tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76123982342629764852024-03-13T07:26:43.566-04:00Linda's Bike LogLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.comBlogger953125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-47535594143728094522023-12-06T13:37:00.002-05:002023-12-12T18:32:22.761-05:002023 Village<p> The trains are up and running. This is truly a labor of love!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxp9OlwBfeoJWeOMWn2tCy96JLj90OB1-4NjWaVDbue1Rg8OXVV7-19ctCWnZ937oS_hiqTWoeyFUvEDENUhA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div>The farm has a "new" (from a rummage sale) piece this year--a mill that pumps real water! I have to add water every couple of days because it evaporates. The Farm Train is hiding in the tunnel but you can see and hear it in the video.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSHDQJJWR77aarG_iOzg8LskyqQWzNt7nUFVByUfAx2UbYTCeV4jFsEqL5pawuO_c422U8gymItUMjQpANmPWtFURtJ7kRi6EXtg9njcjSmwckEz5Yji4LMbFqMr5tSGntPUSfmvKZjh8SELMoSg6pOGkqkLCNFFjaxb48RVigrmBCb_Veih5-gHy1T0/s4896/DSC03230.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSHDQJJWR77aarG_iOzg8LskyqQWzNt7nUFVByUfAx2UbYTCeV4jFsEqL5pawuO_c422U8gymItUMjQpANmPWtFURtJ7kRi6EXtg9njcjSmwckEz5Yji4LMbFqMr5tSGntPUSfmvKZjh8SELMoSg6pOGkqkLCNFFjaxb48RVigrmBCb_Veih5-gHy1T0/s320/DSC03230.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The tall houses and businesses in town are relatively unchanbged this year. I had to redo some of the train tunnels. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyxXCoNYw6w5htBbOnjReqa8r_AaxQKE_5oKeWPZZitCZF_6tcodK6F-25FkObP6vG9TLJT8n7fKV-CVghWr9yD9aVWgcVlJHhPp4_5XzaVVH7TZNPDnG3UPsdw4cghHpnC85Zlc-ZCMbgudIX3bYdJEI3PnFbro9mjX_zcTXr-Xb-cPtldgiiRc-TMk/s4896/DSC03231.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyxXCoNYw6w5htBbOnjReqa8r_AaxQKE_5oKeWPZZitCZF_6tcodK6F-25FkObP6vG9TLJT8n7fKV-CVghWr9yD9aVWgcVlJHhPp4_5XzaVVH7TZNPDnG3UPsdw4cghHpnC85Zlc-ZCMbgudIX3bYdJEI3PnFbro9mjX_zcTXr-Xb-cPtldgiiRc-TMk/s320/DSC03231.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9s5lLNebaHU3WxRgn9ZwZeArzaSd8y_j08p8xI52nGqXJRIGoJbfY8ShZbtvG9HFY8hmaPKZqVVwMRN7T2dW4Pm8G4Sv4-KOgOpEFgd3rlH0pOQV4_-eM6if6rcOphglwe3duUlTEN0FTSJ-Kfy3pSqIsg3gPguoq2hBr36IhhTgKXAQjJKTZUfo2d8/s4896/DSC03232.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9s5lLNebaHU3WxRgn9ZwZeArzaSd8y_j08p8xI52nGqXJRIGoJbfY8ShZbtvG9HFY8hmaPKZqVVwMRN7T2dW4Pm8G4Sv4-KOgOpEFgd3rlH0pOQV4_-eM6if6rcOphglwe3duUlTEN0FTSJ-Kfy3pSqIsg3gPguoq2hBr36IhhTgKXAQjJKTZUfo2d8/s320/DSC03232.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The castle and observatory are in the fireplace, as usual. There is a little more in front of the fireplace, including the London Bridge! It was "new" last year (from the thrift store).</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbmU47uU-q5DLvx-jWfDHWzZ9ls9ApIWhNdxBWS2aIFViXCvSi60bzxT-oOQ05ArAEZ6Ac4wcz_QAjUcptUZdq99Nhyl9cXUDxgXt4G0c7POL7zf5HAB3bPtd7bh5UElogVgyPdrcnywFe2iyH2kS56ZB8LHlEKmF1aW9pGCUTEEm2f33inpgP9tkyYA/s4896/DSC03234.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbmU47uU-q5DLvx-jWfDHWzZ9ls9ApIWhNdxBWS2aIFViXCvSi60bzxT-oOQ05ArAEZ6Ac4wcz_QAjUcptUZdq99Nhyl9cXUDxgXt4G0c7POL7zf5HAB3bPtd7bh5UElogVgyPdrcnywFe2iyH2kS56ZB8LHlEKmF1aW9pGCUTEEm2f33inpgP9tkyYA/s320/DSC03234.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdE5lA9WhfTyra4vume0TMGUIksyIRlk5jkkWcaDRK-hQ48g_IOyelFOiBPz7pZPHh9Dc8MdvbXGWRIu8J2OKP-6OhOYJY1IViDto7SMww2KC1FdxFTgrNmdDN_C6C20yRCSE2l6yHseMXdcRfc_N8LmsOLBZv2V-mSPXBKUUMYC_xdoYQae8jgaEy7I/s4896/DSC03233.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdE5lA9WhfTyra4vume0TMGUIksyIRlk5jkkWcaDRK-hQ48g_IOyelFOiBPz7pZPHh9Dc8MdvbXGWRIu8J2OKP-6OhOYJY1IViDto7SMww2KC1FdxFTgrNmdDN_C6C20yRCSE2l6yHseMXdcRfc_N8LmsOLBZv2V-mSPXBKUUMYC_xdoYQae8jgaEy7I/s320/DSC03233.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LlROa7AGMS5NiZEkkqsT7hbR43VOPB4lSGx04GFzkwauK9N3CE-5IRQRFGe9TWiEvKqVQ8gWzMPfLzYeltnHilUY7m_k1CC3g0fpVTB_KSYoEX4hb7J8acVkc2AJIhbqSxMC-N8R_eiOSWBAvX8QbVKKFbjvvx4NRDubqmocZMNISCPG28-BexqDW-4/s4896/DSC03236.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LlROa7AGMS5NiZEkkqsT7hbR43VOPB4lSGx04GFzkwauK9N3CE-5IRQRFGe9TWiEvKqVQ8gWzMPfLzYeltnHilUY7m_k1CC3g0fpVTB_KSYoEX4hb7J8acVkc2AJIhbqSxMC-N8R_eiOSWBAvX8QbVKKFbjvvx4NRDubqmocZMNISCPG28-BexqDW-4/s320/DSC03236.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>The ski lift is operating. If you look closely at the vidoe you can see it carrying the gondolas up the mountain. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21KT_cl1i7J510P7DfupGh0TBEzPKERtwaJ18ZA8dH5BU4ziUVE0PeXhxNZzt42uTJ8Eb4TWPIdwJQqeUKXfdtLnBQsLiAGZZe27LdpyIeosx9nDGIyiU1VqK_B3UsVPCbLIyipC7qBgMy8EVKsRrfdbR0vuvEg6vXl7XdEo6vLhd4z8s1YB4DJsZbR8/s4896/DSC03237.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21KT_cl1i7J510P7DfupGh0TBEzPKERtwaJ18ZA8dH5BU4ziUVE0PeXhxNZzt42uTJ8Eb4TWPIdwJQqeUKXfdtLnBQsLiAGZZe27LdpyIeosx9nDGIyiU1VqK_B3UsVPCbLIyipC7qBgMy8EVKsRrfdbR0vuvEg6vXl7XdEo6vLhd4z8s1YB4DJsZbR8/s320/DSC03237.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>The Polar Express is parked at the train station when it's not in motion. two freight trains are on the lowest level, as seen in the video.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0aNLPzjiFAKiOWg9OWNMEdU8DdiXF0yTh4Aaa-FobPCbYAKfNZGXshuvODGHH6V9_ovfAFhMsluOgj9HTcq5CgHaMUwCjYvhUpgagr0s74wIzmfcshWWm08aza9Yme3b8M6R_uDOxMZWkftMna8a3UGyokQ5J_PdcofgwZVyCbgqwVAhRwFQtPmKJgo/s4896/DSC03239.