18 September 2024
1038 66,866 71°F Left Brockport after a quiet night driveway camping and a delicious morning coffee with Steve Harley. Thank you Steve & Pam.
1100 66,900 71°F Headed west on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail via the Lake Ontario State Parkway
The park has nice Lake Ontario views.
A calendar was posted showing when seabirds might be seen on the big lake. We only saw a flock of herring gulls on the beach.
Much of the park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935 and 1936. They also quarried stone in nearby Orleans County to use in constructing the park buildings.
Left at 1200
1228 66,925 71°F 265' Waterport, NY
This park is mostly a campground with just one picnic/beach loop. Left at 1248. I guess we weren't impressed because we didn't shoot any photos.
NY State Parks are free admission weekdays after labor day. This may only apply to NY residents. There is conflicting information online, but no one was at the entry booths collecting fees at any of the parks we visited today.
1300 66,932 74°F Lyndonville, NY
Four Shoe Trees adorned with footwear. (see Atlas Obscura)
Yates Pier is within walking distance, providing you have good shoes.
1310 66,941 74°F 261' Barker, NY
This park features the 30 Mile Point Lighthouse.
Highly recommend touring this lighthouse. Beth, who is not a fan of heights, even climbed the tower.
It was only $1 for adults and $0.50 for children.
Constructed in 1875, the beautiful stone building will be 150 years old next year.
If you don't want to camp out, the second floor of the lighthouse can be reserved for an overnight stay.
How would you like to have this view from your kitchen sink?
In addition to a beautiful view, Lighthouse Keepers also had these stylish uniforms.
A young girl named Beverly was raised in the lighthouse. Given that my mom is a Beverly, we had to capture a photo of her room.
There is camping here too. Site 29 is on the water next to the lighthouse. Don't tell anyone ;-)
Golden Hills is now on our list of favorite western NY stops.
1433 66,k952 73°F Appleton, NY
This is the place to stop if you are looking for garlic. We just needed a loaf of bread, which they had, and try to support local small businesses. The origami swan mobiles were a nice touch.
1446 66,955 Olcott, NY
Olcott is a cute little lakeshore town with a lighthouse and a carousel.
Noticed a Nonsuch in the local Marina. This catboat (mast at the bow, with one long boom) is a twin of the first sailboat Beth and I purchased together. They were made nearby in St Catherines, Ontario.
1530 66,977 73°F Youngstown, NY
Drove to the fort first and learned that it is an independent museum. Elected to skip the interior visit because it closes at 1600 and was $20/person. Walking around the exterior fortifications was still worthwhile. Hope to return someday when we can arrive earlier.
Next we visited the site of the oldest light on the Great Lakes. This classic tower stands, unprotected, outside of Fort Niagara. The first light was illuminated here atop a French castle in 1781. The current stone lighthouse was completed in 1872.
This state park doesn't have a campground, but Four Mile Creek State Park Campground is only a few miles down the road.
1720 66,981 73°F 286' Youngstown
Four Mile Creek State Park Campground
Five o'clock was class B check-in time with two ProMasters and a Sprinter. The Fiat Ducato (Euro version of the RAM ProMaster) was from the Netherlands.
We settled into site 26 and filled up our on-board water tank. There was 1 bar of AT&T LTE signal.
The Sprinter owner was determined to have a view of Lake Ontario, despite not having a lakeside site. I never considered putting a lawn chair on our roof.
Walked all the campground loops and took some photos of Lake Ontario.
As the sun began to set we could just make out a sailboat race going on at the horizon.
The park is downstream from Niagara Falls, where the Niagara River flows into Lake Ontario.
Here's a short video of the lakeshore near sunset.
Today's Route
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