Dinner Theatre ADVENTURE at FAITH TAB

My church offers free Thanksgiving Dinner two night in a row the week before Thanksgiving every year. The object is for us to invite friends and family members. Last night was the first night and I invited several people to go with me: Barb, Elaine, her cousin Sue, my cousin Becky and Karra.

This year it was not only dinner, they showed a movie DO YOU BELIEVE? The meal was excellent

and I think everyone enjoyed the movie. Here are some pictures.

Karra's cousins were siting at the table next to ours.

Fall Geocaching Adventure

Chick and I have been trying to get together to go geocaching for about a month, and this is the first day that it worked out!!! I picked her up and we headed to Cold Springs Cemetery where we found COLD SPRINGS WATER TOWER NIGHTMARE. The water tower really IS a nightmare.

And then we headed out to find the NORTH SHELBY CEMETERY cache, in a small cemetery on a dead end road. This one was quick and easy. Then we drove north to get up to 104 to find the multi-cache CORN AND CACHES. Part one was at a farmstand. It was closed, but they had a LOT of squash set out for "self serve", and I bought several

and part two was at a convenience store a half mile down the road. Both were pretty easy. I took the opportunity to fill up my gas tank. By then we were hungry and we decided to see what NES had to offer. It is a very nice convenience store that offers a lot of choices of ready prepared food. Chick had a bowl of soup and I had a fried bologna sandwich.

Earlier on 104 I thought I saw a sign for a bakery, so we backtracked. We did find the sign but the place seems to be closed down.

They seem to be selling used cars now. Our next try was for NEARLY A GENERAL, near a Dollar General in Gasport. We looked for close to a half hour without any luck.

This small "stand" is behind the pizzeria. We found WELCOME TO HARTLAND in another old cemetery. We could not find JAMES CAGNEY...(I think I had the coords plugged in wrong). BUT, I found SCOOTER DUDE in Day Road Park (my fourth try). It was a great day!

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD: 11/13/15

I offered to go with Peggy to take our churches OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD boxes to a church in Pendleton. I arrived at the church around one thirty and we put the boxes in the back of my Pacifica. We went to Pendleton, to the Pendleton Center United Methodist Church and dropped the boxes off.

they are stacking them in the front of the sanctuary. On the way there we noticed signs for a cider mill that we did not know about. We stopped to check it out.

I bought some cheese and Peg bought some apples. We both purchased an apple cider slushie. It was delicious. Back in Lockport, we went to TOPS and shopped for items for the upcoming Thanksgiving Dinners at Faith Tab.

Veteran's Day 2015: Cold Springs Cemetery, Paula's Donuts and MORE

Last night my sister Gail called me about the Veteran's Day Service TODAY at Cold Springs Cemetery. When I found out that my brother Mike would be the speaker, I decided to go. Gail picked me up and we headed to the cemetery. Mike gave a great talk, mentioning several burial spot of military men all over the cemetery.

Then Gail and I met up with Janie and the boys. I suggested to Janie that since the boy have the day off from school that we might go to Paula's Donuts. She agreed. I told her that I had good buy one get one free coupons and said I would go home to get them and asked her to pick me up at my house. When they arrived, Mike was with them, since he decided to take the whole day off from work. We headed to Clarence and went to Paula's Donuts. Mike suggested we go to an antique shop just down the road.

It is a really neat place. Mike is very interested in a huge old whiskey barrel that they have for sale. THen we went to "train watch". We stopped by some train tracks (in Lancaster) and almost immediately two trains went by (each going a different direction) and then a truck did some maneuvers in order to get up on the tracks. This particularly interested Mike. And then we headed back to the Transit where we went to this store:

where I purchased some items for my grandchilden for Christmas. And then we went to this place:

Apparently, Mike collects wooden cigar boxes that he buys here.

About a half an hour after I got home, I left to meet up with Elaine, Darlene and Sue in order to go to the church in Cambria for a turkey dinner.

Murder Mystery Dinner

Elaine suggested that she and I go to the Murder Mystery Dinner put on by the Marjim Manor Players at the United Church of Christ. We went and met up with Lynette and her friend Ann and Bonnie Burnett and her friend Crytal. The dinner was great and the play was so much fun. Here are my pictures from this event: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juneny/sets/72157660211699458

FELTFRISH MARKET Adventure

Two days ago I went to a chicken and biscuits election day dinner at the Wrights Corner Fire Hall, with Elaine and her cousin Darlene. The dinner was good, but not exceptional. On the way back to Lockport, Darlene started talking about the "other" Amish Store. She called it something like FeelFish (really!). I was able to find the address on the internet. Today, Chicky and I were planning on going geocaching, but she has a sore foot, so we couldn't do that. I decided it would be a good day to try to find the Amish Store. I called Pam and she was happy to accompany me. We set out for Olcott and turned right onto Route 18 and kept driving and driving, it was about 35 miles!!!! But we finally found it. I forgot to take my camera, so I could not take pictures, but here is a picture I found online that was taken in the winter.

The store is much smaller than the other one on 104, but I like this one better. The Amish people are very friendly and helpful. There was an adorable little Amish boy running around. Their bakery section is pretty nice, lots of bread and cookies and best of all they make fried pies and apple fritters. The fritters are only available on Friday and Saturday unfortunately. I bought a loaf of bread, some barley, some fly strips and some herbes de provencial. We continued heading east just to see what was down there. We encountered a few Amish farm stands. We stopped at one and I bought a huge butternut squash, a red pepper and some pears. We eventually got to the hamlet or village of Kuckville. It is very small. There is a church (not active, but well taken care of) with a couple of historical signs. I mentioned to Pam that we had not seen any old cemeteries and she thought she recalled one near MARJIM MANOR (a winery) so we headed back west until we got there, but we did not locate the cemetery. We went to THE CUP AND SAUCER for their Thursday special, all you can eat spaghetti for $1.99. I treated Pam since her birthday was yesterday. Then we came back to my house in Lockport and had some carrot cake (left over from her birthday).

11/2/15 Geocaching and Urban Exploring with Chick

My computer is broken, so I asked Chick to find some geocache information for Medina, New York. She picked me up at my house and we headed out. Our first stop was in Gasport to find a cache that I had already found a few years ago at a picnic area, across from THE RIDGE ROAD EXPRESS. Chick found it quickly. Along the way, Chick pointed out a quarry, so we stopped and checked it out.

We tried to find KING 2 at a Burger King, but were unsuccessful. Then on to Medina where we found two caches in BUTTS PARK: Home Run at Butts Park and Don't Fall In. It is a gorgeous park.

Then we decided to have lunch. We chose RUDY'S DINER, which we both liked since it was inexpensive and fast. It seems to be a very popular spot.

Then while looking for ALONG THE CANAL, we noticed an abandonment! Turns out it was a cement factory.

We explored a bit. Across the road is the roadside icon A HUGE APPLE sculpture.

Then we got to the area of ALONG THE CANAL. I had found this one before a few years ago with Peggy. Unfortunately, that cache seems to be missing. It is at the historical society, which is in front of the RIDGEWAY TOWN HALL. We went in to ask about getting an Orleans County Map (no luck) and used the restrooms. We drove by the APPLE GROVE INN (where my class had its Senior Prom) and Chick pointed out a house just across from it that Cher rented when she was in the area years ago. It was a great day!!!!!