More on Grandson's Visit

Lake Monsters

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Dane and I took in a baseball game.  The Lake Monsters are a minor league team that have their home games in Burlington.  There was a sold out stadium on Wednesday night when we went to see the game.  Unfortunately, out team lost (9 to 0), but for $5 admission and the price of a hotdog it's good entertainment.

Discussion about money

Dane asked me how i got money since I am retired and not going to work everyday.  I explained about the good old three-legged stool I learned about when I first started teaching -- paying social security, paying into the teacher retirement system, and personal saving and investment (simplified version).
"Will you run out of money then?"
"Not until I am 99 years old."  (Let's hope!)
"But then what will happen?  I really worry about this."

Ha! He did once tell me he planned to take care of me when he turned 57.  Since I will be 116 by then, does leave a bit of a gap. Perhaps I should worry too.

Mozart Festival at Shelburne Farms

We had a picnic lunch and relaxed at the beach at Lake Iroquois on Friday.  We'd had such a busy day meeting his second cousin the day before that floating around with a noodle was a perfect way to spend a hot day for me.  Dane was more active swimming around like a fish.

I had made a shepherd's pie to pop in the oven for our dinner which was a lucky thing since I saw a piece in the paper about kid's having free admittance to that night's Mozart Festival concert at Shelburne Farms.  The concert was in the Coach House.  We drove past the Farm Barn and the Inn on the way.  Dane pronounced it all very posh.  There was only one other kid there.  While he is more likely to listen to rap or some kind of electronic dance music, he was game for exposure to classical music and I enjoyed the concert immensely.

My phone battery died as I went to take pictures of this gorgeous spot, but you can check out the virtual tour by clicking the link above.

Rainbow clouds

I have managed to live my entire life without ever having even heard of rainbow clouds and I most likely would have missed them today as I was driving over the Lake Champlain Bridge if Dane had not spotted them and pointed them out to me.

We had to google this.  I of course was quite taken with the spiritual significance as described HERE. Dane was more inclined toward a scientific explanation.  In any event, seeing this was way cool.

Fort Ticonderoga

We had our final outing for this visit at Fort Ticonderoga.  There was a Revolutionary War re-enactment going on for the weekend so there really was a great deal to see.  Dane had been here on a school trip as a fourth grader but he really enjoyed seeing and talking to the re-enactors in their encampments after the battle.  As an educator, it does my heart good to see him engaged in learning new things.

Learning about washing clothes in colonial days.

An encampment of re-enactors

Return from the battle.

Officer quarters

After a lot of exploring the fort, we took the short ferry ride across Lake Champlain where Amy was waiting to pick him up and take him home.  His parting words: "I love you.  When can I visit you again?" So sweet.