Today we honor and thank the many brave men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country's freedom! God Bless you all...
It was a beautiful holiday full of sunshine and 70 degrees. The campers were busy this morning, putting away electric cords, hoses, grills, paraphernalia, kids, etc. as they packed it up and headed home. We pulled out of our #255 site at 9:02 AM - Swan Bay is such a nice resort and thoroughly enjoyed our stay here despite the cool weather.
Upstate NY on I-81 has numerous (about every 10 miles) "Text Stop" signs where you can pull over, check your texts and safely return to the interstate. The very 1st one (5 miles down the road) Mark pulled over and we switched drivers!!! Yup, he wanted me to drive Flo for awhile and so I drove 1 hour into Central Square - it was fine and traffic overall, was not bad. Mark took over the driving duties and our first stop was the laundromat where we did 5 loads. Then to Target where we picked up a Rx and a few groceries, + Starbucks coffee/cookie for Mark.
We had lunch on Flo in Target's parking lot and final stop was the Oneida Shores Campground in Brewerton (Flo's home for the next 3 nights). This is where we stay when we're in this area and while we're ready to get on or off the boat.
We opened all the windows, put groceries and laundry away and Mark took off in Big Red for the boat. He was hoping they had gotten it out of the building so he could do a few things, check batteries, etc. Catrina was outside and Mark was pleased with how everything appeared (until we get her in the water and engines are running........been almost 2 years, so Mark will be really happy to hear those engines start up.)
Connor got his first vaccine today (Pfizer) so that just leaves our 3 littles not vaccinated, but not sure what the situation will be for that age group or if/when they will even be eligible?
We walked around Oneida Shores and this "official" 1st day of summer is going well here in upstate NY with lots of folks having picnics, kiddies playing the sand and on the playground and some die-hards swimming in Lake Oneida - burrrr.... I would say everyone wants to get back to "normal" and this is the start after the awful, very long, scary pandemic!
Compared to Swan Lake, Oneida Shores has only 24 camper sites + 32 tent sites. It's a pretty park and the boat launch is very busy today with parking lot full of trucks/trailers - fishing is very popular here.
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