9/30/13 Day Five of long weekend trip: Drive from Lockport BACK HOME!!!! MONDAY

I packed up my car early and headed back home.  The day started out a bit overcast and gloomy but as I headed west, the sky turned blue and things brightened up and it warmed up very nicely, too!

I made a few "photo-op" stops.  First in Gasport, then Middleport and then Medina.  I definitely need to go back to Medina for some exploration..........Medina has a very interested, old time downtown area and a train museum that I would like to go to.   A bit later on, I stopped to take a couple pictures in Clarendon, NY.  This building is known as the "Stone Store" and is right at the crossroads.

After that, I got on the thruway for a while.

I exited at 40 and headed to Camillus.  Unfortunately, the SIMS STORE MUSEUM that I wanted to go to was closed.  I looked for a geocache near some remains of a stage coach stop.  I didn't have the hint with me, and that would have helped.  I didn't find it, but the ruins are interesting.

Then I headed south to get on Route 20.  I stopped at the SUBWAY in Morrisville and purchased a sub to take home for my supper.  

Day 4 in Lockport (Sunday Sept. 29th)

At church this morning, I met Peggy's "guy friend" and he took us out to lunch at Panera's.  It was a nice lunch.  In the afternoon, Peggy and I headed out to go to a small GERMAN HERITAGE MUSEUM just outside Niagara Falls.  It was very interesting.  Then we went back to 17 and rested up a bit before going to Mike and Janie's house for supper.  Janie served a great meal.  I gave the boys a few small gifts I had brought with me.  On the way home, we stopped at LAKE EFFECT ICE CREAM where I had a small FROZEN HOT CHOCOLATE cone.

Day Three Lockport Trip (Day Trip to Wilson, Youngstown and Ransomville) September 28th)

Since yesterday was our "work day", today was a "play day" and Peg and I decided to go to Wilson for some exploring and geocaching.    Just as we were leaving, Peggy received a phone call that a friend had died of a heart attack, so we took some time to go over to her daughter's house.  I offered to "scratch our plans for the day" but we didn't.

We stopped at a farmstand on 78 on our way towards Olcott.  We were getting hungry and it was getting close to noon, so we had a picnic lunch at KRULL PARK at Olcott Beach before heading west towards Wilson.

We found our first geocache outside a historical building and ran into Peggy's friend Ursula.  Then we went to the Wilson Historical Society.  It was closed, but we looked for a geocache and I took several pictures.  I would like to go into this old schoolhouse someday.

I had read online about a huge fossil of a turtle at Erway's Tree Farm, but their was nothing going on there when we arrived and we could not find it.  We did see a couple of animals there!  

Imagine, a ZEBRA in New York State.

The highlight of the day was hiking a trail at the WILSON-TUSCORORA STATE PARK and finding a geocache.  The trails are very well maintained, but not very well marked.  After Wilson, we got back on 18 and headed towards Youngstown where we found two more geocaches near a couple of public docks.  Our total for the day was FIVE finds, but there were a few we were unable to locate.

On the way home we stopped at a restaurant south of Ransomville.  Our meals were very good.  

DAY TWO: A Work Day in Lockport (September 27th, 2013)

Peggy and I spent the better part of the day working in the downstairs apartment.  Also, Home Depot delivered the new stove.  I prepared dinner in the crockpot (bbq ribs and baked potatoes) and we invited Peg's friend Betty to join us for supper.  We went out for lunch and Peggy stopped at Subway and then we went to Reid's where I had a white hot with sauce..........it was sooooooooooo good.    In the evening, we went out to find a geocache, which quickly turned into three but then we had to quit because it was getting too dark.

Day One: Trip to Lockport (September 26th, 2013) THURSDAY

Everything fell into place and I was able to leave before nine a.m. this morning.  I had mapped a route and had put together info. about several geocaches along the way.  The weather was just perfect.  South of Eaton, NY I was on a route I had never driven when I stopped to take a few pictures.  I had never driven by HATCH LAKE before.  Here is a pic:

 On Route 20 between Cazenovia and Skaneateles, I stopped at a farm stand and made a few purchases.

I ventured off of Route 20 to check out BEAK AND SKIFF APPLE ORCHARDS where I bought some cider and had pulled pork tacos with fruit salsa for lunch.  It was delicious.  

I found three geocaches along the way including a really interesting one in the CHRISTIAN GRAVEYARD just west of Clarendon.  

I arrived at 17, a few seconds before Peggy and we decided to go to her new favorite Chinese Restaurant.  It was a great buffet, with a couple of items I had never had before.  

September 25, 2013

It was an absolutely gorgeous fall day here in New York State.  After a medical appointment, I decided to enjoy being outdoors.  I went to the bank and then to THE DOLLAR TREE and then I went to find a geocache behind Hannafords.  Then I went to Denny's for a light lunch.  I had the Baja Quesadilla Burger for four dollars............it was very good.  Then I went to WalMart and then I went to Neahwa and took a short walk and then I went to the Swart-Wilcox House to see the historic corn crib that was moved there not too long ago.  

Carol and Connie

Carol showed up at FSA a few minutes before quitting time and wanted to go out to lunch, so we went to BROOKS.  (I think this is only her second time there).   After that I called Connie and asked her if she wanted to take a walk.  She suggested I go to the East End Cafe and buy some cupcakes and go to her house and we could walk in the cornfield.  I picked up the cupcakes and met up with her at her place, where we ate them, and then we took a nice long walk.  I helped her take Daisy out for a walk before going home.