Friday, June 1, 2012

Erie Canal Day 1


May 30

Though the weather in Ontario has been great, it's time for a spring trip before the rest of the world is on vacation!

David recommended the biking trails on the old Erie Canal, and after research (and a weather delay on Tuesday), we headed out.

We had an uneventful (thankfully) trip down with a bit of an Amish theme, including a family working the fields with horse and cart and a horse and buggy at Wal Mart:




The drive down Highway 81 took us past some beautiful small towns, especially Williamstown and Camden, both with large cemeteries bedecked with American flags post Memorial Day.

We found The Landing Campground via Passport America ($17.50 Electric,  Water and Sewer) and booked two nights. We're on a tiny penninsula on Fish Creek that leads in to Lake Oneida. It's quiet (mostly seasonal people) and filled with Canada Goose families, a Mallard family, Purple Martins, Bank Swallows and a very talented Kingbird:







We chatted with the neighbours and had an early night.

Here's the view from my chair:





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