April 16, 2024

Beautiful day in the Finger Lakes we decided to drive to Fort Ontario. It was nice drive but when we got there the fort was closed. Did get a picture of the lighthouse. 

lake ontario

Then we decided to look for a Starbucks for some coffee and chai. Would you believe there are no Starbucks in Oswego. We did find a coffee shop but it was not the same. We did find a nice bakery though

Then we drove thru the Montezuma Wildlife refuge Lots of people there today. Only saw a heron and some geese

Then we went to Montezuma Winery It’s one of our favorites. Bought a bunch of wine and two liqueurs Apple pie and ginger.

Back to the inn. Walked around the grounds at the Inn for some pictures.

Now it’s time to finish reading Daughter of Mine. First time reading Megan Miranda but it won’t be the last. Always happy to find a new author

 

 

 

 

August 12, 2023

Since it was supposed to rain most of the day we decided to go to outlets. After the outlets we decided to head to nearest Starbucks. So we plug Starbucks into the. GPS and it tells us to get on the thruway so we did and then it had us get off the thruway and get back on the thruway since it was taking us to a rest stop on other side of road. So we get off for rest stop and Michael gets in wrong lane and it’s one way so we had to get back on the thruway and head back to Watkins Glen. Decided to stop at a winery. It was packed and focused on red wines so back in car. Stopped at another winery and drove down this long dirt road only to discover there was no place to park Next winery – reservations only so three strikes and you are out. Back on road to Watkins Glen. Traffic in town bumper to bumper but we stopped at a coffee stop. Really a cute place and the chai was great and so was cinnamon muffin. Will stop there tomorrow before we head home. Made it back to bed snd breakfast and now it looks like it’s going to storm

August 9, 2023

Idlwilde Inn at Watkins Glen

Decisions decisions. What wine should we buy and how many bottles. We went to two of our favourites wineries and tasted 11 different wines and this is just day one

Did not see any lily pads but these flowers and cat tails were pretty.

Went on an hour boat ride on Seneca Lake. It was a beautiful day for a boat ride

View of Hector Falls from the boat