Blogs from Finger Lakes, New York, United States, North America

Life is good....very good. We are still at our rented cottage on Keuka Lake. Only a few more days to enjoy this easy living life we have become accustomed to. Hope you have found yourselves relaxed and liking this experience. It’s so much more fun knowing you are swimming right along with us. We heard your panicked screams as you entered the chilly water but once you immersed yourself, we heard your screams of joy. Yahoo. We found it easier floating around when the waves were calm....but we also liked the rocking sensation when they were flapping against us. “The seas were angry that day, my friend!” I haven’t decided which float I like the best....they are all good. Sailing,Sailing. Lulu has held back in getting the water. She’s a timid soul but she doesn’t have ... read more

Dawn and I wanted to take a trip to see fall color. It was also time to visit friends and relatives in Buffalo and Rochester. So it made sense to take a trip to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. The best fares were on Delta this time. I wanted to start the trip in Buffalo, then drive to Rochester and spend the night. From there we would go to Watkins Glen and spend one night and then on to Letchworth State Park for one night. Since we were only go to spend three nights I booked us on an early flight on Friday and a late flight returning on Monday. This gave us three full days of sight seeing and visiting. We took off from Houston Intercontinental at 9am, connected through Atlanta, and ... read more

Hills, there's a lot of hills here-a-bouts. Short hills with some steep sections. One, which I went down with the brakes carefully applied, hit a 19% grade according to the GPS. More than one or two I pushed the bike up.... It is fall here and the trees are changing. Muted colors this year, warm and dry. Great bicycling weather though. Lots of real farms, cows and corn. Miles and miles of winding country roads, many with very few cars. Pratt's Falls is a nice little county park with lots of picnic spots and wooded views of a small waterfall. A hot air balloon inflated and took off while I chilled after the 20 mile roller-coaster ride. Kellish Hill Farm is a wonderful music venue owned and run by Kathy Kellish. She's harnessed the power of ... read more

July 25, 2011 Touring wineries was on the agenda today. We stopped at several wineries and then the weather turned on us and a storm blew in. We ended up having lunch at the same place where we took the boat cruise the night before. We also stopped at a cheese store which was on the way home and located just a few miles before getting into Buffalo. Our friends dropped us off at the hotel so since we didn’t have a car anymore, we just stayed in for the evening and walked over to the Denny’s for dinner. ... read more

We went up to Erin, New York where Shawn's grandfather lives. It was the last weekend in February and still the dead of winter. We drove up from Erin to Ithaca. Along the lakes there is a waterfall called Tunkhannock Falls. We saw this waterfall last fall when all the leaves were changing around it. It is just as beautiful frozen in winter. I love this area. We go to Ithaca at least a few times a year to go the wineries and drive along the finger lakes. Ithaca is a neat little hippie college town that has Cornell University. We like to go the restaurants and have seen plays at Ithaca college. It is truly one of our favorite places on earth. ... read more