Rick & Carol's Journey (DL)

On Friday, we drove into the Adirondak mountains, and stopped for the day near Lake Placid, New York, home of the 1932 and 1980 winter Olympic games. We toured the Olympic ski jump area, taking a ski lift to the top of the hill, then an elevator and stairs to the top of the ski jump facility -- it's higher than it looks on TV, and you have a great view of the surrounding countryside. It was a pleasant, cool evening, so after leaving the Olympic park we strolled through the tourist strip in downtown Lake Placid.

Today we drove to Lake Bomoseen, Vermont. En route, we stopped to see Ft. Ticonderoga. Unfortunately, today was a reenactment day and the fort and its environs were incredibly crowded. We did visit a number of vendor tents with period items for sale, but decided against waiting in a lengthy line for tickets into the fort. Maybe we'll catch it on another trip.

As you can tell, we have WiFi this evening, so we have caught up on e-mail, on-line banking, blogging, etc. Tomorrow we leave for two days outside Montpelier, Vermont, then two nights in Bangor, Maine, before proceeding to St. Andrew, New Brunswick, where we will join our Winnebago caravan on Friday.