within Half Hour Drive

• Saratoga Racino - 5 Minutes from Downtown (1300 Slot Machines and the fastest half mile Harness Horse Track in America)
• Lake George Village
• Six Flags/ Great Escape, October Fest (in September)
• Saratoga National Battlefield (Turning Point of the American Revolution)
• Saratoga National Veterans cemetery (Sub Vets Memorial; USS Saratoga Ship's Bell)
• Adirondack Mountains -Only 15 mins. from Saratoga - 6 million acres-biggest state park in the country; bigger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Everglades National Parks combined! A dozen Nature Preserves and Biking Trails
• President General Ulysses S. Grant's Cottage
• National Speed Skating Hall of Fame
• Saratoga Lake (get fishing license at City Hall)
• 8 golf courses
• Navy Exchange and MWR rental: boats, campers, etc.
• Navy Nuclear Power Training Site - See the Containment Ball. Bigger than Epcot Center's)
• Last of the Mohegan's sites
• Hudson River locks (four Locks in Saratoga County)
• Old Champlain Canal Old Saratoga village (Schylerville)
• Two VA clinics (Glens Falls and Clifton Park)
• National Bottle Museum
• Albany-Saratoga Speedway (racing cars)

Within Hour Drive:

• NY's Adirondack and Vermont's Green Mountains and fall foliage
• Albany: NYS Capital and State Museum and USS Slater (WWII Destroyer)
• Lake George Fort William Henry (this whole area is loaded with French and Indian War Sites)
• Howe's Caverns
• Iroquois Indian Museum
• Main Navy Exchange and Commissary (Route 5 in Scotia, NY)
• Whitehall (Birthplace of the US Navy)

Within a Two to Three Hour Drive

• Lake Placid (1932 & 1980 Winter Olympics)
• Hyde Park (Home of FDR)
• Plattsburg (naval battle War of 1812)
• Boston (USS Constitution)
• New London/Groton, CT (3.4 hour)
• Cooperstown (Baseball Hall of Fame)
• NY City (ground zero; USS Intrepid)
• Indian casinos
• Montreal, Canada (3.5 hours)
• West Point (site of first Submarine attack)
• Watkins Glen Speedway.