Flash Mob Adventure

Today was a glorious spring day.  I met up with Leslie at nine a.m.  and we drove to Cooperstown for the FLASH MOB event at LakeView Park.  I think we were the first ones there, and I suggested we look for the new geocache hidden by Mr.Science.  By the time we got over to the location of it, someone else was already looking.  Then GPSBarb came and she found it.  Eventually, I found it, too.

The event was small, but there were prizes and I won a fully stocked geocache. Leslie won some waterproof paper to use in geocaches!  Here is the group pic:  

After the event,  Leslie and I set out for a day of geocaching.  The first one we found was NIMROD's ARE US.  The best thing that happened today was that while we were looking for Uncle Sam Passed One in the old Presbyterian Cemetery in Fly Creek, a woman came over to see if we were interested in anything specific in the cemetery.  She came from the Fly Creek Historical Society across the road.  She and others were getting ready for a pancake breakfast tomorrow.  She said we could go into the museum, so we did. The museum is in the old Fly Creek Grange Hall.  It was very interesting especially the stage upstairs, which is used by the Glimmerglass Opera for several weeks in the summer.

Altogether we got TWELVE smilies today....one for the event and eleven for actual finds.  We didn't have a single DID NOT FIND today, which is probably the first time that ever happened!!!

The final cache is hidden at this roadside icon on Route 28 south of Cooperstown.  Once we got back to Oneonta, I dropped Leslie off at Price Chopper so she could make a purchase and I went over to  Arby's and got a much needed cold drink.

It was a GREAT day!!!!

Worcester Adventure

Judy called me yesterday asked me if I mght be able to take her to a rummage sale at a church in Worcester.  She has gone to it for many years and has always found lots of stuff.  I was so tired last night that I had already made plans to stay home today, but when I got up today, I felt energetic and I wanted to take advantage of the gorgeous day.

I picked her up and we went to the rummage sale.  I found a couple of items and she bought several bags of stuff, not only for herself,some for other people.  Then we had lunch at Ardy's.  She had mac and cheese and I had a Reuben.  It was the sloppiest Reuben I ever had, but it was very good.

After that, we went to the STOREHOUSE, where Judy bought more clothing, and I found four paperback books.

When we got back to her trailer, Judy asked me to fill up her birdfeeder so I did that and then I headed for
home. I am pretty tired.

DRAGON SCAPE Adventure

My co-workers (Mary, Geneen, Eileen) and I met up all of our interns at FSA early this afternoon and then we headed to DRAGONSCAPE LASER TAG and ARCADE.    The purpose of the get together was to thank the interns for the many hours they contributed to all of our projects at work.

The first thing we all wanted to do was play LASER TAG.  We broke down into two teams, red and green we played two rounds of LASER TAG.  It was fun.  Then some of the group raced remote control cars in a track shaped like a maze.

Then we had all of the arcade games at our disposal, and also the pool table.

After a couple of hours there, we went to  GOLDEN GUERNSEY for ice  cream.  We were able to sit outside because it was such a gorgeous day.

After I dropped Mary off at work, I went to Neahwa and walked for about a half hour.

Saturday April 27th in Lockport, NY

This morning Peggy and I worked more on the apartment.  For lunch I wanted to go to REIDS but she didn't, so we stopped at SUBWAY so she could get a sub and then went to REID'S.  Then we went to the Amish bulk food store, and explored the Amish area a bit.  We saw a lot of Amish buggies and Amish people at their school, it looked like some sort of sports event...........?  We also went to Miller's General Store.

Then we decided to go to Golden Beach State Park and check out the lighthouse where Mike and Janie are planning to get married in a few weeks.  We were able to take a guided tour of the lighthouse.  Peg remembered finding a geocache at some neat ruins nearby, and we found the location of that.  I found the cache and we checked out the ruins.

We had a bit of "down time" before we needed to be at Mike's house for pizza.  They had pizza, chicken fingers and desert.....everything was good.  Then we all went to Cold Springs Cemetery where we walked around a lot and Mike showed Peg and I the graves of many of our Bowler ancestors.

It was a great day!!!

Friday April 26, 2013 (in Lockport)

This morning, Peggy and I worked on the downstairs apartment.  There is still a lot of stuff to find homes for.  I put a lot of items in my car to take back to Oneonta.  Then I went to the library to use the internet and check out the annual book sale.  I purchased four books.  Peggy had a couple of errands to do and then we met up at McDonalds for lunch.  We had the new wraps and fruit smoothies.

We spent the bulk of the afternoon geocaching and looking for the castles in Lyndonville...........no luck finding the castles but we found five out of the six geocaches we looked for.

That evening we went to the SONRAY'S banquet at Samuel's Grande Manor.  Peggy's friend, Pam, was
honored.  The meal was great.  They auctioned off several items.

Day One: trip to Lockport (April 25th, 2013)

I headed east towards Lockport around 9:45 a.m., following the directions given to me by my navigation system.  It seemed like a strange route to start out on, but I knew I was headed in the right direction so I just went with the flow.  :)   I drove through Georgetown and saw the SPIRIT HOUSE, and kept going since I took pictures of it not too long ago.

I had no idea where I was, when I saw a sign for an Amish buggy, so I decided to turn and drive down that road a couple of miles, hoping that I might find an Amish stand selling home baked goods.  I didn't, but noticed a neat old building that looked like an old time store. I turned around and drove back to see the old building that I thought might have been a store.  I stopped to take a picture and a guy came out and offered to let me go inside and look around. Turns out it is a l830s building that was originally a general store and post office, had many reincarnations over the years and now this guy (I think he said his name is Glenn Marks) has a business called Shed's Bottles & Cans Redemption Center.  He said I could take pictures, so I took a few, but the most interesting and picturesque thing in the old store is the facade of the original post office (at least I think its the original).

I took a few pictures and he showed me some old pictures and he told me a bit about some of the
nearby buildings, like this tiny building right across the road that used to be the fire station! 
This building which now is a dog grooming business used to be a school. 
It turns out that I was in the village or hamlet of Sheds, New York, but I don't think there was a sign announcing this.

I  continued on, realizing that I was two hours from home, and had not yet driven fifty miles, so I decided it was time to do more driving and less sightseeing and picture taking.  But I stopped at this old cemetery. 

Once I got to North Tonawanda, I saw the WURLITZER BUILDING and the WURLITZER museum, but didn't stop.  I had supper at a place called Granny's Cafe..... .....turns out they offered Greek and Mediterranean food instead of old time food that gramma probably prepared!   I had an open faced sandwich and greek salad, both were good.

I attended a meeting at Heritage Christian Services in North Tonawanda and then drove to Lockport, arriving at 17 around quarter to nine.   Peggy had just arrived home herself after an extremely busy day, so we talked a bit and then I went to bed.

Bella Michaels

Connie called me this morning and asked if I wanted to go to lunch.  I said yes and she chose BELLA MICHAELS.  We met up at 1:40.  She got an eggplant dish and I had a steak with mustard sauce on sauteed vegetables.  But the best part was desert......we split a piece of chocolate cake with fudge frosting and a piece of lemon cream cake.  They were both scrumptious!  Connie treated me because I helped her with taking her mother out of the nursing home one afternoon last week.