July 15-16, Westport, NY

We moved north on Lake Champlain about 20 miles to Basin Harbor, Vermont.

Ft Ticonderoga is on the west side of Lake Champlain overlooking the river/portage from Lake George. Very imposing sight as we pass.

International Paper Company plant.
Built in the 1960's and still a working mill.

Our charts show a large bridge crossing Lake Champlain at this location connecting Crown Point NY with Chimney Pt, VT.
The bridge is not here. We do see a ferry.

Mystery solved.

Champlain Bridge. Span is 2184 feet. Built in 1929.
Google says the bridge was closed for safety reasons in October 2009.
And demolished December 28, 2009. A new bridge is to be built.

Champlain Monument and Lighthouse at Crown Point, NY.
Commemorates Samuel D. Champlain's discovery of Lake Champlain in 1609.

The Adirondack Mountains are visible in the distance.

Approaching Basin Harbor, VT.

Basin Harbor is the home of the Basin Harbor Club, a family resort where the staff says people come back year after year to the same cabin on the lake. Here they have an airstrip, lodge, nice cabins, a beach, floats in the harbor, adirondack chairs everywhere, a small marina, tennis courts, a 18 hole golf course and several dining choices including one that is fine dining requiring a jacket and tie. We noticed each cabin had a screen door with a different design of the wood frame of the door. Some showed wildlife, sports figures and geometrics. ( www.basinharbor.com ) Could be a good choice for a family vacation or reunion.

Basin Harbor is also the home of the Champlain Maritime Museum. We arrived about 1 pm and docked in the small marina and tried to hook up to their two 30 amp power setup and could not make it work for us. Hot again this afternoon. Over 95.

Canoes of all kinds.

Wooden Chris Craft

Replica of the USS PHILADELPHIA.
An American gunboat from the 1775. Sunk near here by the British.
She carried 3 big cannon and a crew of 44. The original gunboat has been recovered and is in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.
Benedict Arnold was an American hero during this battle.

We visited the Champlain Maritime Museum which has an eclectic mix of exhibits and boats in 12 buildings. There is lots of information on the battles of the American Revolutionary War that took place in this area.

Benedict Arnold was an important part of the American Revolutionary War effort before he tried to turn over West Point to the British later in the war.

There are several exhibits dealing with Benedict Arnold and his valuable and heroic conduct over several years and many battles during the early part of the American Revolutionary War. Lots of info in recovered sunken boats and equipment from that time. Good museum.

As we returned to the boat it became apparent that the electrical issue would not get solved. We would be without power or would need to run our generator in the small harbor. Neither is a good solution.

Approaching Westport, NY.

So we moved three miles across the lake to Westport, NY, which was our next planned stop. Here we have good power and internet and a restaurant at the dock. Things are looking up.

We stayed over a second night in Westport and did some housekeeping items including installing the parts we got while in Ticonderoga. Owen replaced the a/c ducts above the salon which had become flattened, restricting the air flow. Now the air flow is much better. Rain began mid morning and so a good day to do some things around the boat. Not a good day to see the scenery on Lake Champlain. Getting caught up on the blog. The Internet here is very fast and loading pictures is easy.