There and Back Again

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Hudson

After a night and half day at the family cabin in the Adirondacks, we drove the final leg of our 11,000 mile trip back to Airmont, New York, and parted ways. Here's a far northern section of the Hudson River, whose waters I-87 roughly parallels along the route we took.

Ferry

In order to get to the family cabin in the Adirondacks, we had to take the ferry from Vermont. Beautiful and easy crossing, though I can't imagine having to do it regularly.

Steeple

Beautiful steeple of the Unitarian church in Burlington. That gag about the "Fatherhood of God and the Neighborhood of Boston" still gives me a chuckle.

Back...

...to the US, anyway. From the border we visited Burlington (no coat factory, plenty of interesting characters) and Montpelier (only slightly larger than the small town in which I grew up, and the capitol of the entire state).

Canadian Farm

Outside of Montreal, heading south to Die Vereinigten Staaten. Rural Quebec is interesting, kind of a mix between New England and Upstate New York.

Smoked Meat

Nothing like a hearty smoked meat sandwich for six bucks on a rainy Montreal night! This place, Schwartz's, has been a mainstay of the city for a long time, and, from our visit, justifiably so.