Drive Report: 0 Miles / 0:00 We’re here for the next four days.
For the first time in months (since May 22nd, actually) there was no agenda today. We had decided that after the trip to the West coast to commence the ride, the ride itself, and then touring Yorktown, Newport, Cape Cod, and the Southern Maine coast; our time here at Lake Champlain would be nothing but recovery time. No agendas and what we do each day - well, we’re gonna make it up as we go along. This was all made easy for us today as we stayed in bed till maybe 0900, it started raining at 1000, didn’t quit till about 1700 and only got to 68 degrees today. We did get out and about a little both before and after the rain. But only walking distance stuff. Given that I think the reader (1) knows what wet trees look like and (2) isn't interested in 15 pics of the interior of The Rig, there are a very limited number of pics today. But here they are...
This is what we were looking at first thing (well - if 0900 is first thing) this morning. We’re the white dot at the leading edge of the rain storm. The storm itself was nothing serious, but it moved to the East very slowly and as I said earlier didn’t clear us till about 1700. This was fine since we had already decided that today we weren’t going out much, if anything at all, away from The Rig and had a few minor things to take care of around the “house”. One of the things on my list was a nap. No pics tho - my nap photographer was in full Accounting Department mode while busy catching up on our personal finances. This involves much staring at a computer screen and no small amount of entreaties to the accounting gods that everything “balance”. Apparently Accountants as a lot value this "balance". It's quite ethereal and mysterious - involving mitocalculions. In this respect they’re much like Jedi Knights in their quest to balance the “force”. Fine - but if she starts making dinner by using “balance” to stir stuff on the stove while sitting on the couch, I might have to say something.
One of the things we did do was take a walk down to the Ferry Dock to check it out. On the way we walked right past this old house. Y'know, somebody should do a TV series on fixing up these old places and call it "This Old House". Since there are so many of 'em in the NE, maybe hire a carpenter with a New England accent to host the show. I think it would fly. Anyway - This Old House was built in 1824. It belonged to the family that ran the ferry just across the road. Quite impressive. It now belongs to the Vermont Fish and Game guys who run the "Ed Weed Fish Culture Station" right behind it With a name like "Ed Weed" he had to be good to get anything named after him.
Another shot of the ferry. This was after today's rain storm. I just love watching this thing. But we went down to the Ferry Dock this morning to check out the loading ramp. The last (only other) ferry we were on had a quite steep ramp and it caused the rear end of The Rig to drag considerably when loading - no damage tho. This one looks like a much more efficient operation overall. I think this one carries maybe twice what the one that took us over the Ohio River could carry. There are also two of them and they're in constant operation. Ya usually can't hear them, but when they reach the dock and reverse the engine to slow, it can get loud enough for us to hear inside The Rig.
The lake itself is just gorgeous. The "mountains" in the background are cool - even if they only reach maybe 1400 feet in elevation. The water is crystal clear and you saw the rocky shore line in yesterday's post. While we were down enjoying the view after the rain and before sunset, we ran into Greg and Cindy, from Pennsylvania, who have the space two over from us. We chatted 'em up for a while, traded stories, etc. Turns out that Greg enjoys reading the genre of books known as "space opera" like I do and he was able to give me a couple of good authors to check out. He's also a Stephen King fan (as am I) so I pointed him to the Gunslinger series. I think it was an even trade.
So like I said, not a lot going on today. Tomorrow we hope to get out on the scooter and use the ferry to head over to Plattsburgh, NY and check it out. First, we want to check out the other ferry landing. Second, we're just gonna go exploring.
Till next time...
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