Hello mudda, hello fadda, here I am at, Camp Granada... That is the feeling one gets when riding through the Adirondack Mountains. That and sore legs. There are private camps in many places along with lodges, cottages, the usual for rural mountain communities. The heat has stepped back but only a little. It got up to 92 degrees today.
Tom and Katie happy anticipating ice cream later. There have been about 1,000 ice cream places along the way.
Racquette (sp?) Lake - Racquette lake is the French name for snow shoes.
Another mountain lake
The Moose River.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Right after arriving at the Selkirk Shores State Park it started to rain. The puddle is where the our tent was pitched.
You never know what you are going to run into. When we cam into Osceola NY the little berg was packed with folks attending the 35th annual turtle races. This is part of the sell-out crowd attending. Isn't it great what folks will invent in order to spend time together?
More Turtle Race enthusiasts. I hear that ESPN is going to cover it next year as long as Labron James isn't a free agent again.
Please scroll down - I don't know why.
Yes, the WORLD FAMOUS Osceola Hotel. I think Butch Cassidy was gunned down by the Sundance Kid in an upper room here. Either that or this is where Grant and Lee signed the armistice.
Katie is really happy because her turtle won the reptilian congeniality award. Snickers, her turtle, works for world peace.
One of our favorite parts of Sodus Bay was where we lodged for the night – Sodus Point Charters and Lodge. Tom, the owner, took pity on us after a long ride in the blistering heat and humidity and gave us a great deal. Camping out in the heat after a long ride was just not a very appealing option for us this night. Tom made us feel like we were right at home. For breakfast we had the run of a very well stocked kitchen. The accommodations were excellent. Everything was in great running order and immaculately clean. There was even a TV with a remote in the bathroom. Who needs a magazine?
The lodge is right on the main street in town and looks like it came off the set of Red Green. This picture is of the main reception and relaxation room in the lodge. Most of the deer in this shot were taken by a female bow hunter. Elk, lynx, grizzly bear and caribou also adorn the walls.
A sample of the lures used for lake trout on Ontario.
Lures, reels, heads and a wood canoe that I would love to have. We rode on to Port Ontario today. I am sitting in the car blogging as it has been raining for the past 2 to 3 hours. Off to bed. I hope it’s dry. Tomorrow we leave Lake Ontario and start making our way to the Adirondack Mountains. I look forward to the beauty of the mountains and hope that, after all the flat riding we have been doing since entering Michigan, we can regain our climbing legs. Bonzai.
One of our favorite locations so far was Sodus Point NY. Sodus Point Bay juts south from Lake Ontario. This is a picture of one of the marinas in the bay.
More Sodus Bay.
The lighthouse on Sodus Point marking the entrance form Lake Ontario into the bay.
Fairport NY was the most bustling town along the stretch of the canal that we rode. This is a picture of boats moored along the canal in downtown Fairport.
A picture of Tom taking a picture of me in Fairport.
An up close and personal look at a lock along the canal. The water behind where I took the picture was about 10 feet lower than the level of this water. The number of locks along the canal was something that I did not anticipate.
A pleasure barge, and there were lots of them, passing by PittsfordNY.
The Erie Canal passing through the Genesee River in Rochester NY.
Katie executing a breakaway from the peloton.
Erie Canal Trail: We rode the Erie Canal Trail from Spencerport to Palmyra NY. This took us all the way through the large city of Rochester. Through Rochester the trail was paved. On either end the surface consisted of finely crushed rock. The crushed rock surface was better than we thought it would be and was easily ridden on with 25 cm tires. This section is in the heart of Rochester.
Hello mudda, hello fadda, here I am at, Camp Granada... That is the feeling one gets when riding through the Adirondack Mountains. That and sore legs. There are private camps in many places along with lodges, cottages, the usual for rural mountain communities. The heat has stepped back but only a little. It got up to 92 degrees today.
Another mountain lake
