Sept 7, 2012 Vermont

The roads in the Catskills were way to narrow and winding for the bus, so we left the Catskills and moved on the Vermont.

The Catskills Catamount Peoples Museum. A home made peoples museum constructed in the form of a lounging bobcat using cut offs from local mills. The size is 30 feet long x 20 feet high x 12 feet deep. The inside was to house materials from local history, but only a few items, like old bottles were in it. It was a bit overgrown, but really cool. It was in the town of Catskill New York.

 

We left Kaaterskill, Palenville-the land of Rip Van Winkle, Catskill, went thru the Adirondack Park ski area and on to Vermont. The Lake Champlain bridge. The GPS took us toward it, our map said the bridge was out and there was a free ferry till it was rebuilt.  We were not sure if the ferry would take the  bus. But when we arrived  it had been re built into a beautiful new bridge. Lake Champlain is the source of the Hudson river and the border of northern New York and Vermont.  It is 400 feet deep, 120 miles long  and a quarter to 12 miles wide.  Even has its own lock ness monster called Champ.

John on the shores of Lake Champlain. The low spot in Vermont. The trails in the park are covered with tree canopies.

Button Point   and Button Island at dusk. Button Bay , button point and Button island are named after these stone concretions in the rocks on them.

Lake Champlain, the bus at Button Bay state park, Vermont.