Day 89 – We got up around 7 a.m., and it was 54 degrees and sunny. It was supposed to start raining at noon and continue for 3 days. We’re leaving tomorrow for Vermont & we’d wanted to take a drive up to where the U.S. is separated from Canada by the St. Lawrence Seaway. We decided to leave for that drive sooner rather than later in order to beat the rain.
Riverside Campground
Friday, May 12, 2017
Day 88 – Foggy & cool this morning but it’s supposed to be a nice day, so after coffee we got ready to go kayaking. Black flies & mosquitoes have started hanging around, so we brought lots of bug spray with us. By the time we headed out, the fog was gone and it was indeed a beautiful day. After an hour’s drive we arrived at the boat launch site off Route 30 a little South of Red Tavern Road. 10:20 a.m., breezy, sunny with puffy white clouds, low 60’s, and hungry bugs.
St. Regis River, near Deer River Flow, St. Regis Falls, NY
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Day 87 – It didn’t get down into the 30’s last night for a change; overcast & windy this morning around 8 a.m. Upper 40’s today, very cloudy all day & windy; We just hung around the RV with the cats. We were all feeling lazy, but tomorrow we’ll probably go out to the Deer River boat launch area & go kayaking, weather permitting.
You’re so soft Gracie!
Luna
Pixie
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Day 86 – Here Comes The Sun.
37 degrees last night & less clouds this morning at 8 a.m. Could this be a little sun peeking out & paying us a visit? Gracie & Java are a little irritable; maybe they’re getting stir crazy, too. Rob spent the morning with his coffee, the internet, & some maps – studying places where the flowing water might be less rough (we are not white-water kayakers). When I got up, he had a route all ready to show me which looked great & was not too far from the area we’d wanted to drive to anyway, around St. Regis Falls. We’ll drive over there, equipped with the kayak gear, just in case the weather & water are fine.
Monday, May 8, 2017
Day 84 – Snow And Hail???
We got up at 7 a.m. It was 34 degrees out and it was snowing lightly, but the snow wasn’t sticking to the ground. A bit windy & quite cold. Around 10:00 it started hailing, and as it began to collect on the RV windshield wipers, Pixie was fascinated, watching the hail as it fell. It was still snowing an hour later. The River rages on, no kayaking for us today! At this rate, not even a walk around the campground.
Pixie watching it hail
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Day 83 – New campground, new adventures. We hated to leave Webster Park but we had made reservations at Riverside Campground in Brasher Falls, NY and it was time to move on. It was still raining when we got up, and it continued most of the day. We departed at 9:15 a.m., windy, raining & 40 degrees. When doing our pre-travel check of vehicles, we discovered one of the RV headlights wasn’t working. Most of our journey was going to be on smaller roads rather than the thruway, so we figured we’d find an auto parts store on the way.