Continuing traveling east across New York to Corinth in the Adirondack Mtns. Decided to take Interstate that is also a toll road. Well, first they give you no time to make a decision to get into the proper lane when entering the toll booth so we were trapped in the "Pass Only" lane with no (EZ) pass. We told a toll booth employee who just said "Tell them when you get off that you go on\ at Victor". Ok.
A couple hundred miles later, we got off and told the final toll booth the story. Why we held up the whole line we had to write our life history on her form and paid a toll of $37. We will save the receipt as the NY Toll Authority may send us a bill. Humm.
After traveling through Saratoga Springs (crowded) and through the mtns on narrow roads, we reached our destination at Alpine Lake RV Resort. This place has two lakes, a pool, bingo hall, kids' swings, etc. Many, many people looked like their RV was permanent. Nice people though.
For those of you not familiar with RV toting, the RV has its own brake system that corresponds with the truck brakes. They are adjustable. Well, our brakes on the trailer started not responding to the truck brakes which of course with 13,000 lbs pushing behind you takes one a long time to stop. Coming down steep grades and around twisting highways with brakes (they did respond manually - J pushed a button in the truck - every once and awhile) well, we were frazzled but we made it.
Monday found us (w/o trailer) traveling to Fort Ticonderoga We went via Lake George which is a beautiful area full of summertime tourists - boating, para gliding, etc. Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century fort built by the Canadians and the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York in the United States. It was constructed by Canadien Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière between 1754 and 1757 during the Seven Years' War, often referred to as the French and Indian War in the USA. It was of strategic importance during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and again played a role during the American Revolutionary War.
Actors were at the Fort role playing the varying jobs of those that lived there during this time period. We had a guided tour which was excellent. Being at one of the sights of the French Indian War at Fort Niagara, it was interesting to be on the east side of the state. We just can't imagine how intelligent everyone was just to get supplies to the area, find their way around and provide for the troops. Makes one appreciate our forefathers
Tuesday found us with a mobile RV service who tried to fix our brakes on the RV. After literally burning up the breakaway brakes twice, he finally fixed the RV brakes so we could operated them by hand. We called Albany, Ny RV service and Orange Motor Ford to get appt's for the next day to get all of this checked out. the Lord was with us for sure as we unhooked from our campsite and traveled down through the mtns again to Albany. We dropped the RV at the RV place and less than a mile down the street was the Ford dealer. We were there by 8:30. By 1:00 we had both units fixed perfectly. Both companies were so nice and efficient. The Ford dealer let us bring dogs into the waiting room and even got them water. We did take a walk to a bagel place for breakfast. After the truck was checked out (one wire with some corrosion that could have been a problem), we looked around Albany at the state capitol and took dogs for a walk in their Roosevelt Park. Went back to Albany RV and the RV was ready to go - wire had rubbed on frame and shorted out and the repairs from the day before did more damage than good. Jayco is now looking to see if it is covered under warranty.
Back to Alpine where we spent a few hours in the pool. Returned to Rv only to find we had no electricity. Talked to a fellow RVer who came over and flipped breaker on box next door so once more we had no problems. Guy that helped us told us that most of the people there come for the season (May through Oct 15 I believe). They live in Albany mainly and leave their RV for the season and visit when they can. His name was Dave - long hair and young. Said he had 6 kids and all were grown except one (no way) He operated a snow plow for the city and did other things they needed him to do during other seasons. Anyway, he was super nice and we had a great conversation and a greater understanding of the culture after our conversation.
Remember the indoor water park in Germany? Well there is one in Glen Falls, NY that is owned by Six Flags. It is called The Great Indoor Adventure. It must be huge but the traffic and the parking situation is less than desirable. We didn't go to the park but caught in its traffic - miserable. There is an outlet mall down the street - we went there. While getting out of our truck, a man approached us and said, "you came all the way from Texas to go shopping here? LOL" He said he was stationed in San Antonio for a couple of years (so he felt like he knew us). He was very courteous and welcoming and we even saw him later as we were shopping. Later we went to Ft. Anne, Ny where I saw some chain saw bears made from NY pine. So we bought one! Oh, the Adirondack chairs in the Adirondacks are more comfortable that the plastic one purchased at Wal Mart
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