Back Home Again Day - Day 13 (46th)

Temperatures were very similar to yesterday in that the low temperature was 54F and the high temperature was 68F, still clouds but no rain for a second day in a row.  I did require a gasoline purchase today, unfortunately at the price of $3.839/gallon.  The view from atop Mt Defiance was quite breathtaking as one can see in the photo, the visit to Fort Ticonderoga, and the stop in Bethel, site of the Woodstock Event made it a very good day.
Mileage for the Maine portion of the trip added up to 1953 miles for the thirteen (13) day trip or 150 miles/day, exactly half the average of the Washington portion of the trip.  The total mileage for the two trips combined added up to 11550 miles.
States visited on the Maine portion of the trip were Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont bringing the state total for the entire trip to twenty-six (26).
This concludes the daily entries to the blog until another trip is planned?  I hope everyone who visited the blog enjoyed the photos and tidbits of information from the sites across the United States that were visited.  These four trips that I have taken since my retirement have been both enjoyable and enlightening to me.
I also hope to add some panoramic photos at a later date along with other pertinent data from my trip.

This is the Traveller signing off for now!

Woodstock Music and Arts Fair Monument

This picture of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair Monument was taken at the site of Woodstock Music Festival at the intersection of Hurd Road and West Shore Road off State Road 17B in Bethel, New York.  I am being so specific here because the address of this site on the internet is not all that clear, at least for me it wasn't.  The Woodstock Museum is located at the Bethel Woods Center of the Arts building off Hurd Road approximately a half mile from the Monument.  The Woodstock Music Festival was a three (3) day event on August 15, 16, &  17, 1969.  I for one had headed out to Indiana for college at that time.  The stage location where the performers sang and played their music was down the hill and to the left of this monument.  West Shore Road to the upper far left in the photo had a bridge constructed above the road where the performers entered the stage.  There were many Rock and Roll Hall Performers here including The Grateful Dead, The Who, The Band, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) and Creedence Clearwater Revival to name a few.  As Joni Mitchell lyrics states in a CSN tune 'we were half a million strong' shows just how big this event was!

Fort Ticonderoga

This picture of the Officers Quarters was taken at Fort Ticonderoga off Route 74 just two (2) miles East of downtown Ticonderoga, New York.  Fort Ticonderoga was originally Fort Carillon built by the French between 1754 and 1757 during the French and Indian War.  The Fort was again used in both the Great Britain & France conflicts and also during the American Revolutionary War.  In May of 1775, the state militia under the command of Ethan Allen & Benedict Arnold and along with the Green Mountain Boys captured the Fort in a surprise attack against Great Britain.  The name 'Ticonderoga' is an Iroquois word meaning a junction of two waterways, in this case a river portage on La Chute River between Lake Champlain and Lake George.

Mt Defiance View

This picture was taken at the top of Mt Defiance located at the end of Defiance Street and to the right up the rough paved road in Ticonderoga, New York.  The view of Fort Ticonderoga (photo center), Lake Champlain, and Vermont (photo background) was quite spectacular as one can see from the photo.

A Back in the US....NY Day - Day 12 (45th)

Temperatures continue to head South as the low temperature dropped to 53F and the high temperature only got to 69F today, but at least the rain decided to take a nap.  There still were some clouds hanging around though as and one can see in the photos.  I am hoping that the last gasoline purchase of $3.709/gallon was pumped today.  This was quite a busy day as visits were made to Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks in Montpelier, Vermont, Green Mountain Coffee Visitor Center & Cafe and Ben & Gerry's Cowmobile, both of which sites are in Waterbury, Vermont.  To top it off, a stop at Chimney Point/Crown Point, site of the 2011 version of the Lake Champlain Bridge was made.  Lake Champlain is really a beautiful Lake and I have to say that the people picking the Bridge site here came through on this one.
My plans are to visit Fort Ticonderoga today and if time permits visit Bethel, the Rock Music mecca site.  The final leg of the trip is ending for the Kia Soul today!
Take care!

The Traveller!

Sunset on Lake Champlain

This picture of Lake Champlain was taken from the walkway on the 2011 Lake Champlain Bridge that connects Chimney Point, Vermont to Crown Point, New York.  The New York landscape is in the background.  This is such a beautiful area, it is no wonder that the Bridge was constructed here.  One can really enjoy a majestic view from either Vermont or New York side from this vantage point.

2011 Lake Champlain Bridge

This picture of the 2011 Lake Champlain Bridge was taken from the ruins of Fort St Frederic in Crown Point State Historic Site, New York.  The 2011 Lake Champlain Bridge, which opened on November 7, 2011, is built from weatherized steel that reduces risk of corrosion and does not require paint maintenance.  The Bridge center section of modified network tied arch design is reminiscent of the 1929 Lake Champlain landmark Bridge which was demolished in 2009.  In addition there is a walkway on both sides of the Bridge, very nice indeed!