October 4-9, 2024

The foliage tour begins in Brockport, NY with one view of a vintage houseboat on the Erie Canal. The red foliage hinging from the trees is poison ivy that turns red in the fall. And you will get terrific itching if you touch it!

I head east on the New York State Thruway otherwise known as I-90. A little past Syracuse, I make a diversion south to Chittenago Falls (Good luck if you can pronounce it). As you will see it is pretty spectacular falling into a deep gorge. I did not go down all of the stairs.

Then I turned north at Utica following route 12 and 28 into the southern Adirondack Mountains, stopping at various places along the way. The Fulton Chain of Lakes dam and covered bridge is at Old Forge, NY.

I continued to along the chain of lakes to Indian Lake RV Park for the first night. The brilliant red tree was right in the RV park!

The next morning I was on the road early and was rewarded with rising mist and fog on the nearby lakes, and what a sight it was. I have so many beautiful photos it was hard to choose what to show.

The next stop was right before the Lake Champlain Bridge at Crown Point, NY. It is also the site of a Revolutionary War fort as the various campaigns were fought near this long Lake that separates New York from Vermont. The revolutionary army fought and won the battles that were among the first defeats of the British army.

After crossing the lake into Vermont, I headed east to Middlebury. There is a waterfall right in the middle of the town crossing Main Street. One photo was converted to a creative for the camera club competition.

Near Middlebury, there is the two lane Pulp Mill covered bridge over a waterfall in the Middlebury River, built in 1850 and rebuilt in 2012.

Just east of Burlington Vermont is a town called Jericho which has the Old Red Mill. There was really only one good vantage point to photograph the mill. In about 1855 the mill was a saw mill that was later converted to a gristmill (which grinds grain into flour). There is quite an interesting history of the mill written by the historical society if you care to explore further.

The last stop of the day was in Jeffersonville, VT at another mill in various stages of repair or not. I could not find any information about this mill.

Near by is the Jeffersonville Grist mill covered bridge along side of route 108.

Sunset on the hills is a view from the RV Park.

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