Friday's get away brought us to Goat Island, NY and when I learned about how the island got it's name, a wee bit sad, I read about this really cold winter - the Winter of 1780.
We think our winters are horrible. We complain when we have to shovel snow yet I remember the stories my grandfather told about how he and the boys would shovel not just their drive way but from their farm down the road to the next. But think how truly horrible it was for the Continental Army when they camped in NJ to be hit with one of our severest winters.
DARRYL HAMSON has written a nice and concise article about that winter recording it as the worse winter in 400 years.
But to get back to Goat Island -
John Stedman — an early pioneer and miller — kept a herd of goats on the island so that the wolves wouldn't eat them. Upon returning to the island after the terrible winter of 1780, Stedman found all but one of the goats had died; thus giving the island its name. I am assuming he called his one surviving animal - Goat
MARCH 23, 2012 - Just returned from our adventure on New York's west cost.
It was so very nice to get away on a warm NY March day.
I had forgotten how cold the spray was this time of the year
And yes, the water is that green
A view from Luna Island of the Maid of the Mist walk ways
Can you see the rainbow - there was several through out the falls areas.
And Nikola Tesla - a favorite of my "son the engineer". In fact it was the first thing he asked when he heard we went to Goat Island - "did you see the statue of Nikola?"
And that was my short adventure - I am hoping to return next Friday -
number 3 son needs to pick up his new glasses.
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