Fort Tiacondaroga

Our room last night in Postdam, NY was done Victorian style and looked out unto the river. The design on the chair backs was very similar to the love seat and rocker in our house.
No rain today as we continued through New York. We spend a little time in Lake Placid walking the main street which led us to the Olympic Museum. Lake Placid hosted the 1932 and 1980 winter Olympics. There is memorabilia from those Olympics as others. It was interesting to see how the equipment has changed over the years. Of course there was a video playing of the great USA hockey win in 1980.
Our next stop was Fort Tiacondaroga located on Lake Champlaign. The fort was built in 1758 and was the site of a major battle between the French and British to have control of the lake as it was the connector between New York City and Montreal. On the grounds leading up to the fort the trenches made by the French are very evident 250 or so years later. That's what the photo is. The fort and battle field were used again 20 years later during the Revolutionary War. The information said that some of the men fought both times.
To get across the lake, we took an open air ferry. It holds maybe 8 cars. The sign says to watch your children--be a good idea as there is only a chain across each end!
Now we are in Burlington, Vermont. We are going to wait out the tropical storm rain tomorrow so hopefully will post again and we will be all caught up!