Day 61 of our 2025 RVing Adventure with Historical & Musical Interludes

It's Tuesday July 1st, day 61 of our 2025 summer adventure. My morning walk offered a beautiful sunset shining off the lake along the trail in the primitive campsites at Pine Loop. 

The serenity that I get from my walks, especially in places like this, is the best part of most of my days!

The wildlife that I saw here at Ives Run never disappoints! There were rabbits, chipmunks and deer.

We had a leisurely morning and departed the campground about noon. We only have about 125 miles today.

Traveling part of our trip on US Hwy 15 N, a familiar route to us. We have traveled this route many times between NY and Florida. Parts of US 15 are also designated as the "Blue and Gray Highway" and the "Marine Corps League Highway". "Blue and Gray Highway" is due to its route passing through sites of the American Civil War. 

We arrived at the NYS border. There are so many good reasons to visit New York. But, there are many more reasons that we left New York State over 20 years ago. And sadly, things in New York have not gotten better since then. It is always great to see family and friends while we visit.

In Addison, NY there is Towner's Christmas Tree Farm. It has a history rooted in the Towner family's entrepreneurial spirit, with origins dating back to the 1960s when Llewellyn Towner's son, Terry, began planting Christmas trees on his father's land. The farm has evolved from a wild forest and pasture to a thriving business selling both wholesale and retail trees, and recently, painted Christmas trees. 

We transitioned onto I-390. Last year we took the back roads from PA into NY and onto Darien Lakes SP. This year, we hung out longer at Ives Run, so we opted for the more direct route. In Savona, NY there is a place we will be checking out. The Mud Creek Bison Ranch. I learned they are a Harvest Host location and we will be staying there on our way south. We stayed at Eel Bison Ranch in Indiana and we had such a great time!

The Baron Winds Project is a wind-powered electric generating facility in the Towns of Cohocton, Dansville, Fremont, and Wayland within Steuben County, NY. Baron Winds is located primarily on agricultural and recreational land. There are 32 wind turbines in the Towns of Cohocton, Dansville, and Wayland.

We exited 390 onto US Route 5 & 20 near Avon NY. Heading through Avon I was watching the height of the corn. Avon is home every summer to a huge Corn Festival in August. 2025 marks their 37th festival. West of Avon 5 & 20 split, we stayed on Route 20. On our way to Darien Lakes State Park.

Darien Lakes State Park, originally known as Harlow Lake and Park, began as a 1,000-acre tract of land acquired by the State of New York in 1963. The park, which has since grown to 1,846 acres. The park's history also includes a connection to the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression, with remnants of their work still visible. We are here for 7-nights. So, we settled right in! We are in A-loop site #42. We stayed in this site last time we were here. We love it. The trick to getting this great site is.... it says it only fits a 25 foot rig, so we say we are 25 foot and bam... the site is ours! Stay tuned for more #TwoLaneAdventures