We found a small, special campground heading east across central NY, near Utica. The Ilion Marina has about 15 spots. We got the last one. We had planned on staying one night. However, as often happens with us, if we like the spot, and it's available, we'll stay longer. We did stay 3 days at Ilion. The Marina is part of the Erie canal system. Every night different boats would pull up and hook up to the Marina's electric, water and cable TV. The town of Ilion had recently cleaned up the Marina so that they could get more traffic into their little village. We think they did a great job. It worked, as we did go into to town and spent some money.
What did we do? We walked around town, drove up into the Adirondacks and went to Cooperstown, NY. Mr. Remington built his first gun in Ilion and the factory is still there producing pistols and rifles. Alex went in to the small museum and bought the T-shirt.
Cooperstown was about 40 minutes south of Ilion and a beautiful drive. The Baseball Hall of Fame was every boy's (and some girls) dream. The Adirondacks were quiet. We had expected huge crowds of people camping, boating and hiking. Not so. Maybe we were in the wrong part, but there was very little traffic. It seemed a little sad. The Adirondacks were beautiful but after being in the NW this summer it was just not the same.
We are so glad we stayed the extra days. We discovered a lot by accident. As usual, click the link, select slideshow and hit F-11 to enlarge the screen.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ChrisTorrance/Cooperstown?authkey=Gv1sRgCLHp4Jfd8-DTQQ#
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