We got up a little earlier to take showers before leaving. I wanted to see the Erie Canal so we went to Lockport near Buffalo. Locks 34 and 35 are in this town. After going to the visitor center we walked about a half a block to the canal. Just as we got to the locks there was a boat ready to go through. We got to see the locks in action. It was very neat to watch.
We drove a few miles down the road to Gasport, N.Y. where there is a brewery and winery. They didn’t open until noon but they filled a small growler we had in the trailer so we could take some with us. We passed through the town of Rochester and got us a site at a county park in the town of Webster. After unhooking we drove back into Rochester because Jim wanted to see the George Eastman House. This is the Eastman of Eastman Kodak. In 1888 he perfected a portable box camera that used flexible film. He named the camera “Kodak”, a word he created. They also had a gallery with a special exhibit on Norman Rockwell. This exhibit showed how he made his paintings from meticulously posed photographs. Sometimes more than one photograph was used to complete a painting.
There is a brewery in Rochester that makes Genesee Beer and Dundee Beer. Jim went by there but they don’t have a tasting room so he took us to brewpub and we had a beer. On the way back to camp we drove to the shore of Lake Ontario and took a picture just as the sun was starting to set. At camp I cooked dinner, pork chops, green beans and fresh corn on the cob. Everywhere since Kentucky we have seen cornfields and we finally bought a couple of ears.
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