Quick Ti Tour

After our morning power walk and bicycle ride yesterday, we hopped on the Aprilia to cool off. We were thrilled to not only find that the gates to go up to the top of Mt. Defiance were open, but also that the road had been paved (it used to be so bad that I would have to stand on the pegs like a dirt bike)! It was 9 AM and social distancing wasn't a problem since we were the only ones at the summit.

Going up the steep walking path is worth the trip and the views are spectacular, even when hazy like yesterday was. 

Looking north towards Ft. Ticonderoga and the mouth of the La Chute River is in the foreground...

Looking south along the Champlain Canal...

The canons keep a vigil over Ft. Ti. Vermont is a short boat ride away, but don't try to go by car from here because the Ti cable ferry isn't running this year. That means you would either have to go to the Crown Point Bridge to the north or Whitehall to the south.

Now we know why we had good cell service up at the top...

In the distance is the paper mill or 'Oz' as we call it...

What fun it was to go down the mountain silently on the new road with the engine off. We explored some of the side roads on our way back home and found this poor old Suzuki GT 550 at an abandoned house.

We also found the Ticonderoga Municipal Airport, complete with float planes. The runway is even paved.

We came across these teenagers jumping off the lower La Chute falls. You can tell they all grew up here since they knew exactly where the deepest water was to jump in. Most of it is pretty shallow, not to mention lots of rocks. 

We never know where we will end up these days, but that's the fun of being retired. We sure are lucky we are able to do so many diversified things.