Fort Ontario State Historic Site

Today we visited the Fort Ontario State Historic Site with Mike.

Built between 1842 and 1844, this was one of two houses which served as Officers' Quarters at Fort Ontario.

The furnishings of the buildings recreate the lives of the officers, enlisted men and civilians who lived here around 1868.

Apparently, mosquito netting was a must at bedtime.

The vertical openings in the wall of the powder magazine provide ventilation to the storage chamber and an air space under the wooden floor.

Mike demonstrates his fort defense methods.

If not covered properly, the openings in these underground casements built during the Civil War era provide easy access to small critters.

While down in one of the casements, Doug ran into Mickey Mouse's friends, Goofy and Goofier.

Fort Ontario is named such because it borders Lake Ontario.

While walking around the fort, we ran into this scary dude.

Marlon threw his back out trying to do a little manual labor.

Is that a beaver? And did he really build that dam?

Nuclear power plants are always a beautiful sight.

While Lisa slaved away at work, Mike introduced us to one of his favorite Italian restaurants, Avicolli's.

On the way home tonight, we came across this dazzling display.

For more pictures, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/june/spending-the-day-wi/ .

To be continued...

Michael & Lisa Come to Visit

Today Marlon's brother, Mike, came to visit with his wife, Lisa.

He showed us his new souped-up Caddie.

Mike was stationed aboard the USS Alexandria. He received this certificate upon completing the transit of the Suez Canal.

Did you know SSN are the initials given to nuclear-powered attack submarines?

Here is just a fraction of his naval memorabilia.

Mike currently works at a power plant in nearby Syracuse.

One of Mike's most-prized possessions is his Jaegermeister Tap Machine.

For more pictures, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/june/visiting-micheal-an/ .

To be continued...

Bass Lake Resort, Parish, New York

Today we left New York City behind and headed to upstate New York to visit Marlon's brother, Mike, and sister-in-law, Lisa.

We stayed at Bass Lake Resort, part of the Coast to Coast network.

Bass Lake Resort was off-the-beaten-path, about 30 miles north of Syracuse.

This was the first park where our water and electric hookups were on the opposite side of the motorhome.

The park had pretty new facilities including a family and adult swimming pool, laundry room, and nicely supplied camping store.

The adult lounge provided a great place to read, surf the internet or watch a movie on a flat-screen television.

Anyone for B-I-N-G-O?

The resort DOES indeed have a lake...could it be BASS LAKE?

The resort provides guests with canoes or paddle boats free of charge.

For more pictures, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/june/bass-lake-resort-pa/ .

To be continued...