Hello everyone. Well we had a great vacation with our kids and grand kids and are now ON THE ROAD AGAIN. We left Florida on July 17 with our first major stop being near Cape May, NJ which, as most of you know, was our hometown area for over twenty years. So we visited old friends, went to the beach and just happened to be there on August 4th for the Coast Guard's 225th birthday which was quite a party. Then off to New York with a stop at the US Military Academy at West Point. We had never been there before and decided to stop for a couple of days and do a tour. We then parked in Copake NY in order to visit family in the area and on Long Island. It so happened that we stayed at the campground that was one of the first we stayed in with our 17' travel trailer in 1974 and almost the same site a loooooong time ago. The park is now a KOA and much improved. We are now in Lake George, NY a place we both visited when we were younger but haven't been here since. It is obviously a tourist area but very beautiful. So we did some sightseeing and went for a cruise on the lake on the paddle wheeler Minne-Ha-Ha. Then to finish off we had a nice dinner at the Boathouse Restaurant. One of our favorite restaurants in the Cape May area was the Boathouse in Wildwood. So anytime we see a Boathouse Restaurant we feel we have to dine there. Well tomorrow we are off to Cape Cod.
A FEW PICTURES FROM THE WILDWOOD CREST BEACH
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| A CONDO WE WOULDN'T MIND OWNING |
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| HAD PLENTY OF SUNDAES HERE |
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| CONCERT ON THE LAWN AT HAWK HAVEN WINERY |
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CAPE MAY HAS CHANGED NOW HAS A BREWERY
AS WELL AS WINERIES |
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| COAST GUARD DAY CELEBRATION EVEN HAD THE PHILLY FANATIC |
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| THE MAINSTAY BandB THROUGH THE TREES. |
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| DESSERT |
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LOOKING OUT OVER THE MARINA AT TWO MILE POINT
ANOTHER OF OUR FAVORITE WATERING HOLES |
OUR VISIT TO WEST POINT
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| THE CHAPEL |
AT THE CEMETERY
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| THE SUPERINTENDENTS HOUSE ON THE PARADE FIELD |
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| LOOKING UP THE HUDSON |
THE THAYER HOTEL IS PRIVATELY OWNED BUT LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE ACADEMY. IT IS A GRAND OLD BUILDING AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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| THE VIEW FROM THE ROOFTOP BAR |
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| THE BEER MENU |
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| CHILLIN OUT |
COPAKE NY STOP
HILLROCK DISTILLERY
They are now the only one in The Hudson Valley which before prohibition had many distilleries. This disstilery produces small batch Bourbon, Rye and Single Malt (scotch). The also grow all the grains they use.
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| THE STILL |
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| my sister-in -law Barbara and me in the barrel room |
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| THE FINISHED PRODUCT |
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| MY BROTHER-IN-LAW FRANKS LAWN MOWERS AT WORK |
LAKE GEORGE
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| THE VIEW UP LAKE GEORGE |
WOODEN BOAT SHOW
Some of these are old restored boats others are new replicas
Obviously not wood but one of the first fiberglass production Chris Craft
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| ONE OF THE NEW BOATS |
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| A HYDROPLANE ALMOST AS OLD AS ME |
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THE NEW CRUISER
Lac du Saint Sacrement |
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| ONE OF MANY PARA SAILORS |
SOME SMALL LAKESIDE HOMES
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| THE BOATHOUSE RESTAURANT |
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| THE LAUNCH FROM THE BOATHOUSE |
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THE MINNE-HA-HA
That we cruised on |
