Monthly Archives: July 2012

July 6 – Singer and Boldt Castles

We took a boat trip on the St. Lawrence Seaway through the Thousand Islands … actually; there are 1,864 islands in the river north of Lake Ontario.  There are three conditions to be classified as an island: (a) it must … Continue reading

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July 5 – Grand Isle, VT to Henderson harbor, NY

Leaving Grand Isle, we opted to take the ferry across Lake Champlain to Plattsburgh. Enroute, it gave us a chance to look back at the jetty where we’d had coffee each of the past three mornings  … watching the ferries … Continue reading

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July 4 – Happy 236th Birthday America … Local – Storm – Fireworks

After several days of trying we found Hyde Log Cabin, only a few miles from our campground on Grand isle.  It is documented as one of the oldest log cabin homes in the nation. Built (circa) 1783 by Jedediah Hyde, … Continue reading

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July 3 – Grand Isle – Northwestern Vermont

I did a little research on Lake Champlain today.  Occasionally referred to by locals as the “sixth” Great Lake, Lake Champlain was “discovered” by Samuel Champlain in 1609.  It is 125 miles long, by an average of 14 miles wide … Continue reading

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July 2 – Lake Champlain – Relaxing

After getting up, we took our coffee down to the water and sat until around 10:30 chatting with one of our campground neighbors, watching a mother duck and her brood swim by and the auto ferries shuttling back and forth … Continue reading

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July 1 – Back to the USA

The relative short drive from the Montreal area south to Vermont passed through miles of scenic farm lands, mostly dedicated to corn. However, we did spot some “cattle” which when we got closer turned out to be buffalo. Pardon the … Continue reading

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