Fri., Aug. 21, 2009 - Brunswick, ME to Lake Bomoseen at Castleton, VT
A good day for traveling far on mostly interstates. We continued South on I-295 almost to Portsmouth, NH then connected with I-95. Turned NW onto I-89, traveling in the rain almost all the way through New Hampshire. Things noticed in New Hampshire: Seat belts are only required for those under 18 years of age. Rest areas contain state liquor stores. Some of their state signs promote using common sense. I didn’t see any references to “Live Free or Die”.
In Vermont, we left the Interstate and got on Hwy 4. We started climbing almost immediately. The rain had stopped and we saw some fantastic foggy mountain scenes.
The town of Woodstock was maybe the prettiest small town we’ve ever seen. Will Google this place when time permits. The high elevation town of Killington was definitely ski country. Lots of ski lifts, ski shops (Aspen East, etal.), etc.
Rolled down the mountain into Rutland. Stopped long enough for pizza to go.
Continued West to Castleton, then North to Lake Bomoseen. Guess what? The office was about to close (they turned out the lights after us) … I think that again, we got their last site. Our luck continues to hold.
Before turning in for the day we heard singing coming from the site next to ours. It was very good. I thought it was a radio tuned to country music. There were two guys singing and one guitar. I think they sang every song that Hank Williams ever wrote. Rita and I walked over and joined them. It was a combination of three families; one from St. Johnsville, NY, located just below the Adirondack Mountains Park. The other two families were from New Hampshire.
Our campground was just about 8 miles from the eastern edge of New York state.
Sat., Aug. 22, 2009 - Castleton, VT to Nobleboro, NY
After swapping names and addresses with our new friends we headed west into Whitehall, NY. Another small town with a canal and a set of locks…nice.
Traveled NW to Lake George, NY. I heard about Lake George Resort area for years because of the Americade Motorcycle rally every summer. It was another huge tourist mecca. Think Gatlinburg with a 6 Flags placed in the center of it. We went to the beach part of the lake, had a picnic lunch, and some strawberry ice cream from their snack bar. Sat and watched water skiers, parasailors over the water, kids playing on the beach, and the paddlewheel tour boat taking folks around the lake.
We wanted to see more of the Adirondack Mtns before leaving the area, so we drove North on Hwy 9 to Indian Lake. Indian Lake is supposed to be the moose capitol of North America…could be…but today they hid well.
It was a great area with lots of mountain lakes.
As we traveled SW on Hwy 8, I was tiring so we pulled off into a scenic view area near Nobleboro, NY. The spot was along the confluence of two rivers, the West Canada and the Jessup rivers. Another awesome spot for the night.
Fired up the generator to heat up some pizza.
ATTACHMENTS:
TOP - West Canada Creek campsite at lower end of Adirondack Park in NY
MIDDLE - Rita in Lake George
BOTTOM - Village of Whitehall, NY
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