Peter asked us if we wanted to meet him for an early dinner and look at the locks in Oswego. Sounded good to us! We met him at Lock No. O8 and then had dinner at Azteca Mexican Grill on E. Bridge Street in Oswego. Randy said they had the best margaritas and I said they had the best fajitas EVER. And I have had a lot of fajitas in various restaurants so these were really good!
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It was not what we planned for the day, but when we were driving near Sackets Harbor, I convinced Randy to stop so we could explore the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site. The grounds and views were gorgeous, the self-guided tour was informative and the tour guide did an awesome job explaining what life was like for the Commandant, his family and servants living in the house prior to the Civil War.
Continue reading “Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site 07/19/2021”Antique Boat Museum, Clayton 07/17/2021
We enjoyed our day with Bill and Gail visiting the Antique Boat Museum in nearby Clayton. It was another cool, damp day with light showers, but it was still a lot of fun. Even thought we had been to the museum two years ago, it was still interesting to see the antique boats again. They have such a large inventory of boats, the exhibits are not all the same as our previous visit. I know Randy especially liked talking motors/engines with Bill.
Continue reading “Antique Boat Museum, Clayton 07/17/2021”U.S. Eisenhower Lock, Massena, NY 07/15/2021
We took advantage of the nice day to visit the U.S. Eisenhower Lock in Massena, New York. This lock was constructed on the portion of the St. Lawrence River known as the “Long Sault” by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Originally named the “Robinson Bay Lock” the lock was renamed for President Dwight Eisenhower after his term was over. It is one of the seven canal locks on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The $30 toll charge per lock from pleasure craft vehicles traveling downbound is collected from the officer in charge at the Eisenhower Lock. The tolls for upbound traffic are collected from the officer in charge at the Snell Lock.
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So far most of our days here in Alexandria Bay are cool with showers. Had a line of strong thunderstorms roll through Thursday night with cool weather and a few light showers on Friday. At least the thunderstorms waited until after we helped Peter and Paulla move cars so they will have their car here once they arrive by boat. We are still eating pie that they brought as part of Peter’s family tradition of bringing pies on their first trip to the Thousand Island area for the summer. I really don’t think we will have any left by the time they get back next week.
Continue reading “Clayton, Classic Cars, Coyote Moon Wine and Friends 7/11/2021”Fourth of July Weekend 2021
In anticipation of the 4th of July holiday, the park started filling up on Thursday afternoon and by Friday night there were only a few spots left. We watched a solid line of RV’s line up at the office starting about 1:00 on Friday and the line did not end for at least 3 hours. We even got to meet our neighbors for the first time. We did not have any special plans for the weekend, other than friends visiting on Monday, so we had a relaxing few days. Most of our projects had been completed so we did not have any work to do which allowed us to spend some time by the water to watch the boats drive by.
Continue reading “Fourth of July Weekend 2021”Chores 07/01/2021
The weather has been cool and windy so we spent a lot of time catching up on projects that needed done in the Dirt Yacht. Living in the RV is not much different than home–there are still chores that need to get done!. We also had ShowHauler owners coming to look at our RV to help them make final decisions on their new rig, so I wanted to get her cleaned up a litte.
The first project I tackled was cleaning out my closets. The shirts in my closet were musty smelling so I took everything out, and washed them. I am not sure if they smelled musty because I have so many T-shirts stuffed in the hanging closet, or if it was because we had closed the RV up without air when we went to visit Ryan and left the Dirt Yacht in the driveway. I did quite a bit of laundry when we first got here, but did not realize we would be charged electric. I have not gotten our electric bill from Swan Bay RV Resort for the month of June yet, but I hope it’s not too high. (Update: Swan Bay charges .2697 per kw hour. That is ridiculious. I only pay .122 in the Keys) Before I put everything back, Randy built me some new shelves so my clothes could be better organized. I was even able to give Randy an extra part of one cupboard which made him happy. Now if I can just keep everything organized. Maybe a week or two!!
Start of the 2021 Summer Season: 05/01/2021 – 06/22/2021
We left the Keys at the end of April so that I could visit my doctors at home. This is the second time I left the Keys to seek medical advice from my doctors in Baltimore. While I now have several doctors in Key West, I feel more comfortable seeing my doctors at home. There are not a lot of specialists in the Keys, so I would have probably had to go to Miami to see a kidney specialist. Fortunately only watching things at this time. I have a follow up in October to see if surgery is necessary.
Continue reading “Start of the 2021 Summer Season: 05/01/2021 – 06/22/2021”Home for Two Months: Medical Issues and New Jeep Gladiator 10/19/2020
It has been great being home, but I am looking forward to heading South and finding warm weather again. We have had frost a couple of mornings and I had to break out the long pants. I even had to give up my flip flops occasionally because my toes were too cold! We are lucky that we have not had any below freezing temperatures, but we have gotten close at 35 degrees.
Continue reading “Home for Two Months: Medical Issues and New Jeep Gladiator 10/19/2020”Hurricane Laura 08/22/2020
in anticipation of Tropical Storm Laura, Monroe County declared a State of Local Emergency on Friday, August 21 requiring the evacuation of liveaboard vessels, mobile homes, RVs, travel trailers and campers effective noon on Sunday August 23. At the time we were not sure how bad this storm would be in the Keys so we spent several days packing up the RV in case we needed to evacuate. After being in the Keys for almost 10 months, we had accumulated a lot of stuff that needed to be put away, even if we did not leave. Randy power washed the boat and even stored my trike on Sweet Thing since it would not fit anywhere else. Monroe County eventually rescinded the evacuation order, but not until late on Sunday morning. After 3 days of work to put everything away, i knew i did not want to do that again, if another storm came through. Even thought TS Laura looked like it was heading South, we decided that we were going to make a run for home. Another deciding factor for me was that the pool at VO was closing for repairs in September so i would not be able to enjoy my morning swim. Tropical Storm and then Hurricane Laura eventually passed over Cuba on its way to the Texas/Louisiana border.
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