Sunny, warm and breezy.....Mark exercised, we had breakfast and then were off at 9:15 leaving Albion and heading to Medina. 11 miles past lots of farm country including apple orchards, vineyards, corn and soybean fields. Saw more (what we think....) are farm-to-table fields and/organic (those stripes from a few days ago). We are just 10 miles south of Lake Ontario.
One of many farms we cruised past today
Passed thru 2 more lift bridges today and they all fly the Erie Canal flag, the New York state flag and of course, the good ole red, white and blue!
Entering Medina
Another cute little village with a welcome from Rusty, the part-time bridge operator and part-time musician (country). And then a neighbor on another boat came by to tell us about this and that, and as always, "where to eat"!
We walked downtown and found Fitzgibbons Celtic Pub....such a nice day and tables in the shade, so we sat outside and enjoyed fish 'n chips (Mark) and fish Reuben on grilled sourdough (me)
excellent lunch...again
Neat architecture downtown
This is famous Medina sandstone
After lunch I walked around downtown and Mark was off to get a haircut and bag of ice.
Cute little Visitor's Center
We met back on Catrina, took a little siesta, read and enjoyed the AC as it is really warm today and temps are going to climb thru the weekend - same for much of the country.
Went for a bike ride, found the Medina Waterfall, and then stopped at The Shirt Factory Café. A great little coffee ship in the old Robert Newell Shirt Factory which goes back to 1900.
Medina Falls
More sandstone architecture
Enjoyed our iced coffee (Mark) and my pina colada smoothie at this very eclectic place with so much history. Some of their sandwiches are named after celebrities who have bought shirts from them way back when....Bob Hope, Robert Redford, Rich Little. Roy Rogers, etc.
Robert Newell operated this shirt factory from 1918-2004.
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Here's our rosy-cheeked sweetie pie
Luke, Maeve and Mommy went hiking today on the Fonta Flora Trail
Leftovers tonight, stayed in and read our books.
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