Monday, January 14, 2013

I boxed up all the craft supplies from the bathroom cupboard and took them to Olivia Weaver in Richfield Springs.  I met her friend, RoseAnn, who was there today.  They were all excited about all the stuff!  I had lunch at the TALLY HO.......a reuben sandwich.  I stopped at Mary's Pantry in Schuyler Lake for a piece of coconut pie, which was delicious!

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DOWNTOWN ONEONTA ADVENTURE

Connie and I picked her mother up and took her downtown for lunch at COLLAGE FOOD EMPORIUM, a small eating place in the new mini mall at the corner of Ford Avenue and Main Street in Oneonta.  Its not really a restaurant since they do not have a regular menu.........every days offerings are different from the day before.  Anne enjoyed meeting Alana (the pastry chef at COLLAGE) and then we ordered soup.  The yellow split pea was delicious, but Anne did not seem to enjoy the soup she had.

   We went into the clothing shop and the fabric shop (which has some wonderfully colorful fabric)before heading back to Fox Nursing home.  Connie purchased several food items to take with us.  We had lunch in the conference room at Fox.  Everything was very good!

Outing with Judy

I picked Judy up and we went to the Cooperstown Diner in Cooperstown, New York for lunch.  Even though we arrived a little before 11:30, the place was crowded.  While I parked the car, Judy went in and grabbed a seat at the counter.  After I arrived, a table behind us became empty so we moved.  We both had the Junior Cheeseburger and split an order of sweet potato fries.

On the way home, I stopped to drop off a book to Connie and she invited me in and we visited for close to an hour.  

Sprout Brook Adventure on New Years Eve Day

Sprout Brook Country Store: Sprout Brook, New York, a photo by JuneNY on Flickr.

Leslie and I set today aside for geocaching as our way of celebrating the last day of 2012.

We met up at ten a.m. at her house and with her at the wheel, we set off, heading towards Cherry Valley. We stopped for several geocaches, but many of them were not at all accessible because of the high piles of snow left by snowplows. We did, however find three geocaches.

We stopped at The TePee, hoping it was open, but it wasn't . The snow piles were too deep for Leslie to find "Go Meet TePee Pete". But at least she was able to see the TePee.........she had not been able to find it before when she looked.

The high point of the day (for me) was finding Sprout Brook and the store/restaurant. The store does not look old, but an elderly man, who was born in l930 remembers it from the l930's and was able to tell us the owners name at that time.

I had a reuben sandwich and potato soup and Leslie had the chicken and biscuits and we split a piece of fresh baked cherry pie. Everything was very good.

The owner was hesitant to let me take pictures inside, but she eventually relented and gave me permission.

We arrived back in Oneonta a few minutes before three p.m.

October 18th and l9th, 2012

I left early in the morning on Thursday the 18th and headed across New York State to meet up with my sister for our flight to Albuquerque on Saturday morning the 20th.  I stopped to find three geocaches along the way (all easy ones that were hidden in or near large bells, mostly Meneely's). 

I noticed some really nice "fall color as I drove into Lockport, so I stopped to take pictures."

Country Club

 Later on that night I went to the annual CareNet Banquet at Salvatore's.  The meal was delicious, the company was perfect, and the topic/issue very important and timely.

This morning (Friday the 19th), Peggy went off to work and I stayed at 17 and did several things.  I somewhat organized both Peggy's and my trip information, getting rid of many duplicates and unnecessary stuff.  I cleaned a few cupboards and put some of my items from home away.  I ran a few errands and met my sister Gail for lunch at Tom's D ner.  That night Peg and I went to Mikes house for pizza and wings.  We had a good time.  The countdown was on for our southwest USA trip!!!!

Saturday, October 20, 2012 DAY ONE OF FALL TRIP

Almost every year, my sister Peg and I take a trip together.  This year our trip plan was to fly to Albuquerque and drive west to see Route 66 stuff and then go north through Arizona to Canyon de Chelly and then into Utah to see national parks and then end up in Vegas and fly home ten days later.......little did we know.......but thats another story!

Early in the morning on Saturday October 20th, Mike and Janie took Peg and I to the Buffalo airport for our flight.  Our layover was in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.  I think we had a three hour layover.  We had lunch at a WOK-N-ROLL while waiting for our second flight. It was very good.  We tried to find out if there were any geocaches in the airport, using Peg's smart phone but we were not successful.

We arrived in Albuquerque mid afternoon.  After getting our rental car (a beautiful Lincoln Town Car), we went to a Mexican Supermarket that we found two years ago when we were in Albuquerque.  We purchased picnic type items and had fruit drinks.  Then we headed down towards Chloride, New Mexico.

The clerk at AVIS had told us about a restaurant she likes in San Antonio, New Mexico, that had been

featured on the Food Network once or twice.  So, we stopped in San Antonia to have supper there, but it was closed.  We found another place, right around the corner THE SAN ANTONIO CRANE.  We purchased meals to take out.

I drove while Peggy ate, and then decided to drive all the way to Chloride.  It was dark by the time we arrived.  We located someone to let us into our cabin (THE PYE CABIN).  While Peggy brought stuff in from the car, I ate my Navajo Taco, which was very good.  The cabin was great!  It had a fully stocked kitchen, two bedrooms and a living room.  If only we could find lodging like that everywhere!  It was a long and tiring day, like most first days of a trip are.