Emptyknitster

We woke up the next morning to discover we were staying smack dab in the middle of my Addison, Vermont, dream vacation! Our home away from home was on Lake Champlain. It was only a mile away from Chimney Point State Park - the exact building where my 3x great grandfather, Dr. Prentiss Dana Cheney worked in the early 1800's, and his home was less than two miles away. Next to the park is the bridge to New York and Fort Ticonderoga, Fort St. Frederic/Fort Crown Point. In just a short time we were able to find the two cemeteries where two of my 3x great grandparents are buried, Betsey Murray Cheney (1786-1821) and Prentiss Dana Cheney (1786-1842), His mother Susanna Cook Cheney (1743-1836) is also nearby in the family plot. We then drove on to the Townline Cemetery. After a short search we found my 4x great grandparents, Joseph (1744-1816) and Isabella Burritt Murray (1744-1828).  I also found my 3x great grandfather Gilead Pickett (1778-1816) who is next to a Daniel Hayward, ...

I was a bit worried about our autumn in New England get away. We were going to visit a friend of Hubby's in Maine but he canceled just a couple weeks before our visit. Then the second leg of our trip, Denver  to Chicago, didn't go well. The plane had cargo hatch problems and another plane had to be flown in from Los Angeles. After four hours of waiting we boarded the new plane but as we were about to take off the plane had to go return to the terminal because its weight in the cargo hold was not distributed correctly. Crazily, when we returned to the terminal the only process necessary was the passengers in rows 16-19 were asked to move to other seats (I guess they couldn't get out of their seats while on the tarmac) We thankfully had an uneventful flight but when arriving at Chicago we were unable to leave the plane because the jet bridge was unable to attach to the plane. While waiting for this delay to be remedied the stewardess began her usual request on the intercom fo...