Day 6 Mile 869.6 Geneva on the Lake, Ohio

Tonight we are camping in what appears to be a beautiful campground  on the south shore of Lake Erie...Geneva on the Lake.We can’t really tell because the rain started as we pulled in.  Hopefully, it will be a short shower, and we can go exploring.

Blogging.   

So far it’s been a convoluted, family oriented trip: we met Katie and family to celebrate Michael’s birthday, spent a day in Davenport with Sue’s mom, and overnight at Sue’s sister Betsy’s, traveling southeast to get to Canada (Sue was always bad at geography).  After three days, we had traveled 168 miles. Left Indianapolis this morning and arrived in fine spirits at about 4. 

Michael's 8th birthday.   

Sugar Bottom Campground in Coralville.   

Since we haven’t driven the new motor home much, I was worried about traffic in Indie, Columbus, and Cleveland.  It turned out to be fine.  We avoided rush hour everywhere and did pretty well.  The real problem was the dreaded orange signs of construction ahead.  They might as well have said, “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here!”  Narrow lanes veering left and right, with concrete barriers on one side, and impatient semis on the other are not my idea of fun.  But all’s well that ends well. We are enjoying the breeze from the lake and looking forward to a pretty evening. We biked a two mile asphalt path through the woods and along Lake Erie into town which is mainly closed for the summer.

Geneva on the Lake, Ohio.   
  

Geneva on the Lake State Campground.   

Tomorrow it’s off to Niagara Falls to a state park with lots of hiking and bike trails and visits to all of the typical tourist haunts, including a ride on the Maid of the Mist. We have never been there, so we’ll pretend it’s a second honeymoon - 44 years later.

Random thought for the day: we passed a Porsche, and a lemonade stand passed us.