Off through New York...

We had a good night sleep in the truck, a brief rain shower overnight and no leaks!  Tyler slept well and was still in bed as I puttered around our campsite this morning.

 Last night when moving the truck to our campsite, we were greeted with a small cloud of steam from under the hood.  Overheating I suspect.  That said, this morning as we drove I was waiting for the truck to break down. ( I still haven't connected the temp gauge I mounted under the dash or installed the electric fan kit both of which may require draining the radiator)  That said, the truck seemed underpowered and overloaded all through the Adirondacks.  I got used to keeping my arm out the window waving other cars around.   Why do they sit on your but when there is plenty of room to pass.

Despite my mechanical anxiety, we had a great drive, starting with a crossing of Lake Champlain by Ferry.  Seems the State deemed the Chimney Point bridge unsafe and demo'd it.   As a courtesy to residents on both sides the State's are now providing free ferry service across until the bridge can be rebuilt.

Free ferry! Whee!

When we were in Ava, NY a newer Jeep wrangler came up behind us flashing his lights,  aggravated, I waved him around and he pulled along side and asked if our truck was really a Jeep pickup as he'd never seen one.  We had a nice brief chat at 25mph on a narrow gravel road.  Only in a Jeep!

The Adirondacks are beautiful and we paused for mini-golf in the very touristy Old Forge, NY before continuing all the way to Ontario, NY.