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0aNLPzjiFAKiOWg9OWNMEdU8DdiXF0yTh4Aaa-FobPCbYAKfNZGXshuvODGHH6V9_ovfAFhMsluOgj9HTcq5CgHaMUwCjYvhUpgagr0s74wIzmfcshWWm08aza9Yme3b8M6R_uDOxMZWkftMna8a3UGyokQ5J_PdcofgwZVyCbgqwVAhRwFQtPmKJgo/s320/DSC03239.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The North Pole Series started when my neighbor Jean gave me seven pieces. Then my friend Lisa. who faithfully helps set up every year, brought some more, and well, you can see what happened!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTI9BNxPEpBBlJzHb7SPklkI8Fg8bOrRlh-tz3v1WvrezjK1yHF1IdASI4KA1Jjg3WeDSneeJU_AK90P7_pTP6Pq4uV7RExHnwyzI3GKNBuK0NlX4QhTmHAWw3N3CG7Xu-3mbeW9vmH_Ynf8HbDPSEJMEmzoNA3yQQO3-eK9KsVIelPQaFOR87CaVYpXg/s4896/DSC03241.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTI9BNxPEpBBlJzHb7SPklkI8Fg8bOrRlh-tz3v1WvrezjK1yHF1IdASI4KA1Jjg3WeDSneeJU_AK90P7_pTP6Pq4uV7RExHnwyzI3GKNBuK0NlX4QhTmHAWw3N3CG7Xu-3mbeW9vmH_Ynf8HbDPSEJMEmzoNA3yQQO3-eK9KsVIelPQaFOR87CaVYpXg/s320/DSC03241.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Granddaughter Delia set up the circus this year. She insisted on having the elephant babies ride on the backs of the big elephants! (She hotglued them on) The little dinosaur is her idea too. The circus train is parked behind the circus when it is not making its rounds.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_nxk62s3CGDuBiwlQMB_mYgs3jWeUdNIHN2fmvT_EdENwxubBw-chzy4mVKl0dRpWDTSCrpNjZlP3nk4wGmEJ9LKF-SQ1DiM-WVX4ZmaUKqBXDvnpKNbmyVfGiY_M9JlBQtsHaxg8sKZ8mN3OHsb-vpcBKyuSe6O3OohtGTv2toILxyauoVNlbjCSGg/s4896/DSC03242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_nxk62s3CGDuBiwlQMB_mYgs3jWeUdNIHN2fmvT_EdENwxubBw-chzy4mVKl0dRpWDTSCrpNjZlP3nk4wGmEJ9LKF-SQ1DiM-WVX4ZmaUKqBXDvnpKNbmyVfGiY_M9JlBQtsHaxg8sKZ8mN3OHsb-vpcBKyuSe6O3OohtGTv2toILxyauoVNlbjCSGg/s320/DSC03242.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And of course we have a song and a scavenger hunt! See if you can find: 12 pink flamingos, 11 firefighters, 10 jolly Santas, 9 little snowmen, 8 children skating, 7 swans a-swimming, 6 horseback riders, 5 kids with rings, 4 nutcrackers, 3 tiny penguins, 2 howling wolves, and a witch with a pointy black hat!</div><div><br /></div><div>Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and joyous holidays of every kind!<br /><div><br /></div></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-63390138879491740792023-11-12T17:22:00.001-05:002023-11-21T14:39:31.356-05:00October 14-15, 2023<p> All we did the next few days was play Scrabble. Neither of us won money this time, but it's always an interesting experience playing in a tournament.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhY_CYFSALM1tnf2ZWQEiD6C4DcSJzI0ayjjwHg-_tWm3aDty256Rk2BxNP8t9H4cwW0oL9aM_OzGBetOB4srW1tr_VUk6iYIUwquMWssTa9kgbqaVsaebNC9tj-SbeIpmYmVPPTBWDelPV-NM0p6azB-ALiA-hz-SS1svNmsdkqN1NZsfIysMXPIRww/s913/PXL_20231013_210014315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhY_CYFSALM1tnf2ZWQEiD6C4DcSJzI0ayjjwHg-_tWm3aDty256Rk2BxNP8t9H4cwW0oL9aM_OzGBetOB4srW1tr_VUk6iYIUwquMWssTa9kgbqaVsaebNC9tj-SbeIpmYmVPPTBWDelPV-NM0p6azB-ALiA-hz-SS1svNmsdkqN1NZsfIysMXPIRww/s320/PXL_20231013_210014315.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg1-i_sST-O5OVOEu6YwsBW1W0MM9L5X5UyM-f1rGdHRmF-ENbdMAHYlBq4lPI7ogu1hEECOrJHgK1yRXf0DpR_v204rmaPVRKhL_b7CoTgF2w4kie85fz1nox1ThZxUce-Zh2BvD3XcBo6IuaHchY5rrh6GW1TH7-6-u4aPFRV3Xlxbq2JrApQlDgdc/s1217/PXL_20231013_215957595.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg1-i_sST-O5OVOEu6YwsBW1W0MM9L5X5UyM-f1rGdHRmF-ENbdMAHYlBq4lPI7ogu1hEECOrJHgK1yRXf0DpR_v204rmaPVRKhL_b7CoTgF2w4kie85fz1nox1ThZxUce-Zh2BvD3XcBo6IuaHchY5rrh6GW1TH7-6-u4aPFRV3Xlxbq2JrApQlDgdc/s320/PXL_20231013_215957595.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>We left Lake George after the last games Sunday afternoon and I drove straight through to home, stopping only for gas and dinner. Our dinner was at a Mexican Restaurant in Batavia, NY. This was the first long trip for this car, and it behaved very well, hour after hour in the driving rain. It's good to be home!</p><p><br /></p>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-62803949775989167332023-11-12T17:15:00.002-05:002023-11-12T17:15:44.545-05:00October 13, 2023<p>We drove out to hike to a waterfall today. I thought it was interesting that it was 20 miles away and would take 45 minutes to get there--the road to the site was "unimproved"--not paved, rocky and hilly. Some sections had room to meet another vehicle, some didn't.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyqxAeCs0jqUIUjqCPMvpvAALfflZvX7T7_ENFXGZBgWot7SwSqzRyRCcp01bsRLtEk_4Cn2h98yc-rsm7AwTrI8VGwJfLOiWkCCFBoY3PtwnlCa5fEyVPxQC7mMpQmoin1vXNggRXRP91KwgmGBSq8X4zmV3xUvOH7vBIpDcsRpGJjeWkRfKFgCmYV8/s1217/PXL_20231013_161408388.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyqxAeCs0jqUIUjqCPMvpvAALfflZvX7T7_ENFXGZBgWot7SwSqzRyRCcp01bsRLtEk_4Cn2h98yc-rsm7AwTrI8VGwJfLOiWkCCFBoY3PtwnlCa5fEyVPxQC7mMpQmoin1vXNggRXRP91KwgmGBSq8X4zmV3xUvOH7vBIpDcsRpGJjeWkRfKFgCmYV8/s320/PXL_20231013_161408388.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0jDMZWueV-PEG_f8CLw9arWnZJkXhV7uTr477c7UFTvQKWCS96R0jgeArYq0k6Afnj9C03AhfOTcix84Ni8RUNPDMf1SnAwlE6eiPoGnJ9c7fKnha1V64otrEFG3MB6SXDk-QOZxZPkedg67eSzwC3hJLjcbX9NsmgIw56pk31_tcdUebiDPn7hSBas/s1217/PXL_20231013_145145106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0jDMZWueV-PEG_f8CLw9arWnZJkXhV7uTr477c7UFTvQKWCS96R0jgeArYq0k6Afnj9C03AhfOTcix84Ni8RUNPDMf1SnAwlE6eiPoGnJ9c7fKnha1V64otrEFG3MB6SXDk-QOZxZPkedg67eSzwC3hJLjcbX9NsmgIw56pk31_tcdUebiDPn7hSBas/s320/PXL_20231013_145145106.