Wolcott, NY

First of all, thanks for your private emails and comments to the board, as well as those of you who are "Following" me. Normally, I don't think I'd like being "Followed," but under these circumstances I LIKE it!

Yesterday was my second day in the camper on Vicki's plot of 17 acres - I had earlier guessed 15. The camper is working out even better than I expected, and is a really cozy and more than adequate. Good storage space, comfy sleeping, and doesn't have to be disconnected from the truck to set up. That's a big plus, and it turns out it's even easier to set up than I thought. Even with my strained back, it went up in 4 minutes!! Yay!!

Yesterday Vicki, her son, Scott, and I went to have dinner on Lake Ontario at Skipper's Landing. There was an epic sunset with a blood red sun. Ya know catching sunset is one of my favorite things to do! This afternoon we're going Great Lake sight seeing, and tonite we're going to the Cayuga Indian Res/casino. Earlier today we had brunch at the village restaurant (1,400 residents here) where my bacon was cooked from raw - not re-heated, I had real HOME fired taters and home made bread, which featured two pieces of different shape. Surely homemade!

We just got back from the waterfront tour of Sodus and the surrounding area. From Wiki: the region was first settled by outsiders around 1794, who discovered the bay called by the natives, "Assorodus," "Silvery Waters." This settlement became modern Sodus Point. During the War of 1812 the community was mostly burned during an attack by the British. A community of Shakers lived near here until about 1836, when they felt the development of the area was becoming too worldly. A lighthouse was erected on the western point of the bay in 1870, replacing an earlier lighthouse constructed in 1824.The bay was considered an important port. A rail line extending into Pennsylvania allowed coal to be place on board lake shipping.

Tonite was a warm summer night with just a hint of September in the air, and we stopped on "the strip" at a geedunk and bought the dogs doggie sundaes, and food for us. They have a very cool square light house at the end of a very long pier with no railing - imagine trusting people to stay on the pier without rails? My outlook on our nanny state improved until I had to fork over my drivers license in order to scan it to complete a transaction for a pack of smokes,  Sheesh. I took some photos which I'll post tomorrow as my firewire's location is currently in question. Sunset was beautiful again -- nice night for enjoying the end of summer here. For my part, I am going to make the endless summer a goal. Christmas will be the next time I need a coat. See you then, Emma! Love you lots!!