Day 2 Lake George

We went to Ft. Ticonderoga which was a fort built by

the french in 1755-1758.  Ticonderoga was the gateway

through which nations passed in war and in peace.  For a 

generation spanning the French and Indian War and the 

American Revolution this post on Lake Champlain 

guarded the narrow water highway connecting Canada 

with Britain's American colonies.  Whichever nation controlled

Ticonderoga controlled America.

During the French and Indian War Britain and France fought to possess Ticonderoga as a 

launching point for each nation's aim of continental conquest.  In the American Revolution

Fort Ticonderoga was the scene of America's first victory in its struggle for independence 

and the United States' northern stronghold protecting New York and New England from

British invasion from Canada.

A soldier stands guard

An inside view of the Fort

I loved these windows

Bryce up inside the Fort

Beautiful view of the King's Garden outside the Fort

We spent the rest of the day at a Six Flags Indoor Waterpark.

The only pictures I took were of the boys surfing!

Tanner trying a trick to go from his knees to a sitting

position.  He also got good at laying on his stomach and rolling

over twice and landing back upright again.  

Bryce doing a trick (pulling the board out and back in)

without crashing

Surfing the wave

The next morning we got back in the car and drove 4 hours back

to Connecticut where we had a yummy dinner with Christa's

nanny family.  Laura is Italian and also a great cook!  I can't

believe I didn't take the camera in!  We spent the night

at a hotel in Danbury, Connecticut then flew home.  It was

a wonderful week!  A week of:  Green wonderful trees, lots

of driving, togetherness, toll booths (lots of them), bridges,

waterfalls, church history sites, Spiritual experiences, more

trees, lakes, fun, a few yellow and orange leaves, nice New York

people, some not so nice New York people, bus rides (watching

rude people almost get in a fight as they are pushing and shoving

trying to get off the bus--pretty comical!) more driving, picnics,

more toll booths, roasting marshmallows at a campfire, and the

list goes on and on!