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p>It was no problem for me and my Jeep, but Dianne wsa pretty nervous about being on a one-lane dirt road with no guardrails or shoulders. We chose a parking lot and hiked in on the "blue trail".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyJArmalbZQ_Aay1sBP1M2M5d6r5uP3ogRfnX6HhJBUWn8i7Z1B8UCA3Ot8NxTUba77GP7iL77xUJLaudo1Dc4fqk3T3YmwlDsWw1xXC8RfjidFt5SZTYH0VVnU1bBF-u-9IrZ2KmvWJoNhhNvwSojQfHkekLJVPwuVElAkTkyAb7QoSq761_rkBM7Hg/s913/PXL_20231013_142149048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyJArmalbZQ_Aay1sBP1M2M5d6r5uP3ogRfnX6HhJBUWn8i7Z1B8UCA3Ot8NxTUba77GP7iL77xUJLaudo1Dc4fqk3T3YmwlDsWw1xXC8RfjidFt5SZTYH0VVnU1bBF-u-9IrZ2KmvWJoNhhNvwSojQfHkekLJVPwuVElAkTkyAb7QoSq761_rkBM7Hg/s320/PXL_20231013_142149048.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSS-N51QVe6m3ToGdCz-9IIxfwko9tvFEX4FQU07pT42wPa1fZCpyXE74ABctDylJxzTe2tsYUbcnxHDICnHgftjIe2QkcnWqLMI0PCHElQfMt5cWgiAHYjb7SZDcMQVy4246DFLuuy50Sk4AFNz_YlfI5e7EyHlrdfGEW8SjyYf6ADKSz8ZK-eP1aBkg/s913/PXL_20231013_142241921.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSS-N51QVe6m3ToGdCz-9IIxfwko9tvFEX4FQU07pT42wPa1fZCpyXE74ABctDylJxzTe2tsYUbcnxHDICnHgftjIe2QkcnWqLMI0PCHElQfMt5cWgiAHYjb7SZDcMQVy4246DFLuuy50Sk4AFNz_YlfI5e7EyHlrdfGEW8SjyYf6ADKSz8ZK-eP1aBkg/s320/PXL_20231013_142241921.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibA_Ec0K0rtxfPKKe8cpP1AFfH2mTCOGFPE1xrbkT71hwCTHGJh6FhmUKOPx2ySp8Aei9OVvi7-_GiQzmENIAhlm-6BnnEsikiv9ewN5544wIt9UeEmtVanfA9J5HLDeyGhT5MY4sPsiUuMcu77FhTYY1j2NJpiLcGMhcL1U1Ahjqfj8J0LDpXxr8y6Ug/s1217/PXL_20231013_143224094.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibA_Ec0K0rtxfPKKe8cpP1AFfH2mTCOGFPE1xrbkT71hwCTHGJh6FhmUKOPx2ySp8Aei9OVvi7-_GiQzmENIAhlm-6BnnEsikiv9ewN5544wIt9UeEmtVanfA9J5HLDeyGhT5MY4sPsiUuMcu77FhTYY1j2NJpiLcGMhcL1U1Ahjqfj8J0LDpXxr8y6Ug/s320/PXL_20231013_143224094.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The trail led to a lovely view of Lake George (the lake), much different than the view from the village of Lake George. The "red trail" led off to the left of where this photo was taken and I wanted to take that trail--it seemed to me that it would lead to the waterfalls. Dianne wanted to go back the way we came, so I gave in and we did. It was a nice easy trail, although the return was uphill.</p><p>We drove to a different parking lot and hiked a differnt trail; this time there was a sign that told us there were waterfalls. The "trail" was strewn with rocks. It was quite a difficult trail.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSMupR_SmOdiiJV5nv6gCQDZoF-7W8atENHgkeAUtWKulzTtRIrIglFKAg71g1a6cffxFDPHSQyWqNi4PEMqX6hI-OrYT2H0l-nMR2HwSaWnzfHs7FI23DPfD-LLzV1Nhp15k31aS4YQMrPZIVJpAiGx1YrMT8rad8J6vhMQWFxmsWPzLD4d2mVHK_qA/s1217/PXL_20231013_155419774.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSMupR_SmOdiiJV5nv6gCQDZoF-7W8atENHgkeAUtWKulzTtRIrIglFKAg71g1a6cffxFDPHSQyWqNi4PEMqX6hI-OrYT2H0l-nMR2HwSaWnzfHs7FI23DPfD-LLzV1Nhp15k31aS4YQMrPZIVJpAiGx1YrMT8rad8J6vhMQWFxmsWPzLD4d2mVHK_qA/s320/PXL_20231013_155419774.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kdTzsaWA6GxwGZYvuWISmkYsWvRumvrq6T9e0V3AV0jKq0V80-RP_i9rT_R-y0WX5d8u38-Dalm-0CSj2UTJLA1JRY_OyRhDfK_6CWhDpldl-7ImRsDRRes6HaxIYq9nq_JZQV1YhAXe-wGiPrO9hnwT8uvEfZBdKERBqJJ3E3CVsA3rll0yQ-Yg17M/s913/PXL_20231013_155139610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kdTzsaWA6GxwGZYvuWISmkYsWvRumvrq6T9e0V3AV0jKq0V80-RP_i9rT_R-y0WX5d8u38-Dalm-0CSj2UTJLA1JRY_OyRhDfK_6CWhDpldl-7ImRsDRRes6HaxIYq9nq_JZQV1YhAXe-wGiPrO9hnwT8uvEfZBdKERBqJJ3E3CVsA3rll0yQ-Yg17M/s320/PXL_20231013_155139610.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>When we got to the first set of waterfalls Dianne had had enough; she turned around and went back up the rocky path to the parking lot. I kept on hiking and found several other waterfalls, thus the name Shelving Rock Falls. The path further down was not rocky, but neither was it an easy path.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatDJkETNUtBGyVkvl0WIjLp_AlbsPUbCI7v4-hFFiW-Phyphenhyphenm56gaoQpPO8oo3GD_vVT9NRFDAhedqzG3ZK4ayQh8DZI-Y9_Z752B8BOqSZ1wLslMu3vuMD0H6naOzLxoCloOh8a0AgeaWCWtJw7tSh6idfeyYMemmRgB_es90XQSMW32XD4dYJ3MIIFmY/s913/PXL_20231013_152519265.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatDJkETNUtBGyVkvl0WIjLp_AlbsPUbCI7v4-hFFiW-Phyphenhyphenm56gaoQpPO8oo3GD_vVT9NRFDAhedqzG3ZK4ayQh8DZI-Y9_Z752B8BOqSZ1wLslMu3vuMD0H6naOzLxoCloOh8a0AgeaWCWtJw7tSh6idfeyYMemmRgB_es90XQSMW32XD4dYJ3MIIFmY/s320/PXL_20231013_152519265.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAap7YOz9ZEyCe6f22yUNl10UPUBVg7mhkeYneo_xbvrnqZ5__a35vYRiivdIuPNhK9iOtggqx57W1Bl6YhhHNqo-JHXYUD705pwgRm072ovTPU8yZC9qdtzvNzkH_CnCjch9FAtpT1njAlbreBqhnAFCTcGkzkarPlfrAv4tndv1c7eKYM9RfRXqB2o/s913/PXL_20231013_153359003.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAap7YOz9ZEyCe6f22yUNl10UPUBVg7mhkeYneo_xbvrnqZ5__a35vYRiivdIuPNhK9iOtggqx57W1Bl6YhhHNqo-JHXYUD705pwgRm072ovTPU8yZC9qdtzvNzkH_CnCjch9FAtpT1njAlbreBqhnAFCTcGkzkarPlfrAv4tndv1c7eKYM9RfRXqB2o/s320/PXL_20231013_153359003.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oazTJw9ILUIjsEIPhuxNy1CkgGR_jtC1h07s7sU4I0kUUa2DXw2qySogQsaGt6zTHUhsMSTfHA0SsTXZXmdHTbCBH5WsIpI8h1_GkX2Gr3bb3t06hU_hULW_KVc3ynwsKoX-WP-dpfto6kwL6WvWicYHEAP1MPBSVnITf6LzyZdo7PaaIyDEnpzZjtE/s913/PXL_20231013_153959056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oazTJw9ILUIjsEIPhuxNy1CkgGR_jtC1h07s7sU4I0kUUa2DXw2qySogQsaGt6zTHUhsMSTfHA0SsTXZXmdHTbCBH5WsIpI8h1_GkX2Gr3bb3t06hU_hULW_KVc3ynwsKoX-WP-dpfto6kwL6WvWicYHEAP1MPBSVnITf6LzyZdo7PaaIyDEnpzZjtE/s320/PXL_20231013_153959056.