Exploring the landscape east of Lake Ontario today, we first stopped at Southwick Beach State Park, where we enjoyed a pleasant stroll along the east shore of the Lake as well as the opportunity to view a swath of dunes and wetlands (see photo).
Out next stop was at the remote Eldorado Coastal Preserve, owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy since 1969. A one-mile walk through dense foliage took us to a beautiful inlet (photo), where a flock of cormorants lounged on a rocky spit, just offshore.
Our final destination was the western edge of the Tug Hill Plateau, which rises east of Lake Ontario. There we hiked to the rim of a deep gulf (the New England term for a gorge), carved from the Plateau by the upper reaches of Sandy Creek. Tomorrow we tour the "1000 Islands" at the head of the St. Lawrence River.
