...I LUV NY...

...after picking up Gus, we headed north to New York...the drive from Harrisburg Pa to Lake Ontario thru the Sequahanna River Valley was just beautiful...each state and place we go seems to be more beautiful than the one before....we arrived at Golden Hill State Park around 8:15 just in time to see THE most beautiful sunset ever....just to the left of the sun you could just make out the CNN tower in Toronto...our campsite was right on the lake, which by the way looked like an ocean....also across the street was the Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse...OMG...being tired from the previous day, we decided to make it a "light" day...as if we know how to do that...he he...we met lots of wonderful people while walking around...hey to Ann and Reed, Tom and Marylynn and Annie and Roy...our "light" day turned into taking a boat trip down the Erie Canal...the ERNIE canal...can you believe...went thru Locks 34 and 35...kinda scary knowing a wall of water of 25 feet at a time was on the other side of the door...very interesting...our next day was the biggee....Niagara Falls...like I said each day just keeps getting better and better....you can't imagine the feeling standing by the railing with the falls behind me...we again took a tour which included the Discovery Center, Restaurant on Top of the Falls, Cave of the Winds, IMAX show on the history of the falls and my favorite, the boat ride into the falls...Maid of the Mist....it was definitely the best.....the next morning Bessie and Gordon and Jim and Karen left for Pulaski, NY....of course, Bill and I were not ready to go so we stayed behind for another couple of days....in that short time we shopped at an Amish store and bought some of the best goat white cheddar cheese, tasted wine at Shultze's Winery...met the granddaughter of the lady who at one time lived in the lighthouse in our campground...even a small world in NY...he he...drove to Olcott, walked the Wilson-Tuscarora State Park beach and found lots of sea glass...our last stop was Fort Niagara which was an important harbor in the War of 1812....arriving at the campground, we were given a private showing of the lighthouse....thanks Annie and Roy....hope your mom is doing well.....the next morning we were off to Pulaski, NY for our next adventure.....