There's A Light. In the Frankenstein House

Above is the Vergennes riverside park and public docks. They very graciously provide docks, electricity and water. It is only a short walk u\p the hill to downtown and the Bixby Library. From this park one has a wonderful view of the falls from below. We really like this place. This is the site of the McDonough Shipyard where the USS Ticonderoga was built. The Ticonderoga went on to fight (and win) the Battle Of Plattsburg in 1813. The remains of the Ticonderoga were raised and they sit right behind Tarwathie now in Whitehall. I'll try to take a picture of her and post it.



























The main building at Chipman Point Marina was a lake front warehouse in the 19th century. It is a beautiful and very solid old building that could last for centuries. Painted marks on the front steps mark the maxiumum high water levels in years past. It appears that the builders very accurately judged how close to the lake they could build without being flooded in the spring.























This house far up on a hill in Whitehall looks down upon the town and everything in it. It looks like the setting for Alfred Hitchcock's Phsycho. When I looked up at night, there were two small lights burning in the upper windows. I couldn't help thinking of the song from that infamous movie. There's a Light. In the Frankenstein House.


Like Vergennes, Whitehall provides free docks and electricity and water, plus toilets and showers. Very hospitible. Whitehall is another one of those depressed towns with a paritally abandoned and decaying down town. However, it has first class public facilities, docks, war memorials, a museum, community center, ampitheater, a huge fire department and a big EMS squad. Somewhere in their background they must have had one or more very powerful elected representatives.



















This one made me laugh. These people tied up on the wall at Whitehall next to us. Their shore power cord wasn't long enough to reach the plug. This morning, I looked up to see this man holding his electric coffee maker with the 18 inch cord up to the electric plug. He stood there for 15 minutes until the coffee was brewed. So much for back to nature.