Foggy morning but it turned into a beautiful day. We drove alongside of lake George and then headed to Fort Ticonderoga. We both remember being there as kids. Then we drove to Crown Point and then took a long drive back to Saratoga on a lot of country roads. The scenery was beautiful.
The only downside was we left one of our cameras in the hotel and the one we left in the SUV had a dead battery so we had to rely on our iPhones
The sun came out and it was a beautiful day Stopped at Saratoga Spa state park. We were happy to see that the rain and wind did not knock down all the leaves The park is 2.379 acres and it contains lots of trails, the performing arts center, picnic ares and lots of other amenities. There is a beautiful fall display at the entrance to the park. I was lucky enough to talk to one of the state employees who told me that her and her boss start working on the display in mid September. This is just part of the beautiful display
According to Wikipedia There was a belief that the waters of Saratoga held healing properties that led to construction of spas snd health centers that would cater to local tourism and health industries. At the height of this bottling frenzy in the early 1900s there were more than 200 private wells tapping into Saratoga mineral springs
It rained most of the way to Saratoga Springs but the color on the trees in New York is awesome. Hopefully we can get some good pictures tomorrow or the next day but weather forecast calls for more rain and wind is supposed to pick up
Sunset at Cannon Beach
Path to Hug Point State Park. Of course I had to do some research. Before the highway was built, the only way to travel along this stretch of coast was by stagecoach. Pioneers traveling along the trail had to hug the point carefully, even at low tide. Thus, the point and the park are both aptly named Hug Point
Haystack Rock is a 235 sea stack and is the third tallest intertidal structure in the world. When it’s low tide you can walk almost up to the rock. The rock is a nesting area for many sea birds, including terms and puffins bit all I saw was seagulls
Peter Iredale was a four masted steel barque sailing vessel that ran ashore October 25, 1906 near Fort Stevens. It was bound for Portland to pick up a cargo of wheat for the UK
Our last night on the cruise and the sunset was just beautiful. I took lots and lots of pictures as the sky changed colors. It’s going to be hard to decide which one to enlarge and frame and hang on the wall
Last night on the cruise. We are docked in Portland. A sister ship the American West coming in to dock next to us. They docked so close to us that crew members from each ship could talk to each other
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