Dominika grew up in Poland. She always dreamed of visiting the United States and finally did. During that trip she visited the Adirondacks and made many friends, including her future husband George. They live together in Saranac lake with their three children, Margaret, John and Augustus.

Although she never thought she’d live in the Adirondacks, Dominika has always had a connection to the woods back home where her family enjoyed a lakeside retrea...