Pulaski (Oct. 14)
Pulaski, NY is between Watertown and Syracuse, and is a comfortable 5 hours drive from Montreal. We drove through Canada back to Gananoque, and again crossed the Thousand Islands Bridge. However, we then headed south on Highway 81 past Watertown. As we headed south, fall receded slightly.
Our campground near Pulaski features a golf course and restaurant. When we arrived it was almost dinnertime, and it was clear that a number of golfing parties had convened on the restaurant to continue their good times. We decided to have dinner in the restaurant as well, and enjoyed the ambience.
The golf, the camping and the food were all quite reasonably priced, and as I often do I wondered about the economics of running such a place. The campground was placed more or less in the center of the golf course, which meant there was some good hiking as long as the golfers were not out in force.
We picked Pulaski for a 2 night stay because it is close to several state parks.
However, in the end we just hung around the campground. Rumple and I took a couple of hikes. As a result we saw a beautiful sunset (top) and an equally beautiful sunrise.
We were intrigued to learn that several of our fellow campers were not there for the golfing, but for the salmon fishing. Apparntly the steelheads grow quite large in the local streams. However, the weather was weird this summer, and the run was early, so the fishers were not having much success. There was some question about whether the run was small due to the weather, or whether, given the warm fall, the main run was still to come.
Since we did not unhook the car, it should have been a simple thing to pull out for Rochester the next day. However, our slideout refused to slide in. It has a motor on both ends, and we could hear that only one of the motors was actually running, which meant that it was likely to go in skewed and possibly jammed. It is too high up to get much leverage from outside. And the RV cannot be driven when the slideout is slid out.
We finally were able to get it in and get on our way. However, we decided to live without the slideout until we could get it serviced. This means a very cramped space, with Rumple underfoot no matter where he lay down.