Sunday, July 12, 2009

Watkins Glen and Corning, NY 7-8 & 9-09

Here we are at the Watkins Glen KOA. It is definitely above average for a KOA. The sites were big with large patios. The view out our windshield was of the woods, wild flowers and birds. Mighty nice.
This photo is for our RVing friends. Note the hanging basket of flowers, double swing, and picnic table with metal plate for grill. This place has a walking path through the woods, very nice indoor pool, huge inflated jumping mate, pirate ship playground, play area with equipment for pets, and more. The guys next door to us were a hoot. Their lighted pink flamingo was the most humorous outdoor ornament we have seen. Ted captured these bird photos sitting on our patio. This is an American Goldfinch.
This is a Red-bellied Woodpecker.
This is a Baltimore Oriole. There were other birds that Ted just wasn't able to get.
For those of you who don't know, Watkins Glen sits at the southern end of Seneca Lake, which is one of the Finger Lakes in New York. The drive around the lake was full of beautiful views.
The village is truly that, although there was a WalMart Super Center.
Corning, NY was about 9 miles south our where we stayed. It is bigger and cute.
The downtown buildings are all occupied and seemed to be thriving. The Corning Glass Museum is here. We had fun shopping in the Corning store.
This is for Brent and anyone who is a race fan. Our park was about two miles from here.
We couldn't get any closer, but that is the part of the track that goes up hill into a blind curve.
Trucks and RVs were coming in while we were there, but we couldn't find out what was racing that weekend. There was nothing on the track's website. We heard the cars going on Sunday while we were at our campground. Whatever it was didn't fill up our park.
This is another part of the track.
This is the view from the entrance to the raceway. The weather was cool and sunny almost the whole time. We had one impressive thunderstorm that left our fire pit with about 5 inches of water in it.

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