That’s an impressive looking place, Chuck. But I don’t want to read about a
battle if we lost :-)
Chris
> On 30 Aug 16, at 01:51, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> We recently returned after a 10-day trip to the Adirondacks to see our good
> friends in Queensbury, NY (this family).
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=13461
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=13461>>.
> Right next door to Glens Falls, NY, the headwaters of the Hudson River and
> made famous by James Fenimore Cooper in "The Last of the Mohicans". Glens
> Falls is the waterfall under which Natty Bumpo and crew hid from the indians.
>
> While there we went to the Sagamore Hotel on Lake George
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20693
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20693>>
>
> Not to stay at the hotel but to take a several hour cruise on the lake on one
> the Saratoga's tour boats. We stayed dry despite the threatening weather.
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20697
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20697>>
>
> I have many more pictures from the trip and may add a few more from time to
> time. I will post one picture that you won't understand unless you first
> read up on the Battle of Valcour Island
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Valcour_Island
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Valcour_Island>> There you'll learn
> (if you didn't already know) that Benedict Arnold was a hero before becoming
> a traitor. Lake Champlain is key to the Battle of Valcour Island and Lake
> Champlain parallels part of Lake George. Enjoy your New York
> state/Revolutionary War history lesson.
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