Back to Valcour

Today Jim Ryan met us at the Peru boat launch ramp on Lake Champlain, just south of Plattsburgh. We hopped in the Sea Fox and spent the day exploring the coves of Valcour Island. It brought back fond memories when we went cruising in camper boats with Jim and the Metz family. We swam in a couple of different anchorages and the guys also went snorkeling just north of Smuggler's Cove. Boy did they see lots of big fish!

We had the bay all to ourselves, except for one sailboat that passed by on the other side of the rocky spit.

We ventured up to Plattsburgh Marina and had quite the surprise. We knew that there were way less boats on the lake because of the closed U/S./Canada border, but we were shocked at how few boats were at the marina docks, indicating how many Canadians normally keep their boats there.

There was not one boat on any of the moorings...

So where are all the Canadian boats? Hauled out on land in the parking lot at the marina!

On the way back to Valcour for another swim, we stopped at Crab Island to visit the monument there. The water is deep to shore, so the guys took turns holding the boat while the other went to the monument, carefully maneuvering through all the famous poison ivy that is everywhere.

Seeing the monument was really appropriate since this is such an historical area with battles fought (we are always on the lookout for musket balls hidden in all the rocks), but also because this was such a monumental day being with Jim again in these special spots where we made our own history!