Thursday we left right
after our temple shift and drove to Watertown, NY. The next morning we spent over two hours cruising the St.
Lawrence River and seeing 1000 Islands.
It was amazing . . . especially when you figure in the fall colors accenting the mansions we saw. As part
of that tour, we went to Heart Island and walked through and around Boldt
Castle. It has a romantic
history and was quite remarkable.
Boldt Castle
The playhouse
The entry
The power house
The boat house
The above picture is the small island and cottage owned by the Wombach family (Olympic soccor star).
From Alexandria Bay, we
drove along the St. Lawrence Seaway (the very northern border of NY with Canada
in sight just over the river) to the very eastern part of NY and spent Friday
night in Plattsburgh. Saturday
morning we crossed over Lake Champlain and came down through northern Vermont
taking in all the beautiful and spectacular fall colors. I don’t know words to adequately
describe the amazing view of the rolling, tree-covered hills in the top part of the state. Yes, we are now
officially “leaf peepers.” We even
had a light, steady rain to add to the beautiful drive (which has taken down a lot of the leaves). There was a crispness in the air – what we'd call sweater and hot chocolate weather.
Conference here didn’t begin
until noon because of the time difference. We watched it
mostly from our hotel room on the internet, but we attended the first session
in the stake center next to the Prophet’s birthplace. After that session we took a guided tour to learn more about this historic site before checking into our hotel 20 miles away to watch the second
session. To top off our day, we
drove just a couple miles to have dinner in New Hampshire, so three states in
one day.
(Entrance)
(Monument with Visitors' Center on the right and missionary residence on the left)
(Stake Center where we watched conference)
(The foundation showing where the cabin was located that Joseph Smith Sr. and his wife Lucy lived in
on the Solomon Mack Farm of 100 acres. This is not far from the monument.)
(The tree covered lanes leading to and from the monument)
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