We arrived at Ft Drum on May 23. We got a great site that is very long and our door is facing a large field. I am very happy with the site and since we will be here a month, it is even more appealing.
May 30- We took a boat tour around the 1000 Island area of NY into Canada. It was a beautiful cruise and we got to tour the Boldt Castle. The castle is so stunning and it was cool to see the supplies that were still packed for transit. Mr. Boldt was building this beautiful castle on the island as a gift to his wife, but when she passed away from illness, he just abandoned the entire thing because he could no longer bear to continue the project without her.
June 1- I was supposed to fly out of Syracuse to Dallas, but the night before, the flight was cancelled. They moved my flight to June 2. I had several doctor visits and got to spend lots of time with my boy! Seeing family is always such a wonderful blessing. I extended my stay in Dallas by a day so that I could accompany James to a tattoo convention where our tattoo artist worked all day on James’ sleeve to freshen it up and enter it into the competition. James sat like a champ and his sleeve looks fantastic! I flew back to Syracuse on June 10.
June 12- We went to a small zoo in Watertown. It is a really different and neat zoo. It is like a large city park with animals…it made me think of stories my mom told me about when she was in school and she used to go to the city zoo and eat lunch in front of the lions area. I imagine this zoo to be similar. We enjoyed it. They had a butterfly house and the attendant pointed out the teeny little eggs on the underside of a leaf and also a newly hatched caterpillar!
June 13- We returned to the 1000 Island area to take a boat cruise to Singer Castle. This is from the family of the Singer Sewing machine fame. It is more like a real castle in the design and decor. I enjoyed exploring this one also! As we were leaving the island, we saw a beautiful sailboat (schooner?)…I don’t know for sure which it is.
June 17- We went to Tupper Lake Wild Center. It is a beautiful place in the Adirondacks that has 115 acres of trails, a nature center, a wild walk that has a thousand feet of bridges and platforms, many outdoor exhibits areas and live animals. We had a wonderful time and on the way home, there was a little farm that had a honor system flower stand with PEONIES! They were beautiful and SO reasonably priced, so I had to stop and buy some!
June 18- We went to Oswego to visit the beach there. It has a nice park and beach area. There was a couple of boats that were floating tiki bars that you could hire. We traveled the coastline east and saw the lighthouses along the way. It was a nice way to spend a day.
June 20- There was an event on base called MountainFest. The festival was set up in a field right at the end of our campground area, so we walked over and looked around a bit. It was super hot, so we didn’t stay long, as there was NO shade at all. We did sit outside the camper at 3pm when the paratroopers were scheduled to arrive. It was nice to be able to watch that from the just outside the camper.
One place we found in Watertown is the Little Trees Car-Freshner factory. I had to take photos to send to James, as he has tons of them hanging on his rearview mirror. LOL!
Next stop…Plattsburg, NY
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