Trip to the Algonac & Niagara Wine Escape Rallies, Day 14

 Monday, September 18, 2023, Oswego, NY - 164 miles, 820.4 Miles for the Trip

An uneventful trip home other than the Guido's GPS insisted they do a tour of downtown Buffalo, something my Matilda managed to avoid. So, instead of parting at the I 390 exit near Rochester, we parted at Buffalo. Light rain off and on for most of the trip, although it stopped in Oswego.

Home For Three Weeks

I unloaded the refrigerator, a few closets, and stuff, but will make another attempt tomorrow. Lots of ripe tomatoes; the beans have turned to dried beans, and the cucumbers are the size of zucchini.

Dinner will be a trip to Rudy's for a shrimp dinner.

Until the next trip - 

Trip to the Algonac & Niagara Wine Escape Rallies, Day 13

 Sunday, September 17, 2023, Riverside Hotel & Campground, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - 0 miles, 656.4 Miles for the Trip

The nights are warming up; only down to the mid 50's last night and 57°F predicted for tonight.

Lots of folks headed out this morning, and throughout the day. There are a few of us that are leaving tomorrow, and a couple staying a couple more days.

We went to Betty's for breakfast this morning (although by the time we all were ready, it was closer to brunch). Around 11 of us made it.

The rest of the day was spent doing some packing, and sitting around reading. We did have a campfire designed to burn up the rest of the left over wood. Only problem is everyone else had the same idea & brought their left over wood to the fire. Even after throwing lots of wood on the fire I think there was more at the end than we started with.

dinner was cheese sausage & brats for Guido & me, and Anne settled for oatmeal. Guido & I finished off the Heavenly Chocolate Ice Cream - really too much for 2 servings, but not enough to save for another night.

Until Tomorrow - 

Trip to the Algonac & Niagara Wine Escape Rallies, Day 12

 Saturday, September 16, 2023, Riverside Hotel & Campground, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - 0 miles, 656.4 Miles for the Trip

Another cool night; down to 47°F. At 9:00 the "Blue Tarp" opened. A place to put anything you no longer want or need, and find stuff you might want or need. Unfortunately, most of the stuff I dropped off was still there at 11:00.

The pot luck dinner started around 5:15. Great food provided by & for all. After the dinner Alf called the site numbers for door prizes. Finally, we headed around the evening campfire.

Dinner was, of course, the pot luck.

Until Tomorrow - 

Trip to the Algonac & Niagara Wine Escape Rallies, Day 11

 Friday, September 15, 2023, Riverside Hotel & Campground, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - 0 miles, 656.4 Miles for the Trip

After my morning mile, I read some forums, ate breakfast, then started 3 blueberry pies. I usually only make 2, but I had the blueberries for one at Algonac, and they didn't have a pot luck. If the crowd doesn't go through the first two pies I'll put the last on on the give away table. The last time I made 3 pies was at a Quartzsite rally with 210 trailers. I put out the two pies, and about 3/4 of the way through the line they were gone. I dug out the 3rd pie so those at the end of the line still could get a piece. One way or another it isn't going home with me - I have another 15 pies worth of bagged blueberries in the freezer at home.

After the last pie came out of the oven (and the dishes were done), I made a round of the campground taking photos. A few here, many more at the rally page.

After dinner I made another round of photos. The campfire is in my fire ring, so I won't have too much trouble getting to it.

By the way, dinner was left overs. We polished off the rest of the pirogies, baked beans, pork loin, and a tub of mixed vegetables, with Popsicles for dessert.

Until Tomorrow - 

Trip to the Algonac & Niagara Wine Escape Rallies, Day 10

 Thursday, September 14, 2023, Riverside Hotel & Campground, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - 0 miles, 656.4 Miles for the Trip

I went for my walk along the Niagara River this morning. Lots of cormorants in the trees along the river - makes it look like a mystery novel cover. A bit cool at 51°F. I did plug in the electric heater last night, set it at 60°F, and it ran off & on after 1:00AM. I have a real thermostat on the wall next to the two standard RV ones (don't ask why there are two). I got tired of the difficult-to-set thermostat on the heater and added some electronics (An Aube Technologies RC840T-120 Electromechanical Relay with Built In Relay) plus an Emerson thermostat. I just set the electric heater on high, plug it into the receptacle attached to the Aube relay & it keeps the temperature in the trailer within 1°F of where I set it.

Around 1:00 I headed for the showers. A large shower with just hot enough water & a good shower head, but no hooks in the drying area and a chair in place of a bench. Overall, I can't do better than a C+.

Guido & I headed to Sobeys in Fort Erie for groceries, however the Garmin sent us to a Foodliner in Niagara Falls. It even asked us to rate Sobeys when we got out of the Foodliner store. In any case, I got water & Guido got pirogies & stuff for dinner.

We sat around for the rest of the afternoon, watching the new arrivals, then grilled a pork loin for dinner. Along with the pork loin we had baked beans, apple sauce, and pirogies.

Until Tomorrow -