Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Vermont Home - At Last

After all the corn fields, hills, starter problems and tollways we finally arrived.

Not everyone has RV hookups...


... a great lake front complete with a perfect canine family member but Jim and Doreen have all of that and they are the prefect friends.


When we arrived Jim took us to a great dining experience on lake Beebe...


... where water sports is king...


... and good food is Queen.


Even the ducks love it here on the pier...


... watching the humans play.


The Lake House Pub & Grille was a great introduction to the area. It sits on the shore of Lake Bomoseen on Vermont Route 30.


After a nice lunch Jim drove us north and west...


...through some beautiful farm country...


...next to verdant fields past a small general store ...


... to a place you can cruise lower lake Champlain ...


... on a really cool boat named "The Carillon."


There were sunflowers blooming...


... a fantastic old stone building...


... and even a Van Gogh looking scene with a boat.


We were at Larrabee's Point in Shoreham, Vermont ...


... and while Jim read a marker ...


... the ferry was approaching.


The crew consisted of this young lady with the shirt ...


... and the gentleman with the red cap walking toward the stern (that's sailor talk for the back of the boat) while the lady secured the bow.


With the new passengers aboard and with everything secured off they went. By the way with this ferry the stern and bow are relative to the direction they are going and now the bow became the stern and the stern became the bow - whew!


Looking west the mountain peak is Mount Defiance.

Straight ahead (looking west) is the 853-foot high Mount Defiance. On the other side of it is Lake George. To the north the narrow, quarter-mile wide channel was the perfect place to build artillery batteries to curtail activity on Lake Champlain. To the west of the channel is the south-facing Fort Ticonderoga, built in 1755 by the French during the French & Indian War as a defense against the British. It guarded southern Lake Champlain and the mouth of the LaChute River, the outlet of Lake George that spills 225-feet down the northern side of Mount Defiance into Lake Champlain.


This is where you can cruise on the Carillon a nice way to venture back into history.
Come aboard the 60ft luxury vessel "Carillon." French for "Ringing Bells," this is a replica of a 1920's 1000 Island's cruise boat. Explore the historic waters of Southern Lake Champlain. Named after Samuel de Champlain, the Lake celebrated its 400th anniversary of his discovery in 2009. Let your imagination take you along with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys as they travel from Hand's Cove in Shoreham, Vermont to Willow Point on the New York shore. Learn of Nathan Beeman, Lock 12 in Whitehall New York a young lad who leads the men into Fort Ticonderoga. Lock 12 in Whitehall New YorkVisualize the capture of the fort as the Carillon pauses offshore.


Back at the Vermont home it was sprinkling when I took this picture of a float on Echo Lake ...


... and it was looking a bit dark as the day was departing making way for the evening...


... Even the clouds looked like they were ready to slumber...


... and gave way for a clear look at the stars.


The following day it was still dark in parts of the sky ...


... but as we took a drive the clouds hid from the hot sun...


... and the farms popped up on the countryside like moles in a whack-a-mole game.


Back again at the home on Echo I took a picture of an opening in the tree next to the lake viewing the hillside on the other side that really does echo sounds back.


Doreen and Jim had some wonderful plants flowering ...


... so I took some pictures as I always do...


... and I was not disappointing with the variety...


... of color and smooth lines flowers always afford.


The birds were plentiful and familiar like this Gold Finch...


... and some were old friends from our home in New England like this Cardinal.


The lake isn't huge but it isn't small either and a great place to relax in semi seclusion.


It is a great place to live and an unparalleled gift to visit with dear friends.


Even the clock on a table next to the door welcomes any visitor to a fantasy that is the Vermont woods.

No Scrabble but a Red Sox game tonight at Fenway Yippie and Yahoo!

Quote of the Day ~
One out of every 100 families in Vermont was a part owner of Ben and Jerry's. ~ Jerry Greenfield co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc..

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Have a great time..it looks beautiful there. Fantastic pictures.
Take care my friends
Ron L

Michelle said...

wish we could've been there together. IN THE SPRING!

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