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
Tag: Great Lakes
Stop 105: Navigating Niagara Falls
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
Stop 101: Pennsylvania, from Erie to the Poconos
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
Stop 98: Indiana Dunes National Park (#39)
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.
Stop 96: Moving Through Michigan
We left Wisconsin and headed into Michigan — state #25 — via the Upper Peninsula, or U.P. as most folks call it… arriving in the Munising area for yet another look at Lake Superior, this time on the southern shores, which offer stunning sandstone cliffs, sand dunes, and waterfalls —
Stop 94: Voyageurs, Headwaters, and Gitche Gumee!
The second half of our adventures in Minnesota (state #23) took us to Bemidji, International Falls, and Duluth… to amazing natural areas with lots of history (some good, some bad)… and smack into the heart of mosquito and tick country! We also discovered northern Minnesota seems to be the land