Oct 6, 2019 - Lake Seneca and Taughannock Falls.NY

What a great three day road trip of the Finger Lakes with friends Andi and Andrea. Andi our terrific driver and Andrea the dedicated photographer and selfie expert Our home base in Auburn was the Finger Lake Inn. We saw Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake, and Owasco Lake. Also a little of Lake Ontario. Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day, but unfortunately this last day is cloudy but no rain. Heading back south we stopped at Taughannock State Park to see the Taghannock Falls, the tallest single drop fall east of the Rocky Mountains and three stories...

Oct 5, 2019 - Finger Lakes Trip: Second Day

Our second day was even nicer, colder, but with sunshine. We start with a trip to the Fillmore Glen State Park near Moravia, NY. It was about an hours drive from Auburn. Named after the 13th President of the United States. After a mile hike we backtracked some and after lunch reached the Colloca Wine Festival just past the Cayuga Finger Lake and on Lake Ontario. $7 to sample 12 wines and a cider. The sampeling cost was waved if buying at least one bottle, so I bought a Chardonnay to share while we enjoyed the sunshine, music, and scenery.

Oct 4, 2019 - Pretrip vehicle woes will cost lots

I found out that my generator doesn't work and I have to take the rig to an authorized Onan dealer to have it fixed. Camping World in Kingston is listed, but their technician left their employ. The take te generator out and send it to Albany! They can't do that for me until November! So I drove to Albany where they will work on it while I am out of the country. I had to give a written consent to fix if it costs less than a specified dollar amount. So I used the cost of installing a new unit - $5500! Sure hope it's an easy fix! Then, I got...

Oct 3, 2019 - Finger Lakes, New York: Three Friends Road Trip

It was a rainy day driving out of New York City. Our first stop was at the Six Mile Winery. A good place to stretch our legs but the wine was mostly too sweet for my tastes. We finished driving on to our destination in Auburn, NY where we will stay for 3 nights. Early the next morning we drove to Seneca Falls because Andrea wanted to see the waterfall. Unfortunately we learned from the tourist center in town that the falls no longer exist and had been buried under the Canal years ago! They need to change their name. Instead we stopped at...

Oct 1, 2019 - Home Sweet Home

Oct 1 Home Sweet Home.   We left around 7 am to head home.  We filled up at Exxon in Gibson, PA for 2.75.  Ouch! The foliage was pretty most of the way, but a long way to go before reaching peak colors.  It was foggy all morning long and then some. On I-88 in Cobleskill, I thought I saw lightning and a few minutes later there was a big strike.  By the time we were by Scoharie, it was pouring so hard, we could barely see. It finally let up after awhile, but was not fun. Gas just off 88 in Schenectady was 2.49 a gallon, so 2.44 with our...

Sep 27, 2019 - Central Adirondacks and Association Island, Lake Ontario

2019-09-24. Central Adirondacks and Association Island, Lake Ontario We are due in Syracuse on 9/28 for a rally of owners of Newmar motorhomes. So, we left Lake George and traveled across the central Adiondacks to the shores of Lake Ontario for a few days. What an amazing trip! It was a rainy, dark cloud day but the trees were like spots of sunshine against the leaden skies. Red, orange, yellow and green in varying hues were juxtaposed up the sides of the mountains, dipping down into the mountain valleys and along the banks of the Hudson...

Sep 26, 2019 - Rally Time!

After we left Letchworth, we headed further inland to the town of Farmington, near Rochester New York. It was rally time! We were attending the Western-Central New York rally put on by Grand Design owners. We hadn’t been to a rally since we left Quartzsite this past January. This rally was held at the KOA in Farmington. We arrived on Thursday just after lunch and I headed into nearby Farmington to stock up on groceries. Back at the campsite, Steve and I walked over to the registration table to check-in with the Wagonmasters for the rally –...

Sep 26, 2019 - Last River Cleanup!

It's a river cleanup, so of course, it rains! Kevin went with us for this one and it was a fun time. I went in the kayak and did pretty well going through rapids, even though I shut my eyes through one of them! Kevin let me stop at Butler's Rift and we walked near the old canal remains, seeing where they used to have a hot dog stand! I remember hiking through there the first year I was here. One of the rock pools had enough water in it to cover our feet and it was like a spa! Wonderful! I am so happy that I was on the water below the Hawk's...

Sep 23, 2019 - Letchworth State Park

After an enjoyable week at Four Mile Creek State Park near Niagara Falls, it was time to pack up and head inland a bit to Letchworth State Park. We arrived at LSP on Monday, September 23rd. It was a fairly short drive to Letchworth from Four Mile Creek, so we checked out as late as possible and took our time. Many state parks have check-out times around 11am and check-in times around 3pm….so it makes things interesting when you have short drives from one park to another. Letchworth State Park is a place that my Mom and Dad used to take me...

Sep 21, 2019 - Adirondack Balloon Festival

2019-09-19. Adirondack Balloon Festival We returned to the Lake George region but this time stayed at Moose Hillock RV Resort in Fort Ann, NY, about 9 miles from Lake George. This is another amazing RV Park; again one of the nicest we have ever stayed at. There was no WIFI which was a negative and the bathrooms/showers were not heated; not important to us but would be for those in other types of camping equipment. What set this park apart, however, was that all of the sites were not only 50 amp full hook up but were the largest sites we...

Sep 20, 2019 - Ithaca 2

Sep 19 Low 48 high 76 clear and sunny. Today was a day to chase waterfalls. Started out in Robert Treman Stat Park. The first waterfall was by Tremans mill. The 3 story mill is still standing has many story boards explaining how every thing worked. There is a small fall just above the mill and this is where the trace for the mill started. Then we hiked down to Lucifer Falls, not a bad downhill hike through the gorge. But then we crossed the bridge to hike the upper rim trail. It starts out with steps taking you up over 300 feet on switch...

Sep 18, 2019 - Ithaca

Sep 18 Temps low 48 high in 70’s beautiful clear day. Started day at Cornell University visiting their botanical gardens. The campus architecture is really beautiful but the hills are a killer. Anyone that makes it through 4 years at Cornell are going to have very strong legs. Then we drove to 2 of the waterfalls that are on campus. The first was high and wide with just enough water to make it interesting. The next was 300 yards of cascading water, making about 6 smaller waterfalls. Then it was off to town to get some lunch. After lunch we...