Chasm, Chorus, Cousin, and Home

View from bridge looking West

With a deadline to be home approaching, we left Fern Lake and headed downhill towards Lake Champlain. Following the Ausable River, route 9N is a scenic drive with views of the rock strewn river heading East towards its destination on the lake. If you don't jump on the interstate, following the river brings you to Ausable Chasm. Rainbow Falls, in the photo at the left, is viewed from the bridge crossing the river. Free parking lots at both ends encourage walking out on the bridge for this birds eye view of the Falls to the west and the chasm to the east.

North Star Underground Railroad Museum

View from bridge looking East

For a fee, the chasm has tours, but if you are just passing through, you can get good views from the main bridge and the smaller bridge at the head of the falls. The tours of the two mile long chasm are worthwhile if you have the time, especially since they culminate in a boat ride down the last stretch of rapids.

We stopped and enjoyed dinner overlooking the top of the falls.

A new addition to the area is The North Star Underground Railroad Museum. Arriving too late to visit this time, we will be back.

 Tuesday evening was spent visiting the Cumberland Bay Chorus where the men graciously let me join in a rehearsal.

Chorus president, and old friend, Mike even let us camp in his driveway so we didn't have to drive to a campsite after an evening of ringing chords.

Mike and Pam's puppy explored the van and was ready to go camping with us.

Cousin Tracey provided a wonderful driveway respite in NJ. We enjoyed a fun dinner out and getting to meet the three spoiled puppies. Thanks for the visit!

 The drive home from NJ went very smoothly with only a few minor traffic slow downs. We definitely prefer this route to driving through Pennsylvania.

Low clouds only revealed the Delaware River Bridge once we were on the deck.

While we had discussed stopping at an Alpaca farm Harvest Host for an overnight in Virginia, temperatures in the high nineties lead us to save it for another time and continue on to our air conditioned sticks and bricks home. 

That's another trip wound up with no vehicle problems, though it is time for an oil change. Fuel usage averaged 19.2 mpg.