Our spring field trip was this past week and we adventured all the way across the lake to Keeseville, NY! We went to meet with Steven Englehart who founded Adirondack Architectural Heritage. Turns out when he was 25, he homesteaded for 5 years! So he built his own house, carried water, had no electricity, the whole shebang, and live that way for 5 years. That's when he got into historic preservation and went through the UVM program shortly thereafter.
To get to Keeseville, we took the ferry across Lake Champlain. It doesn't take very long, only about 20 minutes, but no one had told us that we'd be on a boat beforehand, so we were all pretty excited. Bob came through with awesome snacks, yet again, and Lisa brought Munchkins from Dunkin' Donuts to share, so we were a well fed bunch.
We spent the afternoon wandering around some po-dunk little town talking about surveys which wasn't all that interesting to be honest. And then Steven had the great idea to drive out to see this one place he swore was really awesome. It wasn't. We didn't even get out of the car. And because of this little adventure, we missed the 4:30 ferry back to VT by 3 minutes. Gah! It turned out ok though, because Essex, NY is adorable! We just wandered around looking at houses for 45 minutes before it was time to load the ferry.
On the way back, Bob really wanted to get out of the van and go stand on the observation deck. We were all exhausted and lazy and stayed in the car. Then we saw Bob turn around and look back at the van as if he thought we'd be right behind him. Cue a massive guilt trip and we all piled out of the creeper van to go stand on the top of the ferry in 20+mph winds.
After the NY adventure, I met Laura the roommate downtown for half-priced burgers at RiRa's. We went halvsies on the Guinness BBQ burger and the Mythos greek burger. Both were delicious! And we didn't say more than 5 words during the entire meal since we were so busy stuffing our faces :)
the gang at Wheeler House before departure
To get to Keeseville, we took the ferry across Lake Champlain. It doesn't take very long, only about 20 minutes, but no one had told us that we'd be on a boat beforehand, so we were all pretty excited. Bob came through with awesome snacks, yet again, and Lisa brought Munchkins from Dunkin' Donuts to share, so we were a well fed bunch.
We spent the afternoon wandering around some po-dunk little town talking about surveys which wasn't all that interesting to be honest. And then Steven had the great idea to drive out to see this one place he swore was really awesome. It wasn't. We didn't even get out of the car. And because of this little adventure, we missed the 4:30 ferry back to VT by 3 minutes. Gah! It turned out ok though, because Essex, NY is adorable! We just wandered around looking at houses for 45 minutes before it was time to load the ferry.
the house I will buy when I strike it rich.
the other house I will buy.
On the way back, Bob really wanted to get out of the van and go stand on the observation deck. We were all exhausted and lazy and stayed in the car. Then we saw Bob turn around and look back at the van as if he thought we'd be right behind him. Cue a massive guilt trip and we all piled out of the creeper van to go stand on the top of the ferry in 20+mph winds.
braving the winds for Bob.
After the NY adventure, I met Laura the roommate downtown for half-priced burgers at RiRa's. We went halvsies on the Guinness BBQ burger and the Mythos greek burger. Both were delicious! And we didn't say more than 5 words during the entire meal since we were so busy stuffing our faces :)
even R2D2 showed up on the field trip!
PS today is Star Wars Day.
May the Fourth be with you :)
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