Vermont Detour

After leaving Fort Ticonderoga, we started our drive up to Lake Placid, but not before taking a brief detour into Vermont.  One of Mona's coworkers has family in the Crown Point area north of Ticonderoga and said they would always drive over the bridge into Vermont for some ice cream.  Home to Ben & Jerry's, Vermont is certainly known for good ice cream.

Our detour took us over Lake Champlain to the Bridge Restaurant.  Packed with people at 2:00pm, we were able to take one of the last two tables for lunch.  They didn't have the choices that Martha's did, only vanilla, chocolate, and a vanilla-chocolate swirl.  We opted for one cone of the swirl to share and our waitress showed up to our table with three ice cream cones -- one vanilla, one chocolate, and one that had the tiniest bit of swirl.  Apparently the machine wasn't working correctly, so she brought us some of both.  We certainly weren't going to let good ice cream go to waste, so of course we ate it all.  It was very good, but it was no Martha's.  No need for dinner tonight.

We could see a lighthouse from our vantage point in Vermont, so once we crossed back into New York, we stopped and visited.  The Samuel Champlain Memorial and Lighthouse was built by both New York and Vermont in 1909 to commemorate his discovery of the lake in 1609 that bears his name.

Cool bridge -- Great Food -- Historic Lighthouse.  All in all, well worth the detour.