Sunday, September 30, 2007

Thousand Island, NY




For the second time on the trip I have felt overwhelmed by the natural beauty of a location. First, the Tetons. Now, the Thousand Islands - 50 miles of the St Lawrence Seaway dotted with islands, some small enough for 2 shrubs to grow on, some large enough for many buildings, most painted by the approaching season. Some have summer cottages, some have mansions and one has a castle.
We toured the area out of Alexandria Bay by boat. The tour, lunch on a floating restaurant made for a very pleasant day with sunshine leading us.
We've already traveled over 4000 miles without a problem except throwing off hubcaps (actually went back and found one of them).
The GPS is truly a useful tool. Without a clue about where to go "stable Mabel" guides us turn by turn in a pleasant, positive way. It takes the guess work, apprehension and spousal conflict out of the direction decision game.
We finish this picturesque stay with an RV site on Association Island - an RV Park on an island in Lake Ontario. What a fitting closure for this story book tour of Thousand Island.

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