Plans can change quickly. Coinciding with me hitting "Publish" on last night's entry, we decided to stay in Ticonderoga today. Our admission to Fort Ticonderoga was valid for another day and we both had identified places in town that we'd like to see.
I awoke just before 5:00 to check out the sunrise and discovered that an eerie fog had settled over the lake.
To my surprise, the temperature had dropped overnight to the mid-40s. It was cold! I sat in the pilot house as the sun came up and illuminated the fog in a different manner, making it seem more peaceful. A heron was out early looking for breakfast.
After showers, we loaded in the dinghy and headed back to the town dock and the Fort. We wanted to see a few more of the exhibits that we had missed yesterday. The first was on feeding the soldiers and the reenactor was preparing lunch for the crew, consisting of peas and sauerkraut, in iron pots over a small campfire. The second presentation was on musket firing. We finished up at the Fort by walking through the King's Garden, home to a huge collection of farm-to-table flowers and vegetables. The strawberries were in peak season and abundance. We sampled a few before heading into town. Along the trail out, a strange creature caught our eye. "What is it?" we asked. Could it be a skunk? Upon closer, but not too close, examination we determined it was a porcupine. The first either of us had ever seen in the wild.
A hilly, two-mile trek took us into Ticonderoga. I had wanted to see the Falls of the La Chute, which run right through town, and we came to that first in Bicentennial Park. The next item of business was to find lunch and we lucked out at a great little place in Burleigh's Luncheonette. Full of locals, the place had cool collection of 1950s memorabilia, the classic teal and silver diner stools, and the boomerang-design tabletops. I had a BLT and water, knowing that ice cream would follow. Full and now stiff from sitting for an hour, we ventured across the street to Barry's choice of attractions -- The Star Trek Original Series Set Tour. This unassuming storefront actually houses a complete set, recreated exactly as it was laid out on the Desilu Stage 9 in the late 1960s, and has tons of original props and costumes.
I'm a bit young to be a Trekkie, but knew enough catchphrases to stay interested. All of this set was recreated from the original blueprints and the tour guide gave a very detailed description of each room. We were able to "get beamed up" and each of us got to sit in Captain Kirk's chair on the bridge. There were other characters posted throughout, that begged for selfies. Barry later told me that this was Salt Vampire. OK, sounds good to me.
We walked back to our dinghy and scooted across the harbor to Crossroads. We both proceeded to take long naps. We put the dinghy back on the roof and cleaned up a bit before grilling some chicken for dinner. Our anchor has held so well that its a shame to pull it up it the morning, but we must be on our way.
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