North Country Vacation

  Another destination of the trip was to see the 1000 Islands Region of the St. Lawrence River.  It was pretty flat and the two days we spent riding along that stretch we had a steady tailwind to assist us.  Having a section of road cut through the rock didn’t hurt either.  Just after taking this picture a bobcat ran up to the side of the road in front of Gail and she got to see it, her first ever.  I was too far back to see it so I'm still waiting.  We got to see many of the islands and more freighters, some at the same time.

  One stop was at the new pavilion in Waddington, NY where we ate lunch.  The upgrade didn’t quite fit with an existing memorial marker, or maybe it was just people spent too much time at Lodge 420 when it was designed.  There was also a sweet path along the water running through some backyards.  I think some people in Tompkins County should go there and see how things are going as they fight to keep a rail trail out of their backyards.  We didn’t rape, steal, sell any drugs or look in windows as we rode by.