On Saturday the 7th July we headed home through Lake Placid. My sisters of course had been before. When the Olympics were there they had gone to watch some of the Ski racing. That's the 1980 Olympics not the 1932. It is a very nice city but busy even in the Summer. It served to remind me of the number of low skilled people around Toronto who do not have jobs today thanks to the NDP who saw to it we did not get the 1996 games. Enough political comment.
On the way to Lake Placid we stopped at the Quechee Gorge. I understand it is about 1000 feet down. The camera does not really show how deep it is.
Quechee Gorge
Kelly stayed in the car but I got a picture of most of the Ladies
The Burlington to Port Kent Ferry
Looking back at Burlington
Nice looking Canadian boat on Lake Champlain
The Ausable Chasm more to come
I took a video of The Chasm in the hope it would bring it to life. You be the judge.
I did not take many pictures in Lake Placid. Below is The Boat House were we had a excellent dinner. The Crown Plaza drove us there and back.
Having gone to Mass Saturday night we got off early Sunday, about 10:00. Trish and I decided to go across Wolfe Island. We avoid the ferries each time we go to The Thousand Islands and thought it would be fun to be on the boats themselves.
When we got to Cape Vincent we found out the boat would not leave at 2:00 but as soon as it got in. We got our lunch to go and drove on to the Ferry. We were the only car. This was a very good idea and was probably going to cut time off our trip.
Cape Vincent Ferry coming to US full, but went to Canada with one car
Feeling very good about ourselves and our decision we headed for the Wolfe Island Ferry. The line up was a little more then one car. we drove about a mile parked and asked the nice lady sitting in the car in front of us if we were in the Kingston Ferry line. She said yes but we would not make it on the 2:30. We should get on the 3:30. So much for saving any time.
The wait was very pleasant and we had time to get an ice cream cone. Once on the ferry we had an uneventful trip home. The next day Toronto got more rain in one hour then the record for any rain total for the month of July. Most of the city lost power. we got ours back Wednesday while my sisters had to wait for Thursday.
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