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO66Z13AmGXshLWxDFKoAfUoE5Px4D0Olu8oo8Gqg0vaerFpanMKPoHIkNE91-xgmo7hf_kof9ccwiC7NYLx-uM30hHEkTOPylQoENDn_q8pJvwGcomRg8BwZP_BLLIQe2kfWUtTIsTbg-o-rJWG_1nyjvP5rGxNBODZA9lM5VSp38wlumQcCVd0amDo/s913/PXL_20231013_154047254.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO66Z13AmGXshLWxDFKoAfUoE5Px4D0Olu8oo8Gqg0vaerFpanMKPoHIkNE91-xgmo7hf_kof9ccwiC7NYLx-uM30hHEkTOPylQoENDn_q8pJvwGcomRg8BwZP_BLLIQe2kfWUtTIsTbg-o-rJWG_1nyjvP5rGxNBODZA9lM5VSp38wlumQcCVd0amDo/s320/PXL_20231013_154047254.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkwva-POE8aFRqly2zOU3m_uZy6hqDUDD_9J0HQFIGRi7zHSWETI0DHjxNJzajN8g5hDCA55tAMkQtYOwFA3PgYn7opReyRz189JmICBqECwZ3wCgFDrOuq6KkryzXLWwtyw88OTi0yg8AM5jKLARBwM_Ni8D9s5huHa5sr_3D-y4Ddkx6GbaUC2KNUM/s913/PXL_20231013_154216666.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkwva-POE8aFRqly2zOU3m_uZy6hqDUDD_9J0HQFIGRi7zHSWETI0DHjxNJzajN8g5hDCA55tAMkQtYOwFA3PgYn7opReyRz189JmICBqECwZ3wCgFDrOuq6KkryzXLWwtyw88OTi0yg8AM5jKLARBwM_Ni8D9s5huHa5sr_3D-y4Ddkx6GbaUC2KNUM/s320/PXL_20231013_154216666.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I met one couple on the trail. They had come up from the blue trail to the red trail--it was a direct connection, just as I had suspected.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we got back to Lake George (the village) Dianne's sister Julie, Julie's daughter Malorie, and Malorie's family--husband Jonathan and children Charlie and Magnolia were waiting for us. We all went for a walk around the village and then went to a restaurant outside the village. We had discovered it the day we checked on Bryan's cabin and found it worth returning to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBNloAO6aGcixfn4RRGLFKRXqfSAi2kFnX5U3hbH5Vo_VyV7f5oXb5mzvXXO0uCxc02GGU-nyiNWaK95jT2-mxnQ7zd3IMrVmVQQaiKOFEL5rfcTkXk22pKynB8xEUjKySVF-EhKsOe9hmGBawFUSLSZG5hXhPBJ85zEj13n3b1Mb0IOf3rPZNEGl5lk/s1217/PXL_20231013_192032869.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBNloAO6aGcixfn4RRGLFKRXqfSAi2kFnX5U3hbH5Vo_VyV7f5oXb5mzvXXO0uCxc02GGU-nyiNWaK95jT2-mxnQ7zd3IMrVmVQQaiKOFEL5rfcTkXk22pKynB8xEUjKySVF-EhKsOe9hmGBawFUSLSZG5hXhPBJ85zEj13n3b1Mb0IOf3rPZNEGl5lk/s320/PXL_20231013_192032869.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9y9hORYQHT_4P1hpEsU6vG-nGkJWCMIoglFquhf2Tp3ef3EisKKt6qDPjGX2tE4uC14Uxxcozsbfu0G5Gk1idgW2KZJi5yzT-gcXKxciKC4bRjcF9NidvsXbyub4L65ukEzttRZZ_U86szPuQlaIUkf9OkKpzt16kX5Bb226jYPEpPkQiZfOTQVVaESY/s1217/PXL_20231013_193556476.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9y9hORYQHT_4P1hpEsU6vG-nGkJWCMIoglFquhf2Tp3ef3EisKKt6qDPjGX2tE4uC14Uxxcozsbfu0G5Gk1idgW2KZJi5yzT-gcXKxciKC4bRjcF9NidvsXbyub4L65ukEzttRZZ_U86szPuQlaIUkf9OkKpzt16kX5Bb226jYPEpPkQiZfOTQVVaESY/s320/PXL_20231013_193556476.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nzC6w9queNDTyGVg1hp_plqsSBWtbw2PLNYlznrtnAYQ_HpnAM875F63rYeTXvvqLPEEamRciUnhIK0a2cYYfYyWb5ik7z6CCUQxi2WGq-NNM0rOsQWiiLcswP4Ys7U-0DUl3L87s98XiOtNnp2D0paY558SVgyMRg3Q-1l9EfJ6E5REjGyjH4i1DDU/s913/PXL_20231013_200046652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nzC6w9queNDTyGVg1hp_plqsSBWtbw2PLNYlznrtnAYQ_HpnAM875F63rYeTXvvqLPEEamRciUnhIK0a2cYYfYyWb5ik7z6CCUQxi2WGq-NNM0rOsQWiiLcswP4Ys7U-0DUl3L87s98XiOtNnp2D0paY558SVgyMRg3Q-1l9EfJ6E5REjGyjH4i1DDU/s320/PXL_20231013_200046652.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our guests all left in time for us to go to the first set of games in the Lake George Scrabble Tournament.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-27567575339583994822023-11-12T16:46:00.002-05:002023-11-21T14:38:10.200-05:00October 11-12, 2023<p>We did not do much on Wednesday Oct. 11; it rained.. We played Scrabble, did some shopping, went out to eat a couple of times...This is the view from our balcony.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVlTJEFz_jYqMdeVqeP7RVZlFhFmsROr57_1Syu9Po3cHoEgxgVi09N_G6SXuI_iuiC4hsZKoXobao90VSz_eY62vlFOwj2SdG9dMyAjy-oitMbrX29ZTg3oAzpO72OWUrXRIuS3WJqMRQapCuPxJR6_lweIapfO3qcI03F62m4BzHjbECxinaZdIJy0/s1217/PXL_20231011_205728306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVlTJEFz_jYqMdeVqeP7RVZlFhFmsROr57_1Syu9Po3cHoEgxgVi09N_G6SXuI_iuiC4hsZKoXobao90VSz_eY62vlFOwj2SdG9dMyAjy-oitMbrX29ZTg3oAzpO72OWUrXRIuS3WJqMRQapCuPxJR6_lweIapfO3qcI03F62m4BzHjbECxinaZdIJy0/s320/PXL_20231011_205728306.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Thursday, October 12 we decided to ride the Wareen County Bikeway again. It is supposed to connect to another path called the Feeder Canal Trail, but we did not find it Tuesday; we turned around and went home because the sky looked ominous and we did not want to get caught in the rain.</p><p>We did not find it today either, although we followed the signs and asked several people in Glens Falls. It was a nice ride anyway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mmxH9zYOqiC3mC7jd-aAnbSEP7h3GuDt6zFFtH_-6LUZiyPhzwAtHCemPyKGDpoAfghRExyHBRNrqzPa0HO8uGOOt4rLXIMaTDtJWBt45jOByKaKE88aNkB7MTT00MnayJ5Ge5hov0t1xtHks0oLcLqrToPHl40tlRW6TQR2KZHltSu4TVE3L5BS4aI/s913/PXL_20231012_145911216.MP_exported_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mmxH9zYOqiC3mC7jd-aAnbSEP7h3GuDt6zFFtH_-6LUZiyPhzwAtHCemPyKGDpoAfghRExyHBRNrqzPa0HO8uGOOt4rLXIMaTDtJWBt45jOByKaKE88aNkB7MTT00MnayJ5Ge5hov0t1xtHks0oLcLqrToPHl40tlRW6TQR2KZHltSu4TVE3L5BS4aI/s320/PXL_20231012_145911216.MP_exported_0.