billandilea: Vamos out of Vermont, and on to St Lawrence Seaway, Alex Bay, Kingston, Syracuse, Toronto and Tobermory...

Drove up thru the Hero Islands in Lake Champlain on route to the St Lawrence Seaway… first main stop around the Massena / Ogdensburg area at the Coles Creek State Park. We had the most BEAUTIFUL waterfront spot overlooking the shipping lanes- well, almost had it. We had to abort. Problem was that there was a slightly different pitch between the camp road and our campsite, and unfortunately, as I tried to back in to our spot, the top corner of our front windshield violently shattered right above the seat where I was sitting!!! This was caused by a torqueing of the 41 ft RV frame we have…..Will need to get a modification done in Indiana on our way back home to lessen the likelihood of this repeating…. this set us back about a week on our schedule as we waited for the delivery of a new one to reach Syracuse. Below is a pic of Ilea sitting at what would/could have been our site.

Massena has an impressive hydro power plant, and in Ogdensburg we saw the Fredrick Remington Art museum.

We licked our wounds with the shattered windshield for several days on Alex Bay at the Swan Bay RV Resort…. Viewing Boldt Castle and its Yacht House....Visiting Cape Vincent (and its Light House),

Clayton (and its terrific Antique Boat Museum),

A dining room with a fireplace on a HOUSE - YACHT (bigger than a house boat)

Wellesley Island

and doing a day trip to Kingston Canada (where we had hoped to spend 4 days…)

Then we edged closer to Syracuse for the repair, and did Opening day at the NYS Fair, a visit to Cortland to see our sad deteriorating former home, a swing thru Skaneateles.

If you look close at the colors- there appears to be a BLUE ring around the black spots!!

Our beloved home for 14 years- 53 W Court St in Cortland with pathetically overgrown shrubs in the front... and we were able to go into the house because owner was there and invited us. Place is now being used exclusively as STUDENT HOUSING....

With the irritation of that windshield in our rear view mirror- we shoved off to Toronto Canada where we took in Toronto Island by Ferry,

All over Toronto- they have much better safety precautions in place than the US.

Thru this arch lies the CLOTHING OPTIONAL BEACH...

On Toronto Island sits the OLDEST LIGHTHOUSE in all the Great Lakes.

People swimming in some sort of competition- even though they had e coli warnings!

The famous Casa Loma

And the Provincial Building

Side trip also to the Scarborough Bluffs where we saw a 2019 movie being shot In The Shadow of the Sun with Michael Hall (from Dexter.) Got a free breakfast sandwich out of it as we were thought to be part of their crew!!

Saw one of those crazy 25 person sleep aboard touring RV’s

Pulled out of Toronto, and headed 4 hours NW to our PREMIER SUMMER DESTINATION- scenic Tobermory, Canada- at the very end tip of the peninsula which sticks out far into the waters of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay…