9/23/08 - Youngstown, NY 4 Mile Creek State Park

Captain’s Blog

Ypsilanti, MI KOA to Youngstown, NY 4 Mile Creek State Park

We got another slow start to the day today leaving Ypsilanti around 11 am. We drove through Detroit and crossed the border back into Canada saving us 100 miles to our next destination Four Mile Creek State Park in NY.

The ride through Canada although shorter was very boring much like the I –95 corridor to Florida. We finally arrived in NY around 6 PM and we were losing light fairly fast.

Four Mile Creek State Park

borders Lake Ontario and is one of the most beautiful state parks we have ever seen. The park has acres of spectacular green lawn and all of the campsites are grassy – no dirt or concrete. We tried to get a site on the lake but to no avail. Those are the first sites to go and there are only a few.

We did get a great picture of the sunset over Lake Ontario and it was awesome. Even more awesome was that you could see the outline of the city of Toronto across the 53- mile lake.

Jewel loves the grassy fields and since the park was almost empty we broke the rules and let her run free. She took off like a rocket ship and when she spotted a squirrel she opened her afterburners and chased it up a tree. Boy can she move fast. As soon as we spot people she is back on her lease and not to happy about it.

Tomorrow we will be heading into Leicester, NY to spend the next two nights at Letchworth State Park.