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 fuzzy picture … we thought these were cattle until the last minute while driving

There was a back-up at the US border entering New York, where we were asked for our vehicles registration for the first time.

On our short, 13 mile, trip through extreme northeast New York state took us through the small, but charming town of Rouses Point where an antique car show was in progress.

And some beautiful sailboats lay at anchor in this far northern section of Lake ChamplainCrossing a bridge we passed an old fort sitting on an island

As we crossed the state line into Vermont and the community of Alburg, which bills itself as the location of the 45 parallel, the line of latitude halfway between the equator and the north pole.  Although it has a few industrial buildings along Route 11, it is mostly farm land accented with a few old barns,

abandoned campers

and a boat repair shop.

We were a bit surprised at the steady stream of bikers hugging both sides of the fairly narrow road leading to Grand Isle.

Arriving at our campground where we’ll be staying through the 4th,

and, NO, it’s not that type of “adult” campground … it just means, “No Children”

we were delighted with our incredible campsite (#17) which looks out over Lake Champlain toward the New York shoreline.

We took full advantage of the view just during the afternoon

and watched nature put on a spectacular sunset show.

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