Vermont, Ausable Chasm and the Adirondacks

I am coming to the end of a week at Lake Champlain on the border between Vermont and New York, about 30 miles from Canada. South of me is Ausable Chasm, a rift in the earth formed by the Ausable River. The river drops into a gorge with absolutely vertical sides. Three waterfalls carry the river into the chasm.


My campsite is on the Ausable River at the point where it flows into the Lake. Across from me is tree that is beginning to change, though most of the trees right here are still green.

Yesterday I drove to the Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont, looking for fall colors and revisiting a place I stayed at many years ago.


The best fall foliage views, however, came from a day trip to the Lake Placid area of the Adirondacks.


The coolest thing was that I got snowed on while driving through the area. There was a remarkably sharp snow line on the mountain above the closer trees.

Tomorrow morning, I leave here, headed for St. Louis, MO. I will take my time, wandering through the Adirondacks on local roads.