On Sunday we took the 9:15 am ferry from Port Kent, NY to Burlington, VT. A wonderful warm & sunny day for a ferry ride. We had left our campsite early to make the first ferry so we had breakfast on the ferry. Before going to the campground, we had some business to take care of. Found a shopping area not far from town and bought Carol a new pillow, went grocery shopping and bought a computer printer. We didn't bring the printer from home because on past trips we didn't use it. I needed to print out some Canada information for that leg of our trip. After checking out Staples & Circuit City, Carol saw a Best Buy. The had an HP combination printer/copier/fax machine on sale for $29.99!!!. Snagged the last one. For $30 if I get one or two years use from it I'll have gotten my monies worth.
Checked into the North Beach campground. Burlington, and this City owned campground, is probably our overall favorite place to visit. This is our 4th trip to Burlington; we'll keep coming back. After getting settled in, we walked to the dog park then to the area of the beach where dogs are allowed. There is a paved multi-use trail that runs for about 15 miles. On a previous trip we biked the entire trail way out an abandoned RR causeway into the lake. Have a perfect day.
On Monday & Tuesday , we walked downtown along the multi-use path. Carol's scooter mostly did just fine on the hills leading to the downtown area. I had to push her up the steepest hill. We bought a croissant from a street vendor, used the Borders gift card the girls had gotten us, went to the City Market and had lunch at our favorite place. Took an afternoon nap then went walking again. We don't seem to tire of the beautiful view of the lake from the trail.
Gopher's memory is amazing. It's been probably two years since we've been to this campground. As soon as we leave the campground on the bike trail, she pulls to the left which is the direction of the dog park. The park is about a mile walk but she tugged at her leash all the way. She clearly knew where she was going even though it had been a long time.
On Wednesday we went grocery shopping and both got a haircut so we would look decent for the family reunion. About 3 pm much to our surprise, our friends Bill & Dorothy Wockenfuss pulled into the campground. We had told them about this campground the last time we were together and they thought they would try it. Wish they were here a few days ago. After dinner we all walked downtown and did some window shopping. About 8:30 we bought a Ben & Jerry ice cream and walked back. What a wonderful surprise it was to have them show up. They are such nice people. Like me years ago, Bill was in the submarine service.
Tomorrow morning we head to Mystic for the Wagner Family Reunion. Staying with Peter & Pat.
