"I got a mule and her name is Sal
Fifteen miles on the ---- -----
She's a good old worker and a good old pal
Fifteen miles on the ---- -----"
If you can fill in the 2 word blanks you will know where we stopped today. If you cannot it would appear that you did not have to learn American folksongs in elementary school music class. (HINT, it is a CANAL that was dug from Albany to Lake ERIE.) Yes, you got it, the Erie Canal. Another interesting bit of Americana that we have seen on this trip. Then we stopped at Lake Ontario completing the viewing of all 5 of the great lakes. Can you name them all? We can now. Then it was on to the Adirondacks where we are staying at a KOA campground tonight. The houses here are typically older 2 story homes and sometimes have a square, windowed cupola on the top. There are also many graveyards with old looking headstones. We stopped at one and the headstones were from the mid 1800s. There is supposed to be excellent star viewing in the Adirondacks so we will give it a try in a couple of more hours. ~250 miles
Oggi abbiamo visto Lake Ontario e anche il Erie Canal. Il Erie Canal e' un canale fatto a mano nel 1800s che va fra Albany, New York e Lake Erie vicino Buffalo, New York. Ci sono tanti apparecchi chiamata "locks" dove si puo' cambiare il livello del'acqua cosi le nave possono usano questo canale perche' Albany e Buffalo hanno diversi elevazioni. Anche siamo fermati al cimitero vecchio dai anni 1800s. Abbiamo sentito che non c'e molti luce durante la notte qui e si puo' vedere molte stelle. Speriamo di si, vedremo stasera. ~250 miglia oggi.
Lock on the Erie Canal
Porte per cambiare livello del'acqua sul Erie Canale
View from our tent
La vista dalla nostra tenda
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