History, Barns, and the SUGAR SHACK

  Tuesday we woke up and headed to “Fort Ticonderoga” in New York.   We crossed from VT to NY on a ferry across the Lake Champlain, it took about 6 minutes.   One house at the crossing was made from rocks scavenged at the fort after about 1900. In the fort we learned about the history of the fort and the revolutionary war.  We saw  a reenactment of the soldiers how they loaded the muskets, how they stood in lock position as they shot.   That means three soldiers stood together one behind the other, one would be down to shoot, the next would stand behind with his foot touching the back foot of the first one, the third also was standing and leaning out away from the second and touching his shoulder with his raise elbow.   All the men were locked together so they would know exactly were everyone was.    After a couple of hours we got a burger and headed EAST.  We couldn’t resist an apple farm and a maple (pure maple) ice cream cone called a CREAMY.   Back on the road we past a house we thought was the scary house from the show PHYCO (in the 1960’s)   Through the middle of the state of VT to see some maple SUGAR SHACKS. Verne, again, couldn’t resist climbing on a tractor and noticing the rural beauty of old barns and just imagining the possibilities of  the things that could be stored in them. We are really looking forward to our ride to Sharon,VT tomorrow.  The birthplace of the Prophet Joseph Smith.   His family couldn’t have lived in a more beautiful area.   We will have a wonderful Wednesday!!!