Megan and Sue's Work Adventure, part 1

Having recuperated from a Finger Lakes wine tour, Megan began the work week as normal - she even brought me along for the annual summer field trip! The first part of this year's trip was to view the Fort Ticonderoga art exhibit "The Art of War: Ticonderoga as Experienced Through the Eyes of America's Great Artists," the second part will be featured in my next post!

Panoramic view of Lake Champlain from the upper level of Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga is one of America's earliest historic preservation projects and a popular destination for history lovers - I guess I'm quite the history buff, especially when I travel with Megan!  About 1 hr and 45 min north of Saratoga, "Fort Ti" makes for a fun and educational day trip for all ages.

The featured exhibit this summer, "The Art of War," focuses on the artistic portrayal of events which took place within the fort, as well as efforts to preserve the fort in the 19th century.

Standing by the title panel, sometimes flash can be your worst enemy!

"The Art of War: Ticonderoga as Experienced Through the Eyes of America’s Great Artists" brings together fifty of the museum’s most important artworks.  Fort Ticonderoga helped give birth to the Hudson River school of American Art with Thomas Cole’s pivotal 1826 work, Gelyna, or a View Near Ticonderoga, the museum’s most important 19th-century masterpiece to be featured in the exhibit.  Not to sound like an advertisement or anything, but the exhibit will be on display through October 20, 2011.

Megan really does enjoy history, and perhaps one of her favorite things about visiting the fort is the massive archival collection they have on display: guns, cannons, swords, powder horns, boots, you name it!  We of course decided to have fun in the barracks:

Nap time anyone?

we also decided to have some fun with the big guns ... well, the rangers had fun anyways:

I can't believe Megan let them use me as a human cannonball!

Once the "fun" was over and Megan released me from the barrel, we decided to browse through the museum for a little bit longer - Megan said if it were up to her, we would spend the whole day here, but we had places to go and people to see!

As we browsed through the museum, we came across people that were my size!

In awe: such cruelty to be stuck in a case all day for days on end!

Luckily for me, Megan saved me from this kind of life - I get to enjoy adventures outdoors, and share them with you!

As we were traveling for Megan's work, I decided to take a moment and interpret the situation

"If you all take a look behind me, you'll see Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys taking over the fort.  Are there any questions? No? Moving along then ..."

The life of an interpretive Park Ranger is certainly a tough one!

Time was running out and it was time to move on to our next location, but before we headed out I had to get the classic tourist photo in front of the scenery.  It's always a plus that Megan's there to take my photos!

Greetings from Fort Ticonderoga!

That about does it for part 1 of Megan and Sue's work adventure, be sure to tune in for part two!