Yesterday, my husband and I took our Denver daughter and 9 year old grandson to visit the Saratoga Surrender Site. This has been a long term project for us. Bob is on the Board of the Friends of the Saratoga Battlefield which raised funds to construct the site. Dylan visited the site when it was under construction and he and his grandpa re-enacted General Burgoyne’s surrender of his sword to General Gates. There is room for kids to run and to see the views. The Site is directly adjacent to the Canalway/Empire State Trail. Across State Route 4 is a section […]
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Biking The Zim Smith Trail
You may be wondering why a website focusing on the Champlain Canalway Trail would feature a story about the Zim Smith trail in Saratoga County? This is probably due to the ever-increasing connectivity of bike trails in our part of the state; and there is much more to come. I had never been on the Zim Smith trail, either on a bike or on a snowmobile. When connection was made from Coon’s Crossing (for several years the terminus of the trail) into the City of Mechancville I had a strong desire to bike it. This happened in early October and […]
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