Lake George, a 3 Hour Tour

Indy is visiting another day care while we do another tourist day. We started with a visit to Fort William Henry. The fort was burned down by the French after the siege and massacre of the British soldiers in 1757. This fort was rebuilt on the same site from the original plans to attract tourists to the town of Lake George. Our tour included two very interesting interpreters in period clothing. They fired a Brown Bess and a 6 pound cannon. Although the cannon was only loaded with two pounds of black powder, it was very loud. After wandering around the fort for a while, we went to lunch overlooking Lake George. The main reason for visiting Lake George today was to take a 2 1/2 hour boat ride to see the lake. The forecast when we bought the ticket was only a light chance for rain. It was cloudy, but no rain, ….. until we started walking to board the Mohican for the tour. The rain is hard enough that we can not see across the lake. Les was glad he didn’t bring the camera with a telephoto lens. Cell phone camera will do fine. The tour reinforced how much the rich have it all. The vast majoriety of the shoreline is owned by millionares and billionares. Many of the houses removed are replaced by high dollar resorts. The State of New York parks does have two campgrounds on the shore and about 20% of the 200 islands, many of the islands have boat-in camp sites. The rain never let up during the tour.Læs mere