I got some good advice last night, and took a scenic route southwest thru the Adirondack State Park. It was a good ride, but I couldn't help but think it was identical to northern Minnesota, or Wisconsin, or Michigan. There were resorts with cottages for families with swimming beaches, playgrounds, canoes, boats ice cream, etc. It looked an awful lot like some of the family vacations I had as a kid up in Minnesota. I guess the point is, that if you don't live there, the northern woods just seem cool and inviting and a great place to vacation. After the Park I continued thru some very pretty rolling hill country. For no particular reason, I really wanted to see some of the original Erie canal. I miscalculated my first pass, so I doubled back in order to find it. I just find it amazing what could be done almost 200 years ago with only human labor for the most part. I guess the government hadn't quite perfected it's meddlesome ways back then. Anyway, I did find a section of the original canal. As you can see by the picture, there does not seem to be a '' Save the Erie Canal Society''. It is just hard to believe what a huge commercial impact something that looks so small (40 feet wide, 4 feet deep) had back then. The other pictures show the new canal and one of the locks. This particular section is located within about a mile of the old canal. Enough of the history lesson. I had plans to basically continue south, but some of the roads leading up into the rolling hills looked too inviting. I'm really not too sure where I was or how I did it, but I ended up in the finger lakes district of the State. I'll try and do better tomorrow.
Today's location: Ithaca, NY
Today's mileage: 377
Total: 4183
Today's photos: A portion of the original Erie Canal, followed by the current canal and a lock.
I haven't posted any yard art in a few days, so here is one of what I think is a Lunar Lander, and one of a Commode Cemetery
On the road again!
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