Day 24, Oct.12, 2023 East Coast Trip.

It was a tad warmer today by 4° so the early-morning temperatures did not get below 50 degrees. The sky was partly cloudy and we did have some sun on and off during the ride to to Schenectady.

 

Our Campsite along the Mohawk River (reflection in center)

The Waterloo Covered bridge in Hillsborough NH.  NH has 52 of them.

 We travelled to New York state via Vermont and numerous roads and highways. It was a slow trip but that was a good thing as we drove through many winding roads in Vermont and New Hampshire to get to the Hudson River and crossing into New York. (Albany is just north of here.) Actually, the border of New York where we crossed was the site of the Revolutionary war Battle between the New Hampshire militia and the redcoats. 1778)  It was Gen. Stark (we mentioned him before) fighting against Burgoyne's British troops whom he had sent to destroy the militias of the northern colonies. Burgoyne's strategy was to split the colonies in half by attacking from the north. This did not work as General Starks troops not only outnumbered the red coats and the Brunswick's, but they annihilated them and Burgoyne was never able to reestablish his armies strength again (the Brunswick's we're conscripted after Britain won a war with a European Kingdom, and four regiments we're assigned to the Redcoats and shipped to the colonies to fight for England.

Dee's Place in Deering NH (Salon)

 

A New Hampshire barn,,,enroute

One of those windy ,hilly roads.(Not much  color)

Ruth loves to take barn photos and has an eye for them. (Finding them)

So along the way we did see a number of historical sites of the past and historical buildings of today. We liked the tall trees along the road sides as we zoomed along 25 to 30 mph with the trailer in tow. We noticed  the scenery change quite radically from the tall timbers close to the roads in New Hampshire and that in Southern Vermont, there were many trees without leaves already and very few reds and yellows of the maples.   Farming began to increase  in S. Vermont and New York. The photos will show the bleak colors..  As we eased into New York heading for the Hudson river, we noticed the land opened up and became less hilly and flat.

Schenectady is known for Thomas Edison  who founded what would become the General Electric Co. Also for George Westinghouse  invented the rotary engine and air brakes. (And more) Schenectady was a Dutch-English settlement and was subject to many French attacks in thelate 1600’s. 

Another barn in this one in VT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Barrington is a large city on the route although we pretty much skirted that as we moved from road to road only using a freeway for 2 miles as we approached Albany and Schenectady.

MIRACLE: two days ago we told you that we had lost a chip from the camera and could not find it. We had searched by going over the seats of the car, on the ground and all the places we thought it might have been lost. Today when Ruth was getting ready to leave in the morning, she went over all of the equipment that lay at her feet during our trip. That includes a large camera and lens, a smaller camera, a pair of binoculars, and a telescopic lens in a case. When she helps to hitch up the trailer and take down the chocks, she uses gloves. These soft work gloves usually are in the trailer with the chocks. But for some reason they were in the truck by the cameras we mentioned. As she went to put on her gloves …low and behold, the missing chip was in the glove. Who knows how it got there? Finding it  was fun and we were very happy as it had some photos on it yet to be downloaded.

I actually could not tell you what the last four roads we traveled on, were. They came up so fast I could not keep track what the names or numbers were. I do know we arrived where we were supposed to on” Van Buren Lane” at about 3 o'clock. The trip was only 0 miles, but took about five hours because of the speed at which it was safe to travel.

Brad met us in his office, a small building by the edge of the park. All went well and we headed for site number 12 which overlooks the Mohawk River. A historic river in both the Revolution and In days afterward. The Mohawk tribe used this waterway as a main source of transportation. The Mohawk Valley was their home although their territory ranged from Québec to the Great Lakes to the Massachusetts colony, the St. Lawrence river.

Our camp site is a very peaceful site with the river out front while the park is not heavily forested but with many cottonwood trees whose leaves are falling. When you walk in them they crackle and crunch.

Tomorrow we expect to doing laundry as we're running out of most everything. Then in the  afternoon head for the Hudson River where we located a falls named Coheo where the Mohawk River empties into the Hudson River. This fall is the  2nd longest fall in the United States and second only to Niagara . It is 1000 feet wide, and 65 feet high. I hope to show some photos tomorrow so come back again. Thanks for reading—Jim