Fred's Big Adventure

We made our way to the Finger Lakes KOA in Canandaigua, NY.  Fred got to swim in 2 finger lakes… Canandaigua Lake, right in Canandaigua, and Seneca Lake, in Geneva, NY (not to be confused with Geneva, OH!). The water was pretty choppy in both so we didn’t stay too...

When I was in college, I remember going to Niagara Falls for what seemed like an entire minute.  Needless to say, I wanted to go again and actually see the falls this time! There’s an RV parking lot on Goat Island, so that’s where we headed. We walked along the...

Our next campground was located in Thompson, Ohio, in what seemed like the heart of Ohio wine country, and about 10 minutes from Lake Erie.  This KOA was huge - in the 5 nights that I was there, I never saw about 1/2 of the campsites. There was a huge fishing pond and...

On the way from Columbus to our next stop, we stopped at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Nothing super special here but we did get a nice walk along the Cuyahoga River and Erie Canals… neither of which was fit for swimming.  Also, there was a scenic railway that...

My Uncle, Arthur Shafran, passed away while I was in Columbus. He had been suffering from Parkinson’s for quite a while and it had taken a toll on his mind and his body. Arthur was my mom’s younger brother. He leaves behind a wife, 2 daughters and sons-in-law, 6...

My plan was to spend a few days in Columbus, Ohio with my co-workers. But of course, as COVID would have it, nobody on my team has returned to the office yet. So I got a campground west of Columbus and met everyone for dinner one evening. BTW, Jeff got the cover page...

On my way from Michigan to Ohio, I stopped off at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.  There were some neat exhibits and the good news is that it was more than a lot of cars. Also, I realize that Henry Ford was an antisemite, but I was going to see the stuff...

Regardless of the difference in spelling, I was made aware before our trip to Mackinac Island that Mackinaw and Mackinac are pronounced the same. We took a late morning Shepler’s Hydro-Ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Island. It was a cool (temp sat at 57 most of...

My friend Cindy has been summering in Petoskey for more than 20 years. Until I drove here I didn’t understand what made it so special. This place is beautiful, as are the surrounding towns of Harbor Springs and Charlevoix that I also visited. In fact, My personal...