This is one of the nicest state parks we have stayed in, the bike
tracks are all wide and paved and they thread between trees, green belts and
the beach. We have probably biked miles and miles, but the tracks are all flat and
smooth so no problem for those who may be not so fit as they should be. There is even a nice laundry here.
We bike down to the beach, there are not many around, but we notice a
few people who are not exactly dressed for the beach, ie clothed from top to
toe. We stop and chat to a lady. She has been to Oz and knows about NZ, asks
about our Haka and knows how the All Black strike fear into the opposition with
it. She is here as part of a group
helping recent Syrian refugees acclimatise to living in the USA living so have brought
them to the beach. There were about 20
refugees, only a couple of men and three or four kids in the group. Did they look happy? They
didn’t look overwhelmed! We have no idea what sort of horrific experiences they may have endured! Good luck to them in their new land.
We don’t stay at the beach for long, there was a layer of high cloud and a nice
breeze so it wasn’t over the top hot or humid. Regardless, we did try for a
swim in famous Lake Erie, but it was a lot colder than we have become used to, so
can’t confess to getting totally immersed. Have been in it though!
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| Picnic Shelter looking over inland lake beach |
Everywhere we bike we see deer, now so commonplace have given up taking
photos. However, as we are riding along the paved bike trail on the way back
from the beach, we see a ‘small’ black and copper snake slithering away into
the grass, it had been sunning itself on the path until we disturbed it! Of course I happen to know it is a
non-venomous Eastern Fox Snake (black with copper highlights), because I read about
it on the info board by the bathrooms, even took a photo as a reference, so you can see what
the snake looks like:
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| Pays to read the guff on what to watch our for! |
We also see a tiny yellow bird flitting amongst the bushes, but it is
quick so didn’t get any great photos.
The red Cardinal is still hovering around our campsite, no doubt looking
for his mate, or maybe his enemy!
Today, being Thursday, our quiet private camp is becoming inundated with
campers, the usual deal getting close to the weekend.
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