At war with the Mosquitoes and the Mosquitoes are winning

We have a beautiful campsite along a river in Lake George NY.  Sandy pulled out her arsenal of Mosquito deterrents.  The arsenal consist of 2 very large tubs of citronella candles and a never defeated, latest ever, electric mosquito canon called a Thermocell.  Well-l-l the mosquitoes in Lake George eat this stuff for lunch while using us as an appetizer.   We were chased into the MotorHome at 7:30 tonight so we are updating our spreadsheets, the blog, and will soon be watching TV.  Oh did I tell you we have WiFi and cable at this site.  Love Camping this way :-)

Batters Up - I am coming out of retirement. Do You think I have a chance? Tour of Baseball Hall of fame in Cooperstown NY

We found Cooperstown to be very nice.  Located at the bottom of Otsego Lake which is 9 mile long and begged to be water skied.  It is the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Even though I am not a big baseball fan I found it very interesting and worth the visit.  I checked out the Hall of Fame as Sandy explored the town.  Here are some of the pictures.  Note Jim Thome’s autograph.  This is where his award will go upon induction in July.  Do you think I have a chance of getting in with this batter stance?  :)

We checked out Watkins Glen Racetrack and then hiked Watkins Glen State Park in NY.  There are 19 waterfalls  within 1 1/2 mile hike.  Can you believe as we started the hike two tour busses pulled up in front of us and dropped off a bunch of tourist to hike from the top to the bottom.  The bus drivers must of told them to take all of their belongings with them.  They would meet them at the bottom.  Some of the ladies had Gucci purses and 4” wedge heals.  “Give me a break”.  We were in hiking shoes, backpacks, and had walking sticks.  It was sort of comical to see them walk on the uneven shale.  They made it without any broken ankles much to my surprise.  Of course, their Gucci purses were damaged and ankles were swollen.  “NO TIP FOR YOU, Mr Bus Driver”!!

Picture from our 1st campsite at Geneva State Park in Ohio

Meeting Bob and Karen

As we pulled into the Yogi Bear Campground in Bath NY,  we met Bob and Karen from Seminole Fl.  Bob warned me that he had tried to level his coach numerous times in the available campsites with limited success.  Bob was right.  I got it close to level and was happy until Bob and Karen came over to see our new MotorHome.  Karen proceeded to show Sandy that if you drop a pop bottle (or lay a can) on the motorhome floor it should not roll if truly level.  Well I must remind myself next time I see Karen to Thank her for teaching Sandy this new trick.  I was satisfied with close enough (& Sandy was also :) ) until Karen showed Sandy this new trick.  I appreciate the new trick, but would have preferred Sandy wasn’t aware of it :)

We had a good time with Bob and Karen.  Turns out we have a lot in common.

Dead Old People Driving

Today we were driving East Bound from Geneva Ohio (on Lake Erie) to Corning NY across Rt 86.  Keep in mind I am driving a 40’ MotorHome with a car in tow.  I was in the driving lane doing 61 MPH with two cars just completing passing me when a car loaded with old people (probably going to the Seneca Casino) came at us West Bound doing 65 MPH on our side of the highway (they were going the wrong way)!!  I laid on my horn to hopefully make the driver aware that they were on the wrong side of the highway.  Then I watched my mirrors expecting a horrible accident.  Luckily they must have realized their error and turned the car around.  Thank Goodness.  

You hear of this happening after the bars close, but never at 12:30 in the afternoon

Driving Rain Storm - Clean Vehicles - Nope, not happening

The rig was shiny after 4 hours of cleaning.  The car was clean after washing it in the dark.  Wouldn’t you know it, within the first 10 miles we ran into a driving rainstorm.  The rain was coming at us horizontally so hard it blew into the side vent of our 1/2 bath and dumped rain on top of our toilet lid.  We pulled over into the first rest stop and waited it out.  Upon arriving at our destination (Geneva State Park) I stepped out and found that both the MotorHome and Toad (RV talk for towed vehicle) were covered in an 1/8” of road dirt.  I may as well brought a paint scraper to clean the cars (toad) windshield.  Oh Well.  I guess the cleaning I did was just free exercise.  :)