We left Sacandaga this morning with some angst about finding a campsite this holiday weekend with out reservations. Last night the rangers who had checked us in told us to come back to the rangers station in the morning and they would help us get a reservation at one...
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Ace of Diamonds, Fort Klock, and the Sea Angel
Our first adventure today was to visit the Ace of Diamonds mine. We'd learned about Herkimer Diamonds on the Travel Channel and just yesterday realized how close we were to the source. As we walked between the car and the shop we watched the people out among the rocks...
Corning and Oneida
From Taughannock Falls we headed southwest, technically out of the Finger Lakes region, to Corning and the Corning Museum of Glass. We'd been warned to get there early but not warned that we needed separate tickets in order to make our own glass creation. Studio time...
Taughannock Falls
We did another short hop. We left Cayuga Lake State Park and drove south along the the shore of the lake to Taughannock Falls State Park. The river and the idea of falls intrigued us. We started out taking the South Rim Trail but soon realized that it wasn't the route...
Stanton House, Waterloo, Erie Locks, Max’s Custard
We started the day with a non-traditional breakfast of cherry pie. Don't tell the kids. It was excellent. Then on to the Elizabeth Cady Stanton house in Seneca Falls. It's part of the Women’s Rights National Park but is a separate location. On this rainy Monday we...
Seneca Falls and Cayuga Lake
Seneca Falls Women'sRights ConferenceVideo We were in no big hurry to get going this morning. We took our time making bacon, eggs, and hash browns. Did have to pause to give a tour of the T@B. We were out of there by eleven. Headed south into town then east on I-20....
From Jello-O to Mellow
We planned to be out of the campground by nine-thirty but that didn't happen. We had morning visits but neighbors we had chatted with last night and yet another tour of the T@B. Got some tips on places to visit along our possible route. We did get on the road by...
Camping World, Lockport, Genesee Country
Gave another tour of the camper. We thought we'd do fewer of these once we moved out of the teeny teeny tiny trailer but it seems we're getting more interest that ever before. Once we were on the road we headed to the outskirts of Buffalo and Camping World. It's sort...
Venturing On into New York
Even before breakfast we gave a tour of the T@B to our neighbors. Then we hooked up and headed east. First on the lake shore drive then on US-20. We drove though that little section of Pennsylvania. Stopped in Erie at a big grocery that had awesome meats and produce...
Wineries and Covered Bridges
We signed up for another night on Site 42 here at Geneva State Park. Back at the site we gave our Skamp owning neighbors a tour of our T@B, checked out the Lake Erie Beach, then headed into Geneva on the Lake for a Cheeseburger in Paradise. Eddie’s is an open air,...
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Drury-Chaney Loop
Ranger Shanna was our guide today as we and Burlington Camp Host Karen trekked through the Drury-Chaney Grove just south of the town of Pepperwood, California. This grove is awesome. Since her three visitors all have a basic knowledge of Redwood biology, Shanna...
Solitude at Burlington
The Redwoods called and we listened. We came home to Burlington. It's our fourth stay in this magical grove and in fact our second stay on Site 53. Ever since we pitched a tiny tent under these glorious trees in 2008, Burlington has had a special place in our hearts....
Dawn Redwood
One of the delights of Burlington Campground is that it is immediately adjacent to the Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitors Center. We took advantage of the proximity this afternoon to be the only two visitors on Ranger Codi's interpretive talk along the Gould Grove...