Lake Ontario, NY

This morning we drove up to Lake Ontario to check out the scenery.  The lake is really high because of all the rainfall they have had in US and Canada, causing some real concerns about flooding and erosion.  Today was off and on rain, that'll raise the water levels even higher.  They had a picture on the news today about a crane sitting on the bridge over the Genesee lifting driftwood and debris where it had snagged on the bridge in downtown Rochester.

Up around the town of Charlotte, there were some beautiful homes along the waterfront; however, they looked high enough to withstand any high water.  It was a different story near the Port of Rochester where parts of the parking lot were flooded and several of the restaurants were sandbagged. 

Before I forget, if you check yesterday's Rochester post, you'll notice that I changed the size of the Genesee tanks from 2000 gallons to 2000 barrels - just a slight difference!  Judging from today's post on the tank location, we won't get to see them on Monday unless we drive almost all the way over to Albany - a little bit out of the way.  Just in case you are wondering, there are 31 gallons to a beer barrel (oil is different).

Drove out to Brockport this evening to have lunch with Kathy's mom.  We went to the Old Stoneyard Inn which is on the Erie Canal there in Brockport.

Tomorrow we head for Morrisville, VT to visit with Tom III and Carolyn.  Actually, Tom III and Katie are here in NY , going to a friend's graduation at Ithaca College.  We're going to meet up with them in Vermont at a school where Carolyn's high school softball team (she's the coach) is playing.

Next post from Vermont.