Lisa
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Bowman Lake State Park
Bowman Lake State Park is a beautiful park with a shallow lake and gorgeous old growth forest to hike through. I found many primitive plants here which made me think of teaching botany and was doubly appreciative of the wonderful collection that Jennifer R. left for me at JHS. Hiking on layers of leaves and…
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Finger Lake Region
We traveled to the Finger Lake region to stay at Bowman Lake State Park. The campsite is shady and cool. We have no problems being here without an electrical hookup. We wore sweatshirts to walk around and look at the stars—so far from city light pollution.
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Magical Elevator
Whirlpool State Park and Devil’s Hole State Park are both great hiking areas just north of Niagara State Park. They have picnic areas, good views of the gorge created by the Niagara River, and you can hike down stone steps to get to trails along the river. At one point, Tony says, “I wish there…
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Villages near Niagara
Youngstown and Lewiston are close villages to our campground. There are bike trails that go from Ft. Niagara State Park down to Niagara State Park which is really nice. The old houses in this area have metal signs that give their build date—we saw from 1822 to 1880 range. We loved the use of “village”…
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Niagara Falls, Eh?
The view from the Canadian side of the falls is rumored to be better, so we grab our passports, fill out our ArriveCAN form again, and walk across the International Rainbow Bridge to see. True, the overall Canadian view is better, but the sound is much more powerful from the US. Canada has many hotels…
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Niagara Falls!
The falls are so loud and there are lots of places to get close to get wet. Of course, you must stay on the paths for safety, but who can resist getting close to the beautiful water if you see a spot that looks safe-ish?! Tesla helped harness the power of the falls so he…
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Four Mile Creek State Park
We drove about three hours across Canada, sat in a long line to cross back into the US, and arrived at Four Mile Creek State Park, NY. This will be home base while we explore the Niagara Falls area.
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Cracker Barrel
Walmarts and Cracker Barrel restaurants are well known in the RV world as being good overnight parking spots provided you get permission from the manager. We found a Cracker Barrel in Port Huron to spend the night so we could cross into Canada the next morning. We had to fill out an online form, ArriveCan…
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Seul Croix Lighthouse
First stop of the day was to see Seul Croix Lighthouse, the last working lighthouse on the north shore of Lake Michigan. We were able to climb the circular stairs and final ladder to the very top. Very cool! We briefly went down to the water but soon found ourselves in a horde of flies…
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First Harvest Host Site
We drove along the shores of Green Bay and Lake Michigan into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We found a county park along the bay for lunch and stayed at our first Harvest Host site, a family farm where we parked for the night. We purchased a peach pie and loaf of sourdough before they…