September 3, 2025 — Day 14 Green Lakes State Park, Fayetteville, NY We stayed up so late we all slept in. We all decided that wanted to explore the park, maybe see some birds and have a walkabout. Coincidentally about a month ago Paul had come across the freshwater reef known as Deadman’s Point and there it was on the map of the park! When we booked this park we had no idea that the strange colored water and Deadman’s Point were here. Remember the docent at the canal museum? He did say we should make it down to the lake to see blue and green water. Green Lake itself…

September 2, 2025 — Day 13 Great Lakes State Park, Fayetteville, NY We hung around in the morning, trying to figure out where to spend the rest of the week. Donna and Bill were arriving today. Our section of the campground was full, we had to move and we also wanted to be near them. So we drove around a found two spots a few sites apart from each other. Perfect. We were about to head into Syracuse to the Erie Canal Museum when they arrived at the campground. We met at the office, they booked their site, we moved tonight’s reservation to the new spot and added two more…