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I love to be adventuresome and take a vacation where I do not know where I am going to go and I do not have a schedule.  This year the vacation was to New York State.  I knew I was going to go to Lake George and Lake Champlain.  But from there, I was not sure if I was going to go left (Vermont) or right (1000 Islands).  Originally, I had hoped to go as far as Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.  But it became evident that time restraints were going to keep me in the US.  Which was a good thing as my little diversion to Canada was not too well received by customs.  Come ON-it made me glad to be where there is freedom to move between borders without multiple questions and accusations.

OK, so I made it up to Glens Falls the first day which is at the southern end of Lake George.  I stayed at a very nice MOM/POP motel called the “Town and County” Inn.  I like to stay at local business places because I believe in supporting local economy and the owners are very gracious.  They directed me to a good place for breakfast the next day and after having breakfast, something told me to go back to the room & check it.  I did, but everything seemed to be fine.  So on I went.  Later to find that I had left my cell phone plugged into the wall….

I got to Fort Ticonderoga and  I visited it.  An ancestor of mine had been in the battle during 1776 there.  Captain James Orcutt.  I felt the vibrations in the ground.  Also there was a glorious garden called the “King’s Garden” and I took many photographs there as it was so beautiful.

I stayed in Plattsburg that night and the next morning I did a side trip to Ausable Chasm in the Adirondacks and then headed to Sarancac Lake and Lake Placid.  These routes were state roads and very scenic.  I stayed in Lake Placid and found it to be an exciting village as well as a scenic
delight.  When I go on these trips, I generally take samples of my work along and make calls on the local shops and galleries.  Lake Placid was a good place to do this.

I left here and headed on a State Route 86 through the Adirondacks to Paul Smiths.  The name intrigued me and I wanted to see it.  It is a college that specializeds in forestry and hotel management and now has a 4 year degree program.     Not much is there except beautiful trails and roads and vistas and a college !

I continued  north on State Route 30 until I came to the Eisenhower Locks on the St. Lawrence River.  At Cornwall I crossed the bridge into Canada.  My trip through customs was not so pleasant.  The customs agent simply could not understand why I was coming to Canada for an afternoon and then returning.  I guess he thought I was exercising my pharmacy license !

I drove down the river on the Canadian side and returned as soon as I could at Prescott.
Again my trip through customs was not so good.  I was glad to be back in the US where I did not have to be questioned as if I were a criminal.  Guess I must look like one!

I stayed in Morristown which is a nice little town in the Thousand Island area.  I ate at a
town diner where the specialty of the day was a mac & 3 cheese dish-it was quite good.

The weather on that Saturday became quite nasty and I headed down to Lake Ontario-got a glimpse of it  before I picked up Interstate 81 and headed down to Lake Cayuga in the Finger Lakes.  By then it had cleared up some but I came on down to Binghamton to stay overnight and then on home the next day.

I took lots of pictures and had the type of adventure that I love to do-just flying by the seat of my pants and going where the wind takes me.

Try it !  It is so liberating and so exciting.  Even if you just do it overnight, you will get the feeling of adventure.