[Trail Goer]

If you ever go out to Lake George, NY check out the Lake George Steamboat Company, they have three vessels and one of them is a steam powered paddle wheel vessel called the Mini-Ha-Ha. The huff and puff of the steam coming out of the piston vent pipes at the top is cool. They have windows where you can look into the engine room, you can see the boiler, the pistons and drive rods going to the paddle wheel, it's pretty neat. I don't know what they use for fuel, but I know it's not wood or coal, very little smoke if any comes out of the smokestack. When the boat is heading back to the dock, they have several steam whistles that are tuned to play a short song. And when they blow the regular steam whistle, it echoes off the mountains, it’s like a walking back in time. It would be neat if Lake Winnipesaukee had something like that.