Thursday, July 19
Drive to 1000 Islands, New York
Annie writes:
We were supposed to leave the house by 1:00, but did not drive out of the driveway until 3:30. It was a pretty long ride out to New York, and we made it to Long Point State Park at midnight. We had already decided that we were just going to get our sleeping bags out of the truck and sleep on the ground when we arrived. Well, as soon as we got there and got out of the car, we heard coyotes howling, and they were not far off. That was all it took. The five of us (including Cooper-Dog) climbed up into the boat and didn’t get back out until daylight. Jeff and Chris slept on the back deck and Dan and I slept on the front. One problem though, where was my sleeping bag? Somewhere between New Hampshire and New York, it seems to have flown out of the boat. Thank goodness I had brought along some sheets and blankets.
Sleeping on the boat that night was so beautiful, it was something I will always remember. We were lying there in our sleeping bags, with the Milky Way bright above us, we saw shooting stars, and we laid awake talking for quite a while. It was so nice that no one wanted to go to sleep.