October 5, 2004 (Tue) Crown Point, NY - Today was a day to slow down and catch up. The wild and reckless pace of the last few days was replaced with laziness. We got up late, ate a leisurely breakfast, and went for a walk through the campground and park. There were only two campsites occupied at that point - a fishing group (by the looks) several sites away behind us and a fifth-wheel with a couple of tame motorcycles half way across the park. Our walking tour included the light house that we climbed (about 200 feet up a winding stairway) for a beautiful view of Lake Champlain in two directions and the Green Mountains in Vermont across the way.
Later Mark worked on the newsletter while Joy read and started a new knitting project. After lunch we read, napped and just hung out - inside as it was too cold to sit around outside. Late in the afternoon we got neighbors - in the next site! Why, when the whole campground is empty, did they choose to park right next to us? Joy said it's because it has the second best view. She's right. Ours has the best.
Q006745 Crown Point Campground #6A dry $13.00 A
October 6, 2004 (Wed) Crown Point, NY to Twin Mountain, NH (148 miles) - We're turning into lazy stay-a-beds! It was after 7:30 when we finally got up this morning! And it was cold. How cold was it? Q said it got down to 35° during the night. The TV said 37° in nearby Burlington, VT. We took showers anyway - Q does a good job of warming it up in here. It was 47°, sunny and beautiful at 9:40 when we got underway.
Some of you may be wondering why, when we're traveling through New England (New York State is almost in New England:) in October, we haven't said anything about the Fall foliage. Well, there's been nothing to talk about. The trees along the road and in the mountains have been mostly green with only a splash of red or yellow here and there. Even the famous US-7 was disappointing all the way to Burlington. But as soon as we turned East on US-2 the colors began to brighten. The skies had turned overcast by then but the colors were awesome all the same. And when the sun was able to peek through on a nearby mountain, they were spectacular.
This is one of those expensive pack-um-in commercial campgrounds that we try to avoid but we are here to meet up with Ed and Kathy. They are just coming off one of the caravans they lead. When we got here we were told that the group hadn't come back from their train trip yet but as we were setting up a bus load of people, all waving, passed by our site. A few minutes later Ed came by to say hello. Later they invited us to an impromptu farewell party with their group at their site. Dinner, BYO sandwiches, was just the four of us at our place.
Q006893 Twin Mountain KOA #10 w/e/s $35.00 C
October 7, 2004 (Thu) Twin Mountain to White Mountain National Forest (111 miles) - Ed and Kathy had planned to get off at 7:00 this morning but must have come by earlier. When we walked up to their site, it was empty. Three of the four hurricanes to hit Florida this year , hit their town. Their neighbors reported to them that the house sustained no physical damage but everything in their refrigerator and freezer had to be thrown out. They are anxious to get home. Hope you made it as far as Carlisle, PA as planned, E&K, and that you find as little damage at home as reported. It was good to see you!
We plan to spend some time in the mountains - probably without hook-ups - so we filled up on propane before we left the KOA at 9:30. We had several public (state & national) Campgrounds to choose from and settled on the Dolly Copp National Forest campground at the base of Mt. Washington. We've been here several times. We picked a site we've had before, unloaded our bicycles and put a table cloth on the table to stake out our claim on it and took off for the North Conway (NH) discount outlets - L.L.Bean was having a Columbus Day sale! On the way back to the campground we stopped at a model railroad museum just outside of North Conway that displayed hundreds (maybe thousands) of models in all scales and gauges from all over the world. There were also twelve (at least) operating model railroad layouts in N, HO, S, O, and G gauges. There was also an G gauge layout outside the museum as well as a train, still a model, large enough to ride on. Very interesting place!
Back in camp we took a walk through the campground, very large, and have come back for a relaxing evening. It's been a good day.
Q007004 Dolly Copp Campground #27 dry $9.00g B
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