With another week added to the estimate of when the Western Erie Canal will open for us, we will hedge our bet, re-trace our steps and head to Oswego. Depending on Canal progress reports, we will, either, head for the Thousand Islands (new scenery while we bide our time) or re-step the mast and initiate the search for a delivery captain to bring our boat through the Welland Canal (surrender). No matter which way we go from there, Ithaca was still the best decision to date… “Paradise”, as Christian refers to it daily.
You have seen the amazing geography, here are a few of the other wonderful things we enjoyed in Paradise…
So much green space! Public parks with picnic tables, swings and a carousel, multiple creeks to explore with a kayak and the best bike path of the trip so far…Karen and Mark, the kind, generous and fun locals who steered us to the “best waterfalls” and opened their beautiful home to us.Susie and Stan, equally as generous with their time and local knowledge who “broadened our reach” by taking us to Watkins Glen and Seneca Lake. Janet and Paul (back row), fellow travelers biding their time, hoping that Canada will “open” and the Down East Loop will be do-able before heading home to Seattle. They shared the anchorage and the marina with us before heading on. Ithaca = Interesting, easy and engaging new friends!Anchoring out in the end of Cayuga for a week and a half was great… until the wind changed from south to north. So we headed into Allan Treman Marina State Park and had another great berth!Lots of funky public art, in town and in the woods!A pedestrian shopping zone with not ONE SINGLE national chain store.Crazy, big skies from our vantage point on the lake…Wildlife everywhere we went…More wild life… 😜The infamous Farmer’s Market…our favorite lunch…and the beautiful, cultivated gardens.
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Great post. We definitely agree, we have have found paradise…at least during the summer. I’m so glad you arrived in the harbor. You showed us a new brewery and seeing the Seneca white deer was a first for us…great fun. Safe travels.
Great post. We definitely agree, we have have found paradise…at least during the summer. I’m so glad you arrived in the harbor. You showed us a new brewery and seeing the Seneca white deer was a first for us…great fun. Safe travels.