Jo Day 65 (Oct 4): At sunrise the mist rose from the Wildwood Lake at the KOA in Medina, NY. Alan found some warm sun. Kevin emptied the port-a-potty and filled up the water tank for us. John was putting on his bike shoes (at least that was his initial intention)...he took off his running shoe but then put it back on..he looked down, paused, tilted his head, then realized that instead of putting on his bike shoe he had put his running shoe back on...a senior moment? It's just one of those days! Kevin, Alan and John took off for their 79 mile ride along the Erie Canal. Janut, Bob and I walked along the Erie Canal and then we walked UNDER the Erie Canal via "The Culvert Road"...the only road that goes under the Erie Canal (built in 1823). The canal has 36 locks, an elevation differential of about 565 feet, is 40 feet across the surface, 18 feet across the bottom, only 4 feet deep, and is about 524 miles long. It opened on Oct 26, 1825 to ship goods across the state of New York. Janut was bummed that the sprinter van (9'6") was too tall for the tunnel (7'6")... It's just one of those days! I must sound like a broken record, but we stopped at Walmart again for groceries and ice. A guy who builds out vans for fun spotted the sprinter van in the parking lot and was really interested in the van so Janut gave him the sprinter van tour. We talked to him for a long time...until he realized that he left his mom in the car! LOL! Before we knew it, it was 3pm, we had to hit the road to get to our camp site before it closed (5pm). We made it on time to the Mid-Lakes Marina in Macedon, NY. They said we could park anywhere, so we chose a parking spot with a view of the boats in the marina. Alan set his tent in the marina area and John set his tent along the Erie Canal. Dinner...well, I was getting ready to make quinoa, Parmesan/sage pork chops and grilled corn bread, but when I opened the frig, everything was cool, not cold. Yikes! The frig had turned off sometime after breakfast. The pork chops were 56* so we had to throw them away, along with some milk, sour cream, and everything in the freezer. Janut moved everything from the frig to the big ice chest. It was getting late so I improvised and made chicken quesadillas for dinner. It's just one of those days! Luckily, handyman Kevin found the corroded wire connection and fixed the frig. Then we were sitting in the van chatting when a flash light was pointed in the window and a very concerned looking young sheriff knocked and said "open up." He asked if we had seen Daniel in the blue boat. Kevin replied "No, we don't know who Daniel is. We only saw a guy on that boat fixing it up, a really old guy with a cane down at the end there, and a guy with a dog." The sheriff looked at us like we were lying or something, and asked again if we knew where Daniel was, then he and his partner proceeded to check out every boat in the marina. He even shined his flashlight on Alan's tent for quite a while (long enough for me to take some pictures), we'll have to ask Alan if he talked to the sheriff. It's just one of those days! Kevin took a shower and Janut noticed that Kevin forgot his towel, so she grabbed his towel and was heading to the showers when Kevin texted "Help! Bring my towel!" He grabbed his orange shirt instead of his orange towel. It's just one of those days! The marina is nice and quiet...except for the thundering trains across the canal going "Choo! Choo!". The canal is only 40 feet across, so the trains are close, very close, you can almost feel them as they go by. The marina was nice and dark until the lights in the marina turned on...we had to drop the curtains. It's 10:38pm...Choo! Choo! a train just went by again. John said he's wearing ear plugs tonight so we might have to wake him up. It's just one of those days! Well, tomorrow is another day!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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