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw59cF9G8BwxcIXh-HJ6l83V9mAmCcu8ejfSzzpXhyu6m-mBoMJAY9AShOvxjOpm9FullSWdB_PzzcQoY7WXHLCFU8mXQdslHDqlwg95vS_5epCLAnBAe6u05gZ6WYRQ-QmA3lf1NVdW4ZZtV_z9qeucTpb1NmsrbebBcXAxH9K1N5K4CMb_djIzRHt_Y/s913/PXL_20231012_172046300_exported_499_1697134112686.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw59cF9G8BwxcIXh-HJ6l83V9mAmCcu8ejfSzzpXhyu6m-mBoMJAY9AShOvxjOpm9FullSWdB_PzzcQoY7WXHLCFU8mXQdslHDqlwg95vS_5epCLAnBAe6u05gZ6WYRQ-QmA3lf1NVdW4ZZtV_z9qeucTpb1NmsrbebBcXAxH9K1N5K4CMb_djIzRHt_Y/s320/PXL_20231012_172046300_exported_499_1697134112686.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the way back I atopped and waited for Dianne to catch up at the top of every hill. I found it ironic that when I took this photo of her walking up the hill there was a sign directing us to the Feeder Canal Trail--we spent an hour searching for that trail while we were in Glen Falls,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi423dfNr4nIh5izcvlhzxD3DNgMJ9HB_Q2wosTCjK767JQH7vtZWayhXveT3cZ0IAleNYBEQLBBxgGYTQrr9qGvwSPp3j7wrcSQbxEkyQAY57eEHdMnDErqZkvXlye3JoqrFkwec50Xqf8M-Q_o0_65T9gW6egB1Tudfm6IKcArqqYO_jPX9oxpSNtHCc/s913/PXL_20231012_173901628.MP_exported_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi423dfNr4nIh5izcvlhzxD3DNgMJ9HB_Q2wosTCjK767JQH7vtZWayhXveT3cZ0IAleNYBEQLBBxgGYTQrr9qGvwSPp3j7wrcSQbxEkyQAY57eEHdMnDErqZkvXlye3JoqrFkwec50Xqf8M-Q_o0_65T9gW6egB1Tudfm6IKcArqqYO_jPX9oxpSNtHCc/s320/PXL_20231012_173901628.MP_exported_0.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbAI6WIk0iFSm3_Rep7tsINUMMB6cy4DAB7Lu-Aj1Vl6Z9579swsfPtqIZtXYqT9gOcr90T-7Cz507tITwSC2wXxvZwAmaBwPgRzjeTQvKfJSa8CTJqpOoh1xHtvEyMt6mdjjBSUqnR4DZ5kxcq0rqYp249dzTdvOq9Q2vR4r8QgARmN6nrAF9D2OAcY/s913/PXL_20231012_173402195.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbAI6WIk0iFSm3_Rep7tsINUMMB6cy4DAB7Lu-Aj1Vl6Z9579swsfPtqIZtXYqT9gOcr90T-7Cz507tITwSC2wXxvZwAmaBwPgRzjeTQvKfJSa8CTJqpOoh1xHtvEyMt6mdjjBSUqnR4DZ5kxcq0rqYp249dzTdvOq9Q2vR4r8QgARmN6nrAF9D2OAcY/s320/PXL_20231012_173402195.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stopped to take photos of the cutouts at Wild West Ranch (almost back to Lake George) and a young man on a bike stopped and asked our opinion of the Bikeway. He works for Warren County and is on the board for the Bikeway. I told him how much we enjoyed it, and also told him how we looked for the Canal Feeder Trail on two different days and did not find it. He assured us that that is a known problem and it's being addressed. It'll be interesting to see if it's better if we come back here next year.</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-90070106815018669152023-11-11T19:53:00.006-05:002023-11-21T14:39:02.971-05:00October 10, 2023<p>Today we rode the Warren County Bikeway. We saw it last year when we were here for the Lake George Scrabble tournament, and decided then that if we came back here we would bring our bikes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4u9YGNMXxVfQWizsO8DBbnkvbjhY2z7ExRhLg43THVW0RFXY39mWk-QpiEvk1i9HiBAKer-CthBCiXz1H4Tu2rOsQGj_-volVNIkp1OV2FwBiNRcNLGMbdcc5fjvu7eV3i4kiS-D3x7E-hQPluj83FJUAoR3y_RcdivgwFhUXEV8slhCPKYc0AnGpPY/s1217/PXL_20231010_155605496.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4u9YGNMXxVfQWizsO8DBbnkvbjhY2z7ExRhLg43THVW0RFXY39mWk-QpiEvk1i9HiBAKer-CthBCiXz1H4Tu2rOsQGj_-volVNIkp1OV2FwBiNRcNLGMbdcc5fjvu7eV3i4kiS-D3x7E-hQPluj83FJUAoR3y_RcdivgwFhUXEV8slhCPKYc0AnGpPY/s320/PXL_20231010_155605496.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tiB2a4nag1m4qi4WJvKfDHe0LoOSbMji4_ExX7vsMUrnC-xtojwSG9nRbbJD4YrzQ782R6YqBeBUNwiYjW7fdf2sVYn4jWM49O4IkRiPdINYy3nPPzqO0D7SCxruzl05sBhyDZxHVdXrt_oLt6qnCxMF3Kf99uYVrwyuPjRrXmqFpviJoSIEPKe2Xa4/s1217/PXL_20231009_180846931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tiB2a4nag1m4qi4WJvKfDHe0LoOSbMji4_ExX7vsMUrnC-xtojwSG9nRbbJD4YrzQ782R6YqBeBUNwiYjW7fdf2sVYn4jWM49O4IkRiPdINYy3nPPzqO0D7SCxruzl05sBhyDZxHVdXrt_oLt6qnCxMF3Kf99uYVrwyuPjRrXmqFpviJoSIEPKe2Xa4/s320/PXL_20231009_180846931.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>It is the bottom photo on the left, and is captioned "Interested Spectators Watch Digging". How amazing is that that I recognized Bill among all those photos?</p><p>We went for a drive to check on Bryan's family cottage, just outside Lake George. It looks fine, I sent him the photos I took. All is well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicz-RqCk0MMupZnA319qoUMEOC13Bvf5A5EDK_7wRW4rRDNHIzgWMFDUP10ZYvw9CKL7L0LDVN2oExWsakSip5xvqUJFxTCqVOJgJoJDHrH41fWbTPaVhbA_nXKjc_Mq6ZdcWvAlcx8ewh2sOFAeaPzCbweyrVFw_MatJlAFvsCZSMBKLU799Ebkcw7D4/s1217/PXL_20231010_195146304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicz-RqCk0MMupZnA319qoUMEOC13Bvf5A5EDK_7wRW4rRDNHIzgWMFDUP10ZYvw9CKL7L0LDVN2oExWsakSip5xvqUJFxTCqVOJgJoJDHrH41fWbTPaVhbA_nXKjc_Mq6ZdcWvAlcx8ewh2sOFAeaPzCbweyrVFw_MatJlAFvsCZSMBKLU799Ebkcw7D4/s320/PXL_20231010_195146304.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-14213122603373520312023-11-11T19:24:00.003-05:002023-11-11T19:24:44.136-05:00October 8, 2023<p>We went to Prospect Mountain Diner for breakfast, our favorite place here. Then we went to Fort William Henry. The British were defeated by the French here in 1757, but the museum commemorates the British.