Photography, Fun, and Adventure in the U.S.
From the Niagara Falls area, we drove eastward, partly along the deserted (and dilapidated) Lake Ontario State Parkway and NY-104, somewhat following the shores of Lake Ontario through Rochester into Oswego… and to our wonderful little campground — Sunset RV Park –located across the street from the lake! Lake Ontario
We headed west from Syracuse and traveled to an RV park located on Grand Island, just minutes from Niagara Falls… and as soon as the travel trailer was unhooked, we hopped back into the truck for a visit to Niagara Falls State Park and our first views of these impressive
New York state has been a big and wonderful surprise for us. Even though Ran attended Syracuse University as an undergrad, he never really explored the area much beyond the university. The Finger Lakes were fantastic, as highlighted in our last blog post, but the Central New York region offers
Just wow. We had forgotten how much we missed the mountains and trees and beautiful vistas until we arrived in the 9,000-square-mile Finger Lakes region of New York (state #31 on this amazing adventure). Located in central New York, the Finger Lakes consist of a group of 11 long, narrow,
While we were staying in the Philadelphia area, we decided to do a quick trip into Delaware, state #30 on this trip across the country. We may do another quick venture into this tiniest of states on our way back down the east coast in a few weeks. Delaware is
From Ohio, we entered the very tip top of Pennsylvania — a very small section squeezed between Ohio and New York — visiting Erie for several days… and getting a good look at Lake Erie, our fourth Great Lake. Pennsylvania (officially, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), the 29th state we have
Because of stormy weather, we only got to spend one day at this beautiful national park, but we packed a LOT into the one day! The 32,572-acre Cuyahoga Valley National Park only became a national park in 2000 — but it had been a national recreation area since 1974. It
O-H-I-O, the 28th state we have visited on our adventures across the U.S. The state gets its name from the Ohio River (a 981-mile river; the largest tributary to the Mississippi River by volume) whose name originated with an interpretation of the Seneca Indian word ohiːyo’, meaning “great river.” Ohio
After a bit of a national park hiatus, we were extremely happy to arrive in northern Indiana so that we could visit our 39th national park on this great adventure: Indiana Dunes National Park, located along the shore of Lake Michigan, and the first and only national park in Indiana.
From Michigan, we did a counterclockwise circle of Indiana and Illinois, stopping first in Bluffton, just outside Fort Wayne, Indiana. Indiana, the 26th state we have visited, means Land of the Indians (though not anymore) and is known as the “Crossroads of America,” because of the importance of waterways, railroads,