Last weekend, my son and I went on a road trip to the Adirondacks, as well as to Québec province, specifically Montréal.
While there, we visited my brother, who recently relocated to Port Henry. My brother was essential in allowing this trip to happen, so I thank him again for that. He seems to have a nice place for a fresh start, as Port Henry was an attractive town with a lot of appeal. It is next to the picturesque waters of Lake Champlain, and gives out on some beautiful views of the mountains that completely encircle it. There are quaint little farms and outcroppings of rocks, adding to the definite sense of this being a rural community.
It lies below the surrounding mountains, so that, as my brother described it, it has a micro-climate of sorts. While it snowed in the surrounding Adirondacks, and presumably in the mountains to the east in nearby Vermont, Port Arthur escaped the snow, even though we saw snow accumulations just a couple of minutes drive outside of the town, as we climbed in altitude.
This made the snowfall that fell there quite pleasant. It was not enough to make the roadways very bad, at least not for us, since we stayed local on the first evening - when the snow fell in the Adirondacks, but which was restricted to rain in Port Henry - and it did not make the driving conditions horrific the next morning as we finally drove through the Adirondacks and got to glimpse the fresh snowfall adorning the tops of the mountains.
The fresh snowfall could be glimpsed as we drove along the banks of nearby Lake Champlain, which was largely unaffected by the early snowfall. Yet, the surrounding mountaintops revealed newly crowned blankets of bright white snow, lending them a very picturesque look and feel. It added to the majesty of this mountain range, as well as to the tranquility and charm of this corner of rural upstate New York.
Below are some of the pictures that I took to capture some pleasant memories from the weekend:
This made the snowfall that fell there quite pleasant. It was not enough to make the roadways very bad, at least not for us, since we stayed local on the first evening - when the snow fell in the Adirondacks, but which was restricted to rain in Port Henry - and it did not make the driving conditions horrific the next morning as we finally drove through the Adirondacks and got to glimpse the fresh snowfall adorning the tops of the mountains.
The fresh snowfall could be glimpsed as we drove along the banks of nearby Lake Champlain, which was largely unaffected by the early snowfall. Yet, the surrounding mountaintops revealed newly crowned blankets of bright white snow, lending them a very picturesque look and feel. It added to the majesty of this mountain range, as well as to the tranquility and charm of this corner of rural upstate New York.
Below are some of the pictures that I took to capture some pleasant memories from the weekend:
The first snowfall of the emerging cold weather season in the Adirondacks - Winter is coming!
Port Henry, NY
Stewart's Shop, Lake George, NY
The last Howard Johnson's restaurant still standing:
Adirondacks
Wow, what a great little town, Port Henry! And Sebastien looks so tall and slim!
ReplyDeleteYes, it was indeed a cute little town. It had a pleasant cafe, which actually played some French music. A bit surprising, although on the other hand, the Canadian border in a French-speaking province is less than two hours away. But again, just a nice, charming, peaceful little village. And yes, Sebast does look great!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed your stay. And you're right, Port Henry is a good place to make a fresh start. I'll be sad to leave it, actually. Not sure what Port Arthur, Janis Joplin's hometown in Texas, has to do with anything, though. ('Port Arthur escaped the snow' ) ;-)
ReplyDeleteSylvie found Sébastien to be very polite by the way. Not so much the two of us. J/K about that last part, which I made up. I hope you're able to return to northern NY before long.