Hello everyone, what follows is an unpublished entry from 2018. I thought it would be a fun read, and it goes into my trip to Baldwin Landing (it's been so long already?!) I will present the writing as-is, add in a few pictures stolen from official sources, and follow up on it.
The video store "Video King" has (naturally) long since closed. I remember buying a DVD of Burger Cop there, and it was such a poorly made DVD that it was unwatchable. However, given the recent 'Hong Kong Cinema Classics' releases, there is a chance that it may see the light of day in a more watchable format fairly soon. It was also the last trip my grandmother would make to Lake George with us, on the year of a special anniversary of one of the boats. She got to see it one last time though, with both of her grandchildren and all of her great-grandchildren and the rest of us.
Not a bad way to go out.
Flashback to 2018: (harp music, harp music, harp music)
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Well, I'm back from vacation, and it all went very well. My nephew and niece enjoyed their first boat ride on the Lac du Saint Sacrement, we all ate some cheese fries, and I looked around the interior of the ship to find some pleasant surprises:
A porthole from the now dismantled Ticonderoga II!
The wooden wheel from the long-gone Horicon!
And a full display of pictures from each of the Lake George Steamboat Company's fifteen passenger vessels. Pretty neat.
Of course... this was about six months ago, and in between then and now I also had a 13-day Disney trip sandwiched in there. But this post is about Baldwin Landing, and the boat stalkers. People who stalked a boat. Spoilers: The boat stalkers were us!
The Mohican was at dry dock this year getting some repairs. Fresh coat of paint, general maintenance. That sort of thing. Consequently it was unavailable to sail on the lake at this late point in the season, but we got to thinking. Hey, it would be fun for a change to depart our usual haunts in Lake George Village, and go on a sort of road trip up the long side of the lake to the further end, Baldwin.
The car ride was about 3 hours long and involved a stop at a still functioning video store, which really warrants its own post. But this is a genealogy blog, not a video blog. Then again, its my blog, so I can post about whatever I want, and no one can stop me!
We actually overshot by a little bit and ended up at the edge of Lake Champlain. This was still fun, but not what we set out to do, so we turned around at this misty juncture and retraced our steps, before arriving at:
The Ticonderoga Heritage Museum and Visitor Center!
http://www.lakechamplainregion.com/history/ticonderoga-heritage-museum
This was a nicely laid out museum which detailed the history of the area... factories, manufacturing processes, and the like. Detailed miniature displays were found in abundance, and you could walk into a large vault where the payroll used to be held. The friendly proprietors also operated a gift shop, from which were purchased several more Lake George books.
We departed after a healthy visit, and eventually wound our way through some back roads in sketchy directions before seeing our eventual goal:
We made our way down to the pier, Baldwin Landing... (ENTRY ENDS HERE)
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