Ferry to NewYork and Niagara Falls

When we left the Rally in Essex Junction Vermont, we had to go by Ferry to get over to New York. The bridge that goes over the water was closed for repair. So, here we are, sitting in the motor home with our tow car behind us, driving onto the ferry for the short 10 minute ride across the water. I have to admit I was a little nervous, but it was only a short ride and soon we were back on solid ground in New York.

We spent a month in the Albany New York area and had a great time with our family there. Joe's sister Cheryl and her husband Chris took us to a few concerts on Thursday nights, and of course we had to go to the horse races at Saratoga Race Track. We did not pick the right horses this time but had a lot of fun at the races anyhow. We always have so much fun with them.

We spent a little more time with sister Luanne and her family this year and had a lot of fun. Luanne and Joe took us out to eat at a great resturant in Lake George. On another night they took us to a ski boat show on the Mohawk River. Their grandkids went with us, they are twin boys about 8 years old, so they got a big kick out of the water ski show. We all had fun there, and it reminded me why I never have wanted to water ski !!!!

We always have a great time when we visit our family in New York. We will not be back for a couple of years now, so said our farewells to everyone and hit the road again.

Our next stop is Niagara Falls. We have visited here a couple of times, and it is one of the most beautiful places we have seen. Absolutely fascinating that so much water can flow over the falls all of the time. We stayed in a campground near Lockport NY about 25 miles from the falls.

We went on a tour bus to the Canadian side. Our first stop was to an observation deck behind the falls, these pictures were taken from there. The first one is of the falls from behind it. The one next to it was taken from the top of the falls near the same area. The other two are of the people dressed in the plastic raincoats we all wore there, and of the "Maid od The Mist" boat that goes down to the base of the falls.

We are going to Ohio for a few days at the Thousand Trails near Lake Erie. We stayed there for a week or go last year and it is a nice quiet park. We need to rest up a little and catch up on some cleaning of the coach, inside and out. Then we will go on to Akron Ohio to visit our friends Ken and Shirley for a few days. We are looking forward to seeing them again.

White Mountain NH and Essex Junction VT

We arrived at Tamworth Campground near White Mountain New Hampshire. We had a good drive through the state to get here. This is a very nice state, green and lots of streams and rivers winding through the mountains and beautiful lakes. The water is so clean and fresh looking, makes you want to jump right in.


We got a big kick out of these warning signs all over the place. I could not help but to take pictures of these two signs. The first one says "Bear Crossing" and the other one says " Moose Crossing". I have to admit that after our Deer encounter in Missouri last year, we did not take these warnings lightly, we were very careful.

We are here to visit with our friends, Andy and Virginia, they are working at a campground in North Conway for the summer, May to October. Their campground is about 15 miles from the one we are staying at. We will get to see them tomorrow.

So today we just drove around and saw some of the lakes and mountains. We arrived at one pier and the Mount Washington a Sunset Dinner and Dancing Cruise was just getting ready to set sail, so we decided to buy our tickets and go along. It was great fun, very good band, beautiful sunset and good food too.

We met Virginia and Andy for lunch the next day and after we ate, they showed us around. We went up to their campground to see what a nice place they have. Now I see why it was full when we called to see if we could get in for a few days. It is a beautiful park. We spent a fun filled day with them and they helped us plan what we were going to do the next day.

We will keep in touch with Andy and Virginia and we may even consider working at a camp ground like they are doing, sounds like a great idea. Maybe when we get tired of moving from place to place. If we decide to stay in one place for a few months, it would be a great idea.

The next day we decided to take a train ride. We selected the trip with lunch in the dining car on the train as it travels through the valley and along the rivers and streams. This was a lot of fun, and we met some nice people along the way.

The rally in Vermont starts in two days, so have to be on the road again. We are planning to go in one day early so we can get set up and check out the area before the rally starts. We wanted to stay on the interstates because of the mountains, so it took us a little longer to get to Vermont, but we arrived and headed across the state toward Essex Junction.

The rally in Vermont went very well, we attended several seminars, and of course bought a few things that we simply could not live without (Ha Ha). We got our coach washed, got our tow bar serviced, and our TV antenna fixed. We even got a DVR for our Direct TV and another receiver for the back TV. All in all it was a great rally !!! The nightly entertainment was very good.

We even saw a double rainbow on our last night there. You have to look closely to see the second rainbow on the right.

Now we are going to visit family in New York. We have found a short ferry ride to cross over Lake Champlain from Vermont to New York.