Lobsters and Chowder Tour 2008 - Day 3

We find ourselves in Waterbury, Vermont tonight.  A nice Best Western, but too expensive.  Then again, intuition was our best friend as we began to search for lodging at Waterbury to find out that Montpelier, our original goal, was booked out.

Even though we're twice the price of the previous night, it is nice digs and had a very good meal in the hotel restaurant before settling in for an evening of Deadliest Catch and After the Catch II. What can I say, we're hooked.

Today's travel

s were great.  Early rise and on the road before

 8am.  Breakfast at a local diner in Dunmoore north of Scranton.  Then on to Albany, NY and a walk around the fabulous Capitol building of the Empire.

A few miles up the road toward Saratoga Springs and a stop for milk shakes, we headed into the gorgeous Lake George drive up Hwy 9N.  A delightful 35 mile drive as we dropped out toes into cool Lake George at Huddle Beach.

Then on to visit Ft. Ticonderoga.  

Our first encounter with American Revolution history.  It is fantastic to see th

ese towns and villages founded in the mid-1700's!

We continue our trek to Crown Point and cross into Vermont to Burlington.  Then down to the quaint town of Waterbury with a still active train depot serving both Amtrak and as Waterbury's Visitor Center, cafe and coffee shop.  There we discovered the dearth of lodging in the area and the importance of scouting and securing tonight's lodging as soon as we could.

Wednesday's travels will take us through Vermont's maple syrup tradition, New Hampshire's Mt. Washington and our goal - Maine.

Lobsters here we come!