Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner! The New York State Canal System– an extremely popular boating passage at 524-miles– has extended hours starting tomorrow (open until 10pm). And the General Clinton Canoe Regatta, the longest single day flat water canoe race in the world, is this coming weekend, too. I have fond memories [...]
If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I have a son who is a fishing freak. Unfortunately, no one else the family is as enthusiastic, so the poor lad must console himself with visits to fish hatcheries. (When the weather finally warms, we will go a-fishing again).
This [...]
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The beginning of spring in Upstate New York is a beautiful thing. Spring is coming! Last March about this time, we decided to break out of our winter hibernation hole and go for a drive in the country. My youngest son wanted to go fishing that day (he is a fishing maniac– he even reads [...]
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August 12, 2006
Our biggest excursion of the summer of 2006 was to Lake Chalet Campground in Bridgewater, NY. It is one of the most beautiful and enjoyable campgrounds in the area, perhaps in the state. This site has a nice description with great photos.
Joe and Mary Pcola own the Lake. They moved to New York [...]
Friday, August 18th, the kids were stir-crazy, so we loaded up our Igloo cooler with munchies and took a day trip to Chittning Pond in Bridgewater, NY. Chittning Pond is a misnomer, I think. It’s a veritable LAKE. This state fishing park is located west of Bridgewater on Route 20. Admission is free.
For a weekday [...]
We drove to the other side of New York to visit Lake Ontario again. This time we saw the lighthouse at Sodus Point, New York. There is a museum here, a nice park, and a refreshing jaunt down to the water’s edge.
Very few places are open during the winter, and the lighthouse museum is no [...]
