Leaving the Finger Lakes, we drove through the Adirondack Mountains, where we stopped at Fort Ticonderoga, and made a quick trip to Vermont. The Adirondacks are gorgeous, with lakes and trees everywhere you look.
Vermont
Leaving Fort Ticonderoga, we drove North on our way to Montreal. Since Vermont was right across Lake Champlain from us, we made a brief stop there so I could get the photo op and say I'd been to Vermont. Obviously I didn't get to see near enough of it, which leaves me with a great excuse to go back.
I know Brigham Young said that the Salt Lake Valley was "The Place, but someone in the Adirondacks begs to differ...
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga was originally built by the French during the French and Indian War in the late 1750's. Later on during that war it was captured by the British and held until captured by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys during the American Revolution. In 1775, Colonel Henry Knox came to Ticonderoga to get the cannons that were hauled overland during a harsh winter and used to safeguard and save Boston from the British.
Leaving Fort Ticonderoga, we drove North on our way to Montreal. Since Vermont was right across Lake Champlain from us, we made a brief stop there so I could get the photo op and say I'd been to Vermont. Obviously I didn't get to see near enough of it, which leaves me with a great excuse to go back.
Looking across Lake Champlain and back to New York.
In front of the Welcome to Vermont sign.
Fuzzy view of the sign in front of the welcome center in Alburgh, Vermont.
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