Photos Taken October 2011 From my experience, few people are aware that The Thousand Islands refers to an actual place and not just salad dressing. The area in question is between Ontario and New York, along the St. Lawrence River and the uppermost section of Lake Ontario. The...
Photos taken October 2011 Fort Ticonderoga, if even mentioned in any of your US History textbooks, was probably briefly brought up for a sentence or two in a chapter about the American Revolution. The fort was actually built by the French during the French & Indian War (or...
The Maid of the Mist is a boat (there are several Maids, really) that takes off from either side of Niagara Falls and brings tourists almost next to the bottom of the falls. You get a tour of the basin and surrounding area as well. The “Mist” part...
We were told this was a must-do if going to Niagara Falls. The Cave of the Winds can be found on the New York side. The name is somewhat misleading, as there is no cave anymore; it was made unsafe and then ultimately destroyed by falling rock. When...
Not content spending our mini-vacation just looking at water, we found some other things to see on the way up to Niagara Falls. I saw something online about a cave tour with a boat ride not too far away from our destination. Still on somewhat of a cavern...
On our way to Niagara Falls, we make a fairly far-off side stop at a little place I’d been meaning to see for years – what is supposedly the smallest church in the world. There are many tiny churches, but this one claims to be the tiniest of...
Although technically in 3 states, I’m gonna file this one under New York for 2 reasons. Nearly half the marker is in NY, so percentage-wise, NY wins. Also, you pretty much have to go through NY to get to the marker. So there. Underneath the bridge on Route...
Tahawus, also known as Adirondak, has long been a goal of mine. It was about a 6 hour drive to get from my house to the campsite and about another hour to reach Tahawus. Saying the town is in the middle of nowhere is an understatement. I’m not...