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyM4apSo4hffEW9lGWe8dUoOlARRL7wiM0d4tKS3idSxU_yy2CZKWG_V8geFO6CWX6ZfBp7DpBpcJlTTg3POrpUiq1KsyDqLkuOel6OEDbqdyfltPGElRDrkt6V4Ss80w9igjmLNgUYfwK31SG7DKcR2ty5N5P3Rk5Myfh8t2ZvjC5luZmTOLjRIbR1qw/s1217/PXL_20231008_180429461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyM4apSo4hffEW9lGWe8dUoOlARRL7wiM0d4tKS3idSxU_yy2CZKWG_V8geFO6CWX6ZfBp7DpBpcJlTTg3POrpUiq1KsyDqLkuOel6OEDbqdyfltPGElRDrkt6V4Ss80w9igjmLNgUYfwK31SG7DKcR2ty5N5P3Rk5Myfh8t2ZvjC5luZmTOLjRIbR1qw/s320/PXL_20231008_180429461.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWKzJ7qiC7hpmNEHXU9rpYeJSnXvFuHdguO03AInPCz-Gr8u4ZW7gLSfISMPxFS-i2leWAxQu6aZg8hChcoP1aH917y0cwPj_j9UgMwXUdMo9k2fHhcorYhnfaLnHjO_9ylKObxJGppmeTUmgz5yP6BReJIjVzvh-8zM9vDRYUG7-cjhei0DM82YmBS8/s913/PXL_20231008_181214691.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWKzJ7qiC7hpmNEHXU9rpYeJSnXvFuHdguO03AInPCz-Gr8u4ZW7gLSfISMPxFS-i2leWAxQu6aZg8hChcoP1aH917y0cwPj_j9UgMwXUdMo9k2fHhcorYhnfaLnHjO_9ylKObxJGppmeTUmgz5yP6BReJIjVzvh-8zM9vDRYUG7-cjhei0DM82YmBS8/s320/PXL_20231008_181214691.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPoI4tIIPboadkuzGUBxWDSkzY4bESqPYKx5sHsM22adNCy_EAwof4UCcq9six330SILURAEZQQHLi8PmxU3qmr3P7agbFw3gILsS4tRbWmeJzFtpoxoYPy9CAbm7M7-jVLX0nvG9d4XirIqrMI4aDLicBVrevhTawHWpcIY1IEP2CXfBDUKlAzU-uh0/s1217/PXL_20231008_182500712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPoI4tIIPboadkuzGUBxWDSkzY4bESqPYKx5sHsM22adNCy_EAwof4UCcq9six330SILURAEZQQHLi8PmxU3qmr3P7agbFw3gILsS4tRbWmeJzFtpoxoYPy9CAbm7M7-jVLX0nvG9d4XirIqrMI4aDLicBVrevhTawHWpcIY1IEP2CXfBDUKlAzU-uh0/s320/PXL_20231008_182500712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAF2mG-5M-gAJ6bOdHI84tV7dnm9YR05U20QeqOmb7OvOkViRTHLrM6YA1-kp2boYMZtYUIFCclBYNKxgmcJjmfEoIyjGSJ65kvyF_dsxhyphenhyphenN-_9C20pAVj36w1MDEiyd-7wPpUOuOa7JvfrcC-gfkffuddQIsDrNW_mGskDqKNGwDtD9oxmk115ITMvg/s913/PXL_20231008_184300590.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAF2mG-5M-gAJ6bOdHI84tV7dnm9YR05U20QeqOmb7OvOkViRTHLrM6YA1-kp2boYMZtYUIFCclBYNKxgmcJjmfEoIyjGSJ65kvyF_dsxhyphenhyphenN-_9C20pAVj36w1MDEiyd-7wPpUOuOa7JvfrcC-gfkffuddQIsDrNW_mGskDqKNGwDtD9oxmk115ITMvg/s320/PXL_20231008_184300590.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>The young man in the photo above was preparing to shoot his musklet and did not like where I was--directly in fromt of where he was planning to shoot, and oblivious to his intentions! He called out "Ma'am! You in the purple coat!" until I realized he was calling to me!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAGNhak1N6kIchFd7R_-nHsOmwqNCAfZItSR2yoje8LP3yLGRESfs_lIGMTaPKB0-eOO5UH2zTq8dnBOUBwGzKlikVRKGhEaY0J1mSzH0X8LuGez5kl1P-8Gh-r0gFAPEAejaPqKGLLHpsn6ai_pcLe88PdeGAKmvED67zwBE5CRWOUfyYuPO9ZsvhMY/s1217/PXL_20231008_191617807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAGNhak1N6kIchFd7R_-nHsOmwqNCAfZItSR2yoje8LP3yLGRESfs_lIGMTaPKB0-eOO5UH2zTq8dnBOUBwGzKlikVRKGhEaY0J1mSzH0X8LuGez5kl1P-8Gh-r0gFAPEAejaPqKGLLHpsn6ai_pcLe88PdeGAKmvED67zwBE5CRWOUfyYuPO9ZsvhMY/s320/PXL_20231008_191617807.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmXmyPCogFh6flTVFm94svmuMWbQ4oUVb3_Hp0nJXtQy5wD-bktpfM0WCpWeHegl2pvpqYFKERwh2y9eSPRqe1UPD1SgT2URh22kDP5HdRLOzI1C8w5ijMer6k4DHfhaYf_4NmEI_ftRkHCffTIGCBv1Tf8gXkVLPhUbDy1Y4iW8bvMbeJdUGyZ_6FNo/s913/PXL_20231008_191701462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmXmyPCogFh6flTVFm94svmuMWbQ4oUVb3_Hp0nJXtQy5wD-bktpfM0WCpWeHegl2pvpqYFKERwh2y9eSPRqe1UPD1SgT2URh22kDP5HdRLOzI1C8w5ijMer6k4DHfhaYf_4NmEI_ftRkHCffTIGCBv1Tf8gXkVLPhUbDy1Y4iW8bvMbeJdUGyZ_6FNo/s320/PXL_20231008_191701462.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>I spent some time in the outdoor museum, walked around the second floor battlements, and watched part of a film about the exhuming and identifying of persons from the fort cemetery. I was interested enough to go to the cemetery outside the gates, and there on the wall was a photo of Bill, age 11, with his dad and his brother!</p><p>Oktoberfest was going on in the streets of Lake George, so we walked down there after we got back from the fort. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcKX9lYCnY8kAdPAZUI6ibBli70HlaKQlDBnDV2Laxis6P51yrZNbAVDKckaXeifLpqSJArKhJFIF9RVP2VAsDloXHW42dFEkxKdbxoaMJpLRyLQybmBmHMKwOmw0jTCg_rAll9WLhblInxM0tMh_m95Mq468TcPbJMtysIhod9lnSt-D3QqYEX7n_Uw/s1217/PXL_20231008_212227721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcKX9lYCnY8kAdPAZUI6ibBli70HlaKQlDBnDV2Laxis6P51yrZNbAVDKckaXeifLpqSJArKhJFIF9RVP2VAsDloXHW42dFEkxKdbxoaMJpLRyLQybmBmHMKwOmw0jTCg_rAll9WLhblInxM0tMh_m95Mq468TcPbJMtysIhod9lnSt-D3QqYEX7n_Uw/s320/PXL_20231008_212227721.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxXhnMS2pY401p3Bvq_9E56QWEh-ErUUnT3i01zVNbN46kuEOaTTDxSsOufWpxmfoVZLAtfa25CIii4mb8Q8RKJnIJ4HAXV0UGjWsTp2sPy-bwA0o5Ly6MbeFiEWefTM-o0q7qVjw6AdAWFk6WJKZGTkt-klYocCYmbNQ7KLmu0nbBjcLLQvEExD-VTE/s1217/PXL_20231008_195807688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxXhnMS2pY401p3Bvq_9E56QWEh-ErUUnT3i01zVNbN46kuEOaTTDxSsOufWpxmfoVZLAtfa25CIii4mb8Q8RKJnIJ4HAXV0UGjWsTp2sPy-bwA0o5Ly6MbeFiEWefTM-o0q7qVjw6AdAWFk6WJKZGTkt-klYocCYmbNQ7KLmu0nbBjcLLQvEExD-VTE/s320/PXL_20231008_195807688.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3I3ZqBVoLGqDo02nAZCF2EwbcGsdiYz11fjZB8AwoXr-IBW3QDBmfj1DUikxH9FtuTbnCteCh3IqG17_vzaR9TgPyTZyi69d9gEpWwiLfzAuLP_JXBwgNhKQeaKdltQ8QoOj9Cs8OjQ3AS_jIPDHPRNXfabvM0tmv_FUOs3XWQrJQoOciiULcxKPfEjM/s1217/PXL_20231008_202548408.