Fort Ontario stands guard

Needed in those days. Fort Ontario is a historic site where folks today can visit to see learn about its roles in the French and Indian War and the War of 1812. Housed refugees. Adjacent are restored buildings that served as refuge for Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The Fort was closed but I soaked…

I recall music from Harborfest at Breitbeck Park

Center of things. As soon as George pulled the car up to Breitbeck Park in Oswego, I recalled my time as the music reporter for the big daily covering music during concert doings for the huge annual Oswego Harborfest at the shoreline sight. The headline set by the Charlie Daniels Band came to mind first.…

There’s still a power plant with a big cooling tower in Oswego

Towering. An unmistakable feature over the Oswego shoreline is the cooling tower of the nuclear power plant. Constellation Energy’s Nine Mile Point station of course caught our attention over Lake Ontario. From the harbor. A syracusedotcome story from October 2022 said the plant will be fitted to produce hydrogen. Looming. It certainly stands out from…

Oswego Lighthouse stands out from many viewpoints

Show me the way. George pulled into Oswego’s refurbished harbor, and left me to squirm my way past the fence to get an unencumbered view toward the lighthouse down yonder. Nobody seemed to care that, yes, I may have been a foot or three into a space I was not supposed to go. Zooming right…

Cool art in the middle of almost nowhere

Powerful statement. George Two’s original text hook to entice me to this day trip through Oswego was his periodic encounters with a piece that sat quietly on a hill he’d driven past and wondered about throughout the last decade or so. In fact, he’d named the structure <em>Stairway to Heaven</em>. It stand on the outskirts…

Rudy’s rocks, even when it’s closed

The kids know where there’s a great natural supply of rocks for their painting jones. The food stand on the shore of Lake Ontario is closed for the season, so terrific daughter Elisabeth, sensational significant George Three and my dear wife Karen had plenty of space to roam searching for the right rocks for the…

This time the kids go with us to Ontario Orchards

Our annual October trip to Ontario Orchards was even more fun this time around for my dear wife Karen and I. Terrific daughter Elisabeth and sensational significant George Three said they wanted to ride along for the seasonal effect. Elisabeth decided I should be the one to place the rock she found on the grounds…

Apple pies and pumpkins out Oswego way

My dear wife Karen and I definitely enjoy this new October tradition. The drive north to Ontario Orchards in Oswego comes with apples on our mind. We want to come back to A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville with two apple pies, one regular and one No Sugar Added. We want some…