It was a car suspended under cables. There was about a 20 degree temperature difference from the bottom to the top. Thankfully, we brought our coats. We walked the half mile rim trail that took us to the top of the observation tower along the way.
You could see Maine and Canada today. If it would have been even clearer, we could have seen all of New England. It was a good decision to wait until today to go up.
Then, we headed to the Green Mountains in Vermont. It was only a three hour drive from where we were. We took the "scenic" highway that consisted of a lot of twists and turns. There were not many gas stations or fast food choices along the way so we didn't end up stopping for lunch.
We got to the Emerald Lake State Park around 3:30-4:00. When we were setting up, I noticed Luke laying on the bench of the picnic table. That is not a good sign as he is prone to migraine headaches. Beth and Greg confirmed my suspicion and Luke did in fact have a migraine. The original plan was to set up and find a nice place to sit down and have a nice dinner. Since, it was not a good idea to have Luke get back in the car again that night, we made pizza pies around the fire.
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| Nice big sites with plenty of shade. |
While Luke was resting and trying to alleviate the symptoms of his headache, Greg and I went and purchased some wood and scoped the place out. It has a very nice lake. We found out the price to rent kayaks and canoes. Then we headed back to the campsite. A group of guys camped across from us and we suspect they are in a band. They had a guitar, tambourine and other musical instruments. It seemed as though they were trying to compose new material. Greg struggled with the fire all night, but it was good enough to cook our dinner. Greg had to cut little kindling pieces out of the logs for it to burn. When he split the wood, you could feel the moisture in it. When it fizzled out, we decided to call it a night.
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