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3I3ZqBVoLGqDo02nAZCF2EwbcGsdiYz11fjZB8AwoXr-IBW3QDBmfj1DUikxH9FtuTbnCteCh3IqG17_vzaR9TgPyTZyi69d9gEpWwiLfzAuLP_JXBwgNhKQeaKdltQ8QoOj9Cs8OjQ3AS_jIPDHPRNXfabvM0tmv_FUOs3XWQrJQoOciiULcxKPfEjM/s320/PXL_20231008_202548408.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There were no open tables so we shared a table with Andy and his family. He was bemoaning turning 60 this year and we filled his ears with stories of things we have done since turning 60! He was especially taken by Dianne, still biking and having adventures at 80 years old!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gtCXBhY4vHgp0R922m-5WGNrFAO0uBgu8IGW17T5UdxxsS9ImdzunCffJMWI7MN981XQ714KZSx8Ok-oMmsGoZs0A2WzUVOyGzFAbzPbJIW_vxwZmsAugg27JYH3tmuAWgt_T7tK1VMg-GeAwg3L0LDEITXaO8RWpD0yxwUO5SEC9a3aMH8G5mrHYLQ/s1217/PXL_20231008_202219652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gtCXBhY4vHgp0R922m-5WGNrFAO0uBgu8IGW17T5UdxxsS9ImdzunCffJMWI7MN981XQ714KZSx8Ok-oMmsGoZs0A2WzUVOyGzFAbzPbJIW_vxwZmsAugg27JYH3tmuAWgt_T7tK1VMg-GeAwg3L0LDEITXaO8RWpD0yxwUO5SEC9a3aMH8G5mrHYLQ/s320/PXL_20231008_202219652.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupw4hNX51crsdslQKp0U1PLjLlY_fLFVlAa0jqDHHjD8coCYfo-pKn0J9peD2vIPpujZDqmDRnmJ4wIE12WvqeJ00lICimybkmygvQC3TKxErqhIVmcWlE1cxUk3bHU_KsZagsMZvWUCun-ZOgVQ9UmW5lzEnQvJip19J7a47TzWyL_p30sofKKkxIys/s1217/PXL_20231008_211903165.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupw4hNX51crsdslQKp0U1PLjLlY_fLFVlAa0jqDHHjD8coCYfo-pKn0J9peD2vIPpujZDqmDRnmJ4wIE12WvqeJ00lICimybkmygvQC3TKxErqhIVmcWlE1cxUk3bHU_KsZagsMZvWUCun-ZOgVQ9UmW5lzEnQvJip19J7a47TzWyL_p30sofKKkxIys/s320/PXL_20231008_211903165.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDilnlnKIK9OhIYsyhv1AmWadNB0dDHmnGf4EQZXi88T4OHZrv0bbnerR1P4CYHU8Se7R-ib_XtRo05wc04cwjBEAsAXgNUZXOq0bp9CKJrqfvKitMIUi2bM5Ff1Ipv8qtu-c-J-r2rxS8JW4_glQBIBLoW0cAadFFcH-CAyOn-iXv17geDiNFlo_nLc/s1217/PXL_20231008_211837105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDilnlnKIK9OhIYsyhv1AmWadNB0dDHmnGf4EQZXi88T4OHZrv0bbnerR1P4CYHU8Se7R-ib_XtRo05wc04cwjBEAsAXgNUZXOq0bp9CKJrqfvKitMIUi2bM5Ff1Ipv8qtu-c-J-r2rxS8JW4_glQBIBLoW0cAadFFcH-CAyOn-iXv17geDiNFlo_nLc/s320/PXL_20231008_211837105.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiuRLx_QqrMoDVS7ZiRuTC2LZvbrglKJDYsW-2OVzjLDglUaGUVap1TWQA_iE5nbTepqFyx8VgBkoE7zVXCRcmBRl8osaErJsScEc52LiNBkq4Y1AKV84V94MJTssGq5FmpTdsit3Pvw09ddZ1q_25yJs2r-hzrjxNp41g4Bu32oVrz26hFiZzDxCh4Y/s1217/PXL_20231008_211946714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiuRLx_QqrMoDVS7ZiRuTC2LZvbrglKJDYsW-2OVzjLDglUaGUVap1TWQA_iE5nbTepqFyx8VgBkoE7zVXCRcmBRl8osaErJsScEc52LiNBkq4Y1AKV84V94MJTssGq5FmpTdsit3Pvw09ddZ1q_25yJs2r-hzrjxNp41g4Bu32oVrz26hFiZzDxCh4Y/s320/PXL_20231008_211946714.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we left Oktoberfest there was a full double rainbow over the lake! What a sight! We went back to our room and played Scrabble. That's why we are here at Lake George, after all.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-59563364209840414752023-11-11T18:56:00.000-05:002023-11-11T18:56:25.736-05:00October 7, 2023<p>This is the day we leave Ovid. I took some photos in the rain--we were all very pleased that it did not rain until we were done our Finger Lakes adventure! The first photo is the Driftwood Bed and Breakfast, on the same property as the cabins.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKhjjpna-g28BeafElQi_0AR3YEFRAtGJ1ssDy41yxp15_KWZvspDIdyprSs7GM1ocs55ri6jmTfQKkiSJDZaN8ItwvuEAzHHa13eTP4STkcksc3kYKevbw_BlDH0kstmFiBoCm8TCnV6i-L3fJWvLRVvV7PQ3zeCE7eAtaz2TBjtwpcschFWAbqEia0/s1217/PXL_20231006_214139300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKhjjpna-g28BeafElQi_0AR3YEFRAtGJ1ssDy41yxp15_KWZvspDIdyprSs7GM1ocs55ri6jmTfQKkiSJDZaN8ItwvuEAzHHa13eTP4STkcksc3kYKevbw_BlDH0kstmFiBoCm8TCnV6i-L3fJWvLRVvV7PQ3zeCE7eAtaz2TBjtwpcschFWAbqEia0/s320/PXL_20231006_214139300.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Below is the Bell House, where Fred and Doris, Tom and Jim stayed.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjik4U8s1OAts-_dEi7WFbKroGTSIm96IBUJ3GQTy6v2eAn8jwEFCo6hSHhUmExPeZ9vYohSs1Zh8w29-6fMlOPTjr-FoychNF3WDYTAa5VEOALhp9g6zrpy0H4kB1CKswP6Q7aqD9fwtfZjbSrDX2cfkw_Gvug20cfBESdV2y-UFMZKN9JoenbDxRW33Y/s1217/PXL_20231006_214146161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjik4U8s1OAts-_dEi7WFbKroGTSIm96IBUJ3GQTy6v2eAn8jwEFCo6hSHhUmExPeZ9vYohSs1Zh8w29-6fMlOPTjr-FoychNF3WDYTAa5VEOALhp9g6zrpy0H4kB1CKswP6Q7aqD9fwtfZjbSrDX2cfkw_Gvug20cfBESdV2y-UFMZKN9JoenbDxRW33Y/s320/PXL_20231006_214146161.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZelxVfHCKUiVIxmkevxBJk5NlQhkCKo4Ni3UPicnmqqNn3SXrw30xaL3Ac1HnhDTzIBiT6ABHP6f_JQ-cr7sdZ2cxjfxfO34fZmC8GRSA0GdxEzgucoz0dXYSDrUVDDvJ4ZOgkWCfvW225w8MIHL6UfDcVTGBuO2_C62uKfe_J7x7bTu72pYJp-apTE/s1217/PXL_20231006_214309455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZelxVfHCKUiVIxmkevxBJk5NlQhkCKo4Ni3UPicnmqqNn3SXrw30xaL3Ac1HnhDTzIBiT6ABHP6f_JQ-cr7sdZ2cxjfxfO34fZmC8GRSA0GdxEzgucoz0dXYSDrUVDDvJ4ZOgkWCfvW225w8MIHL6UfDcVTGBuO2_C62uKfe_J7x7bTu72pYJp-apTE/s320/PXL_20231006_214309455.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Above is the building that contains the Highview, which takes up the entire top floor of the building. This is where Diana, Dianne, Bill and I stayed.