Wellesley Island

Up here, it's not exactly easy to find things to do. We don't have a lot of shopping, the word "attraction" doesn't exist, and there's no real beach to be found. However, if you're an outdoorsy kind of person, there's actually quite a bit to do once the weather is tolerable. Even within city limits and base limits, there are a multitude of trails for hiking, walking, running, and biking and we're surrounded by other bodies of water, so it's not unusual to see people kayaking or fishing along the river banks. Boating is common, too, when you get to the lake. If you were to go further towards the Adirondack's, I'm sure there would be even more to do.

So, we've had to join the population of outdoors people. We got fairly into hiking last year, and now we try to go when weather permits, which hasn't been often so far. While it's been warm enough to go outside, the sky has been less than kind. We've had more storms roll in through a few weeks in May than we had all summer last year, so it's been humid when there hasn't been thunder, lightning, and rain. We do enjoy the storms and it's nice to sit out on the porch and just watch sometimes, but it can lead to a little bit of cabin fever when they happen so frequently.

We were able to get out a few weeks ago in between storms and while it wasn't the warmest, it was more than nice to be able to get out of the house, especially since James was on leave at that point. Not only were we able to get out, but we were able to go explore a new area, too. We went to this place called Wellesley Island. It's in what's called the "Thousand Island" region, which is quite literally a large amount of islands all close together in the St. Lawrence River. Really, there are islands EVERYWHERE. Wellesley is one of the largest ones, and most of it is a state park/nature preserve. There are trails all over the island and it was probably one of the more beautiful places we've hiked. Hopefully, we'll be able to go back soon and explore the places we didn't get to that trip.