Wow, it has been almost a month since I posted last. Unfortunately, that is because we have had lots of rain and have been doing projects and "routine stuff" (as my mother used to called it). However, we had a great few days up in Ticonderoga with friends Arlyne and Charlie who live in Cape Coral and were visiting in their Airstream campervan. We road toured the area including the Champlain Bridge and the Fort St. Frederic ruins in the Crown Point Reservation, along with a boat ride out on Lake George in Moxie. Our highlight of their stay was our walk to see the beaver action on the upper LaChute River and we had more sightings than we have ever had before! One was so close that it gave us a big tail slap, alerting the rest of its kin to watch out. Arlyne and Charlie also got a tour of our Glenville property, but the rain set in again, so their time here was short. It was fantastic to get together again with them, as it had been more than 10 years since we had seen them and stayed at their dock in their canal when we were cruising on New Horizon.
This past week we finally had some nice hot weather and went back to Ticonderoga. We spent one day in Foxie on Lake Champlain, launching in Westport, and cruising north to Split Rock Point, then over to McNeil Cove, and Converse and Kingsland Bays in Vermont. We headed back south on the east side of the lake and into Basin Harbor before ending up near Button Island. The water was pretty weedy and turbid from the recent rain, so for old times' sake from our cruising days with our dachshund Scooter, we anchored off the little island we call the 'Button Hole'. It certainly was calm that day, but you can tell that storms were moving in.
The following day we kayaked from Hague on Lake George, down to Arcady Bay, viewing all our favorite camps, boat houses, and wooden boats (photos can be seen in posts from previous years). It was a super hot day and we planned on swimming off one small island, but unbeknownst to us, gulls had nested on the island and we couldn't get near it as the parents were dive bombing us! Luckily, we found a sandy, shallow spot to take a quick dip to cool off, and then headed back to the house to turn on the a/c and do inside chores and a few upgrades.
Friday was another scorcher of a day, but we had to get work done outside the house with tree trimming with the pole saw, along with mowing, weeding and bush trimming. We completely filled up our utility trailer with brush...more like overfilled it. 😉 Now we should be set for a long time (hopefully). We completed those projects just in time before a huge thunderstorm moved in. The lightning was amazing and one of our town beach lifeguards shot this photo...
Yesterday was a perfect day to take the Thunderbird to Old Forge for A.C.B.S.'s 31st Annual Fulton Chain Rendezvous. This is an antique and classic boat show held on the Fulton Chain of Lakes, starting from the protected 'Pond' into lakes 1 through 4. This was our first time for us, and we have decided that next year we will bring Flash to be on display and perhaps even spend a couple of nights there exploring this area in the Adirondacks. Below are some photos of the unique boats, including the start of the parade led by the local fireboat.
We also met up with Mike Glenn, who is the president of our local antique outboard club. He represented the club with a few of his outboards and his Neiman Marcus plexiglass pram.
At 8:00 this morning we were out kayaking on Lake George again, before the boaters had a chance to 'wake' us. By 9 AM we were swimming off the north side of Anthony's Nose! We knew storms were predicted, so to beat the southbound weekend traffic we came back to Glenville early, arriving and settling in with 5 minutes to spare before the thunder started yet again. It may be rainy but things sure are green around here. We try to stay positive and do what we can when the weather allows. Like where we were yesterday, we are 'forging' ahead!
