Fort Ticonderoga
Last Saturday Bron and I went on a scenic drive to Fort Ticonderoga. The fort was originally built around 1750 by the French during the French-Indian war. It was also used during the Revolutionary War. It changed hands several times and part of it was finally blown up when the British left it behind after the Revolution.
It was a pretty sweet fort! It's been rebuilt and well maintained. Each of the buildings contains real artifacts from the time period, some even recovered from the site itself. There are actors there dressed up in time period clothing. They played drums and piccolos and marched. We took a brief tour and listened to some stories. We even got to experience a real cannon explosion! It was only a two inch barrel, but it made me jump and I felt the reverberation in my chest. I'm glad I wasn't around when the bigger cannons and mortars were fired!
Entrance to Fort Ticonderoga
Outside the Second Story
Lots of Cannons Overlooking Lake Champlain
Bron Trying Out Their Old Rifle
It was heavy!
GIANT Mortar! Run!
Ye Ole Band Playing Inside the Fort
Outside The King's Garden
There's an old home outside the fort right on the lake. The old garden is quite extravagant. It was fun to see!
Remnants of the old battle field. The French cut down every tree to a stump and made a seven foot wall. Then they created a barbed wire effect with sharpened tree limbs just outside the wall. The British had no protection and were basically obliterated. Bummer.
Champ the mysterious sea monster lives here! Maybe we'll get a glimpse of him too if we're lucky!
It was a great Saturday out. Definitely worth doing again sometime. We love our mini-adventures and all the memories we're making.
The area looks amazing... I love the outdoors (well most of the time). You're adventures are awesome.
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ReplyDeleteSea monster EH? haha Looks like fun and very pretty!
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ReplyDeleteWow! Those pictures look like they could be from Europe. It's neat that you guys are really taking advantage of your new location.
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