July 24-26, 2017 

Travel day from Concord, VT., to Middle Grove, NY

We had a long miserable rainy day of driving through narrow country roads and small towns.

 

Downtown Saratoga Springs, NY

To reach Autumn Moon CG we had to drive up a steep paved hill before turning into a steeper gravel road.

We chose this campground because we were only going to be in the area two days and it was near a place I wanted to visit. 

 

 

 

Saratoga National Historical Park preserves the site of the Battles of Saratoga.

 

 

We began our tour in the visitor center.

 

After stamping my national parks passport book, we watched a 20 minute orientation film.

 

 

 

 

 

The visitor center also has exhibits including a 15 minute fiber-optic battlefield map.

We downloaded the app to use during our self-guided 10 stop tour.

 

 

 

The park preserves the site of the Battles of Saratoga, the first significant American military victory of the American Revolutionary War. 

 

 

 

In 1777, American forces met, defeated, and forced a major British army to surrender.