Into Upstate New York Day 8

Day 8 we left Ticonderoga about 6:30am. The morning was cool and perfect for riding, that is until we turned south towards Schroon Lake. Soon after making the turn, say mile 1.5ish into the ride, we paused together to change our clothing layers, as in take them off! The map doesn't have an elevation profile to give us a clue as to the terrain ahead. We found out the hard way.
Up. That's all we knew. How steep? How long the climb? No friggin clue. I do know that it didn't take long to drop into a serious climbing gear (22x32). An hour later, we reach the top. An hour. In New York. Maybe this will be the last big climb for a while . A short while later, we got a little surprise, another hour of grueling, grinding, panting "fun"! Oh come on now....  Ok. At least it wasn't as steep as Middlebury Pass is all I gotta say.
The rest of that day was relatively easy. Some up and down, a lot of lake views and pretty good road conditions. We were able to make some time. If only my mother in law, Barbara Hartman, lived a little closer, we would have crashed her party. Another time...
At the end of the day, we rode about 68 miles to a campground. 68 miles isn't all that bad in the flatlands, but in the hills, well that's another story all together. One word about relationships. (Not that kind of relationship.) The longer the ride, the more tired your legs are, the closer you are to a campsite , the less picky you are. When we arrived at Hidden Campgrounds, we were had.
A little off the road, an old weather worn house with a cluttered porch served as the office. Ring the bell for service. After some confused discussion, mostly on her, the proprietors part, we agreed to one "site" for $20 total. The site location was ambiguous. Over that way... A resident "camper" steered us a bit closer. The ground was very good for our tents. Showers were $.25 for 2 min. It took 1 min how to regulate the temperature while only getting mildly scalded. We cooked dinner over our MSR multi fuel stoves. No wifi or digital reception. Sleep came easily.