From: casarollnotes.blogspot.com
Tim and Linda Bunyan
Canal Lock 12 1817-1825 connects the Hudson River to Lake Champlain.
The Champlain Canal, 66 miles, originally dug 4’ deep with 90’ locks, 15’ wide. Horses and mules powered the canal system walking on towpaths connected to boats by a long towline. It opened markets for forests, farms, mines, and mills in New York’s Adirondack region and in Vermont.
Tavern at Lock 12 at the Marina: is owned by Sal, the same owner of Champs RV Resort where we are staying. Champs is open grounds so Woodstock explores the edges of each space. We are the only reserved space here at the park. The owner, Sal, lives here above the office and rents out a house at the end of the lane to a young couple. A few trailers are stored for the winter.
To breathe renewed life to WhiteHall, Hacker-Craft, luxurious wooden boat models, has just purchased this marina.
This schooner was built as a steamer in 1814 at Vergennes, Vermont and purchased by the Navy at Lake Champlain. Although, the history is rich. The first ship of the U.S. Continental Navy, “Liberty” built by Captain Philip Skene in 1772, was fitted with cannons in Whitehall. By Congressional order, a fleet of ships was constructed at Skenesborough (now Whitehall). The American succeeding in foiling the British plans for the defeat of George Washington’s army on Manhattan Island.
The village of Whitehall amphitheater and birthplace of the Navy.
There remains a hopeful turn to prosperity here at Whitehall. This town does have an Elks Lodge and an American Legion which shows signs of life with a regular Friday Night Fish Fry.
We met a young, couple of painters growing their business, panting buildings around town. The 1906 historic Grounds Coffee House, has recently been purchased by hopefuls that welcome everyone to their community. They offer milk from the Battenkill Valley Creamery and Scribner’s Maple Syrup.
Our final RV Resting Stop is: WhiteHall, New York.
This is Champs, an RV Park in our RV Membership Club so we spent 10 days here to rest, inventory, and plan for our return to Sacramento. It is quiet here and everything is closing for the Winter 2017.
Whitehall is the town that remains a pulse and has credited to its history: the Birthplace of the Navy.
Canal Lock 12 1817-1825 connects the Hudson River to Lake Champlain.
The Champlain Canal, 66 miles, originally dug 4’ deep with 90’ locks, 15’ wide. Horses and mules powered the canal system walking on towpaths connected to boats by a long towline. It opened markets for forests, farms, mines, and mills in New York’s Adirondack region and in Vermont.
Tavern at Lock 12 at the Marina: is owned by Sal, the same owner of Champs RV Resort where we are staying. Champs is open grounds so Woodstock explores the edges of each space. We are the only reserved space here at the park. The owner, Sal, lives here above the office and rents out a house at the end of the lane to a young couple. A few trailers are stored for the winter.
To breathe renewed life to WhiteHall, Hacker-Craft, luxurious wooden boat models, has just purchased this marina.
There remains a hopeful turn to prosperity here at Whitehall. This town does have an Elks Lodge and an American Legion which shows signs of life with a regular Friday Night Fish Fry.
We met a young, couple of painters growing their business, panting buildings around town. The 1906 historic Grounds Coffee House, has recently been purchased by hopefuls that welcome everyone to their community. They offer milk from the Battenkill Valley Creamery and Scribner’s Maple Syrup.
We have completed our Travel Tour 2017. We started by departing Sacramento
March 2017 and headed to New York. We arrived in New York in June and flew home to Sacramento for the month of June 2017.
We resumed our Travel Tour 2017 in July and you have read casarollnotes.blogspot.com about the travel to the 'colony states' from New York, counter-clockwise, and return.
It is Fall and time to end our 2017 travels. We will store our RV in New York for the winter.
We will fly to Sacramento and spend November for our daughter's birthday and Thanksgiving. Then head to Mazatlan for the winter months.
We'll return to New York to begin our 2018 Travel Tour in New York, thru the Keys and westward back to Sacramento.
March 2017 and headed to New York. We arrived in New York in June and flew home to Sacramento for the month of June 2017.
We resumed our Travel Tour 2017 in July and you have read casarollnotes.blogspot.com about the travel to the 'colony states' from New York, counter-clockwise, and return.
It is Fall and time to end our 2017 travels. We will store our RV in New York for the winter.
We will fly to Sacramento and spend November for our daughter's birthday and Thanksgiving. Then head to Mazatlan for the winter months.
We'll return to New York to begin our 2018 Travel Tour in New York, thru the Keys and westward back to Sacramento.
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