Day 42 Lake George, NY
The sun was shining brightly as we woke up this morning under the canopy of tall trees here in Lake George. This is how a campground should look ...like you're part of a forest.
Campsite in Lake George
We headed down to the village to board the Mohican for a one hour ride around the lower section of the 32 mile lake. There were only a handful of passengers, all about our age. The lake was calm, winds were light and the sun was shining brilliantly. Just perfect for a nice, peaceful lake cruise...
Tour boats in Lake George
Just before it got noisy
Fort William Henry in Lake George
Then just before they cast off the mooring lines a bus pulled up....a bus full of MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS. Oh my. They boarded with the chaperones and teachers, sat down and ate their lunches....lunches with LOTS of sugary snacks, lots. As the boat pulled away from the dock our last means of escape was gone and we were to spend the next hour with a hundred or so 5th and 6th graders...who just ate...sugar.
The captain was narrating, I think. I recall faintly hearing his voice amid the yelling, giggling, running, stomping, stair-climbing, jumping din...maybe. The teachers sat and talked, the kids were only being kids without restrictions. To escape some of the noise we walked out onto the open stern. I was a little concerned because they were running from one end of the three tier ship to the other and jumping down the stairways .I was afraid one of them would fall overboard. I asked Jim (aka Mr. Grumpy) what he would do if one fell in. I guess he was a little frazzled by them because this former life guard and All-State swimmer said, "Let him drown!" Nah, really folks, trust me, he'd be the first one in the water.
When we neared the dock to get off I noticed that the dozen or so of us 'elderly' people were all in front trying to get off as fast as possible. We were all complaining. We just wished we had been told that a large group of kids were coming, we'd have probably taken a later cruise. We laughed with some of the other passengers that when we were that age in Catholic school, if the nun said to sit and be quiet, we'd go into full rigor mortis. Or else.
We headed back to the RV, had a sandwich for lunch and headed back out for a ride up to the northern end of the lake. We rode about 50 miles up to Fort Ticonderoga. Really a pretty lakeside ride. Oh, the lakeside homes! Many homes are priced in the millions.
Pricey real estate
Outside Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga
Covered bridge in Ticonderoga NY
Jim and Norman
You've seen the Roaming Gnome commercial?
Back at the RV we grilled salmon for dinner. Jim, who never liked salmon is now absolutely crazy about it. Weird. The good thing is, he's learned how to grill it perfectly...now, if I can just get him to keep this up when I get home.
Tonight, it has started to rain. Tomorrow's weather is going to be rainy so we are heading over to New Hampshire and most probably will end up in the Lake Winnipesaukee area.
