As usual, I was driving along a long forgotten 2 lane road.  On this particular morning it was highway 5S in New York not far from Vermont.  We were following the Erie Canal on the south bank, soon to cross north and head into Vermont.
Highway 5S was pretty empty which made it a pleasure to watch the landscape unfold.  We came to the top of a rise and right in front of me and pretty much in the middle of nowhere were the remains of a once elegant estate. As I passed it, I decided to turn back and see if I could find a place to park.  As is normal with two lane roads, it took a while but I turned back and parked in a empty NY State Road Dept. lot.  Wearing shorts, tee shirt and flop flops I grabbed some camera gear and walked a quarter mile or so up the road looking for some good spots to shoot from.
As I walked back to the RV I spied a man walking to one of the buildings so of course I stopped and spoke with him.  Glen Mosier spent some time telling me about the estate and the area.  Somewhere down in the valley is a castle complete with dungeon that was build by some military man back in the 1700s.  Across the Erie Canal is a Quarry where Glen once worked.  I gathered that Glen’s grandfather still lives in the old mansion.