Wednesday, August 26: We left the Wilson NY area about 11:30 A.M. and
drove 255 miles to 1000 Islands/ Association Island KOA in Henderson,
NY. This large campground is on a 65 acre island in eastern Lake
Ontario. Included are a marina, many cabins, beautiful sunrises and
sunsets, and almost every campsite has at least a partial view of the
water. This is a popular family campground with many activities for kids. Lakeside sites cost $75 per night. We opted for a regular site
4 rows back for $32 per night and we still have a nice view of the lake.
While we're in our current location at the 1000 Islands KOA in Henderson
NY, we won't be adding pictures to our blog posts. The free Wi-Fi is
not good enough to handle the transfer of pictures in a timely matter.
Our Verizon monthly billing period has just started, so we don't want to
use a lot of those gigabytes right now by transferring pictures. Therefore,
our blog posts will not have pictures we've taken until we get to
Vermont on Sept. 3, where the grass is greener and the free WiFi is reported to be much better. We'll see how that turns out and hope to catch up with pictures then.
Friday, August 28: This was another sightseeing day. We drove an hour north to Alexandria Bay and the Thousand Islands area. Uncle Sam Boat Tours offers several excursions on the St. Lawrence River. We chose the 2 Nation Tour - a 2 1/4 hour outing around many of the islands, learning some of the area history, and seeing many millionaires' homes. We even added Canada to our list of places visited as the boat cruised in Canadian waters for part of the tour - no passport needed as long as you stay on a USA boat. As we headed back to the marina, we were treated to an up close view of a large cargo ship as it crossed right in front of us. Our return trip to Henderson took us through Watertown, NY where we stopped for an early dinner and some Walmart shopping.
Tomorrow (Monday) we're driving 30 miles south to meet up with Kathy & John. We met at Tom Johnson's Camping Center last summer while our two coaches were being repaired, and we've kept in touch over the past year, hoping our paths would cross again.
During the rest of our stay, we enjoyed the campground activity around us while looking at the lake in front of us. The weather should remain nice, although much warmer temperatures are in the forecast for this week. We'll be here until Wednesday, Sept. 2 when we head east toward Vermont.
The Bolt Castle tour is a really nice trip. They have completed the 1st floor and are continuing on the upper floors. It is amazing the money the ultra rich had at the turn of the century. They probably have it now, but they don't travel in RV"s.
ReplyDeleteWe liked the Henderson bay area also.
We are headed to the Burlington area Friday of next week.