We nomads had a fun and productive day. Left home at 7:30 (another glorious day) and drove to Baldwinsville (70 miles). We took the scenic route (89) along Cayuga Lake past many farms, vineyards, wineries and hills on both sides of the lake. It was neat to pass some landmarks we had seen by water just yesterday. Beautiful!!!
We stopped at Shamballa and saw Emmett and picked up my retainer (essix) that Dr. Shapiro had made for me (just in case something should happen to my new filling and I might be far from a dentist)! Since we had no real place to have them mail it and they are closed today, we said just take it to Emmett (everyone knows Emmett and Shamballa is just a few doors from the dentist's office.). Gotta love these small towns. So it was waiting for me and we enjoyed chatting with him, got our coffees and 2 muffins and then on our way.
Emmett
Next stop was Brewerton (12 miles) - while I did laundry, Mark went to Winter Harbor to get some things off Flo. We had a list of things we wanted or needed and found all but 1 item.
Back to help me load up the clean clothes and then headed back to Ithaca.
Checked our trusty Trip Advisor for best Cortland, NY restaurants and the #2 listed is "Doug's Fish Fry" - sounded good, so stopped there for lunch and great choice. Very casual, walk-to-the-counter and order and a busy place. Mark had the fish lunch special (haddock) and I had a lobster roll. All yummy Doug has a food truck where he sells all his good stuff and if it's a charitable event, he gives a percentage of the proceeds to that charity. In the past 8 years he has donated $550,000!
A real "feel-good" story!
Doug's Fish Fry
Finally back to Ithaca and Mark took me to get a pedicure and he went back to Catrina and unloaded the laundry. After he picked me up, we stopped at Wegman's - wow! What a fabulous store (much bigger and better than Whole Foods). Michael had told us about these stores a few years ago, but since they are not in the Midwest or Florida....this was our first visit! Could've spent hours in there! We stopped back on the boat afterwards, changed clothes and off to 4:30 Mass at
Immaculate Conception.
Immaculate Conception
After Mass Mark suggested we check out the Ithaca Commons - just a few blocks away downtown. It's 3-4 blocks of pedestrian walkway (street is closed off to all vehicles). We went about 1/2 way. Such a pretty night but it did get to 89 today!
Got the laundry put away and just settled in..
Some interesting tidbits about the Finger Lakes...
there are 11 lakes but only 2 are accessible from the Erie Canal by boat.
Seneca Lake is the deepest (600+ feet) with Watkins Glen at the south end
Cayuga Lake is the longest with Ithaca at the south end
Both have breathtaking views from land or water - very hilly country with many vineyards, wineries and farms. So lucky to be able to enjoy this beauty from land and water.
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