New place, new sights!

Lake Champlain

June 21 -  Once again we got up and took our time as we had only 75 miles today.  We

Bridge to VT over Lake Champlain

headed south and crossed on the bridge over Lake Champlain and ended up  in Shelburne, VT.  We had spoken to them twice about our reservation and guaranteed it with a CC, however, we sat in the hot RV waiting for them to reach the right person and find our reservation (they do it all by hand).  We had reserved 2 nights and once they found our reservation we asked if we could extend another day.  Soooo we did get a 50amp, full hook up spot for 3 nights! 

We have a corner spot and had a choice to angle in or be parallel to the space on one side.  We went with the second option in hopes the satellite would be in the open but NADA!  We have plenty of books to keep up occupied!

Champlain Memorial LH

We set up just hung out a good part of the day.  Bill took a nap and I read.  Eventually we showered, dressed and headed in to Burlington to see if we could locate 3 lighthouses.  Bill made a dinner reservation at The Shanty on the Shore.  Just happened that as we parked at the harbor we were right behind the restaurant.  At least we knew where it was to come back to in time for our dinner!

South breakwater LH

North Breakwater LH

I could see one of the Burlington Breakwater lighthouses but the view was obstructed.  Bill drove us next door to paid parking but the attendant let us in for free when I told her I just wanted to get a

photo.  It ended up that once we got there I could also see the other light at the other end of the breakwater!

Our hunt for the Juniper Island lighthouse was not so rewarding.  My info listed 2 city parks that it was “supposedly” visible from.  One park was surrounded by trees and you couldn’t even see out to the water and the other had road work going on and we weren’t sure if we should go in or not.  I did get one shot of a building on our side of the island but will have to see when I blow it up if it’s the lighthouse or not.

Sailboat on the lake while we had dinner

We completed our search earlier than expected but the restaurant let us in early for out reservation and we changed from outdoor to indoor.  It was REALLY hot out!  It’s primarily a seafood place so I knew Bill was go with chicken parm.  I had a cup of lobster bisque and my meal was a crab cake and broiled seasoned shrimp.  For the price I thought I’d get more than 3 shrimp but they were excellent as was the crab cake.  The rice was a little dry but nice flavor.  We were both full and didn’t feel like dessert was an option!

Bill left our water pressure gauge at the last stop so we found a Wal-mart not far from the restaurant and looked there for one but no luck.  I picked up a couple of things I knew were on my list at home.  It was one of those small stores with no fresh produce.

The ride back to the RV was an adventure!  Using both the truck GPS and the phone, we seemed to be going a long way out!  Finally we thought we were getting close and there happened to be a policeman stopped at a residential street so we pulled up beside him and admitted we were lost and looking to go to Shelburne.  He said we were in Shelburne.  He directed us to the main drag as that was where the RV park is!  Geez!

Ah, no nice to be back home!  With no TV we both read.  I didn’t even feel like getting on the computer after our “adventure”!