Driving to Boston

 We said goodbye to our dear sweet friends, Dale and Irene Burnett in New York and headed to Fort Ticonderoga on Tuesday morning, September 22nd.

Amish horse and buggy going down the street on our way out of town.

Beautiful lake houses at Saranac Lake.

Fort Ticonderoga had a musket demonstration while we were there. Leather breeches and all!

It was a great collection of armorment from all over the world as they tried to reconstruct the fort. 

More cannons to look at

 The displays were really very good.

I found a diorama -a-Rama upstairs-- lots of old dioramas. Cool ( now they show movies in museums to help you picture what happened back then.)

Check out the poured glass panes. These bubbled ones were throughout the fort.

We didn't spend a LOT of time in the fort/museum/gift shop. Instead, we drove to Mount Defiance and looked over the views ... after missing the turn on the way there and getting a bit lost for a few minutes, driving by MORE lake houses and waterfront properties. Fun little detour.

The cannons above are pointing/aiming down at the fort. Some of the cannons they used took 6 pounds of gunpowder per blast!

Looking left, looking right. It's Lake Champlaine

There is so much stone. Everywhere. Even the concrete pavilion/lookout area floor was poured around the existing rocks/boulders.

A castle -looking building in the town that is the birth of the US Navy. So they say. In Vermont, I Believe.

A train came by on our drive to Boston. 

It was a long drive filled with slow speed limits that frustrated Mike, very little freeway, lots of trees and rolling mountains, a good meal at a roadside stand, many pretty lakes, and absolutely NO deer, moose, bear. ...though there were signs to warn us of those critters that might possibly be crossing the road. They did not.  We also had slow traffic as we neared Boston.

We had originally planned to see the State Historical Park/battlefield at Saratoga on our way, but determined that we'd seen enough

museum and war-time history for the day and needed to move forward. The Ticonderoga fort was big, expensive and private/non-profit. We also opted out of an expensive meal and chose the roadside stand instead. I'd hoped it was closer, but not sure.  It was still a long day of driving for Mike. I had a nap attack along the way. Luckily, he did not. 

Anyway, we have a funny-shaped corner - ish room in Quincy for the next 5 nights and got here in time to unpack, catch up on email, phone calls, blogging and BYU sports.

On to MORE  US history tomorrow!! No better way to celebrate America's 250, right?

the view from the entry

The view from the opposite corner. Odd wall art

Our strangely-configured room. No closet. Not a single towel rack in the bathroom. (!)

The views from sitting on the bed.