</p><p>Diana left in her car, Bill, Fred, Doris, Tom and Jim left in the van pulling the trailer, and Dianne and I got in my car and headed to Ithaca. It poured rain all day, but Erika, Bryan and I went to the giant book sale at Ithaca Library. They had told me about it, and it just happened that we were there on the day it opened. We stood in the rain for 2 hours to get into the sale, and walked out with tote bags full of books. If I ever go to this sale again, I think I won't go on the first day--especially if it's pouring rain!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TpkVV6uDtCIozzPLDPHDoyjCaQ4_iUstgG87thPwzkxXJZ0t9AG_lBIjUrDqHUyHiwILwDFk3DXo2kKG_QIvzWZ3nCRKJZxIzxVvC2ApjS7UWEa1YLdKRudCwejM8KcoesuyXApATnYSW_HL3_cpaIzCeosGfDWAIUH3OO-8InNohxUHdr6dH_UM1RM/s1217/PXL_20231007_153832145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TpkVV6uDtCIozzPLDPHDoyjCaQ4_iUstgG87thPwzkxXJZ0t9AG_lBIjUrDqHUyHiwILwDFk3DXo2kKG_QIvzWZ3nCRKJZxIzxVvC2ApjS7UWEa1YLdKRudCwejM8KcoesuyXApATnYSW_HL3_cpaIzCeosGfDWAIUH3OO-8InNohxUHdr6dH_UM1RM/s320/PXL_20231007_153832145.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Erika and Bryan made us omelets for lunch, and we left for Lake George; it poured rain the entire way there.</p></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-2783734642526205032023-11-11T18:43:00.002-05:002023-11-11T18:43:57.053-05:00October 6, 2023<p>We enjoyed the Black Diamond Trial so much that we decided to do it again! We rode from our cottages, up the hill and over to Taghaunnock Falls State Park. This time we acually looked at the falls!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxvcV-v4KYZtS-1pL3jIzVn7kXOnwsJWmA8yq8RirfnVryXnWFzXWjiEjEX87dU0OONAdJ7fIemtvhQopLAgcNy6O_cyglFO267_xYtRbX8QoZtAGgDn9qXGwoJ4MnWXPQhaJAQZWCP95TfkXLuKEacQUmufJ7-gODm12C7uLdUd3_mx0OgVtKH6E5_Q/s913/PXL_20231006_141108329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxvcV-v4KYZtS-1pL3jIzVn7kXOnwsJWmA8yq8RirfnVryXnWFzXWjiEjEX87dU0OONAdJ7fIemtvhQopLAgcNy6O_cyglFO267_xYtRbX8QoZtAGgDn9qXGwoJ4MnWXPQhaJAQZWCP95TfkXLuKEacQUmufJ7-gODm12C7uLdUd3_mx0OgVtKH6E5_Q/s320/PXL_20231006_141108329.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcgkE7jBSbvX3zffIdzuxbLUb7s7fyIOWZDuVJC36IlmDmP_c6xbT-n7Bpfx4aRPMFovz8hpOlPqke6grKyaHH6nsiinHNjCZz1ejkpPo9Swo4V3L0DGSwZHQdPhaybQ6x5Jp40h3uFLZNgAqHRONb79agLXrb-BdowY5kvSDJIo6eh5PcaJFsP0x_rI/s913/PXL_20231006_144829305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcgkE7jBSbvX3zffIdzuxbLUb7s7fyIOWZDuVJC36IlmDmP_c6xbT-n7Bpfx4aRPMFovz8hpOlPqke6grKyaHH6nsiinHNjCZz1ejkpPo9Swo4V3L0DGSwZHQdPhaybQ6x5Jp40h3uFLZNgAqHRONb79agLXrb-BdowY5kvSDJIo6eh5PcaJFsP0x_rI/s320/PXL_20231006_144829305.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvndzP1eUBgsm9EX3OZ1OpMpeQKtwyUltYVYnGnMbtyvROLyomuzZ60QdWfxFOF8A5wyE_dH4pr2VuvGFZnEfnJrZXUOkdpJSrwIfFukX1YOji3SmW88eM8eoWeIWG2CMv5y9-YUYcGk9OmuvxSPkFDysysC6U6avd4HYh5sV4ySf-sjv8ozvf1yjHMI/s913/PXL_20231006_150610845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvndzP1eUBgsm9EX3OZ1OpMpeQKtwyUltYVYnGnMbtyvROLyomuzZ60QdWfxFOF8A5wyE_dH4pr2VuvGFZnEfnJrZXUOkdpJSrwIfFukX1YOji3SmW88eM8eoWeIWG2CMv5y9-YUYcGk9OmuvxSPkFDysysC6U6avd4HYh5sV4ySf-sjv8ozvf1yjHMI/s320/PXL_20231006_150610845.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeJHpH6zFZ17RYg3K_ez4VVU4xn6_4jaTMTUmZLEc9ZpdZYv5xMzrLmehd8_GhUYViT4X8Ugw40Y1F9KY32I2F4kv3WyKLEmFTt-wF0Hdqbp_VE4Gv6moyR7lNUF0EV30cvkkDPB7oSqpuGcZ6A6kcWL4nlFmmV1wJRjwT93T4ptwj7Ubiwf8acH-e48/s913/PXL_20231006_150739611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeJHpH6zFZ17RYg3K_ez4VVU4xn6_4jaTMTUmZLEc9ZpdZYv5xMzrLmehd8_GhUYViT4X8Ugw40Y1F9KY32I2F4kv3WyKLEmFTt-wF0Hdqbp_VE4Gv6moyR7lNUF0EV30cvkkDPB7oSqpuGcZ6A6kcWL4nlFmmV1wJRjwT93T4ptwj7Ubiwf8acH-e48/s320/PXL_20231006_150739611.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-0dz31pF-NgvIP4jmqgsHI7FvKSAAJmKv7574S0gr-i-tkJGS6rdI7596hpHV3KujSgBty_OwpQLSJIFXG_hVzZ5W3_-8kmE8gA33fz-thbW-6y8JgHu-8qdCJvXlVNvMVUBZr_NtD0JquF37wUZPGZu-PA74_IWViOTxxQmhGsGAOUZFq5ewH_vkvQ/s913/PXL_20231006_151023028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-0dz31pF-NgvIP4jmqgsHI7FvKSAAJmKv7574S0gr-i-tkJGS6rdI7596hpHV3KujSgBty_OwpQLSJIFXG_hVzZ5W3_-8kmE8gA33fz-thbW-6y8JgHu-8qdCJvXlVNvMVUBZr_NtD0JquF37wUZPGZu-PA74_IWViOTxxQmhGsGAOUZFq5ewH_vkvQ/s320/PXL_20231006_151023028.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We liked the trail just as much as we had the first time! The photo of the trail map shows the elevation profile at the bottom--it's all downhill! </p><p>Dianne stayed back with Bill and Doris, not wanting to ride the dirt trail. However, she wanted to ride the paved Waterfront trail. She was supposed to wait for us to rendezvous at the Tremain Marina, but took off without us and promptly got lost! She called Bill, told him she was on the trail but did not know where. Of course he could not take the van and trailer on the trail! We found her and she stayed with us while we rode the entire trail. Except for a short construction area it was wonderful!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVWx9MCJqp738m4ekdctNsYdVeAq2_AUK_02bvV3UqrZdhIFKrEvBZ7PYiog56trrXmigCR7zr5BRrOpNs0LgyilfVxtlp1XyMejKVMhsPBctAu7HMziyneVwqAxD8HRjhQHUOFmTITHishrDv1JNK616X9IGOsfXbtwHb2VnRwKkImqRl3uGERjLYCI/s913/PXL_20231002_172628483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVWx9MCJqp738m4ekdctNsYdVeAq2_AUK_02bvV3UqrZdhIFKrEvBZ7PYiog56trrXmigCR7zr5BRrOpNs0LgyilfVxtlp1XyMejKVMhsPBctAu7HMziyneVwqAxD8HRjhQHUOFmTITHishrDv1JNK616X9IGOsfXbtwHb2VnRwKkImqRl3uGERjLYCI/s320/PXL_20231002_172628483.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpt6in93rrtF5vZ70lwrlByqKvb1pi6GFlZub_gYAGsdjC62R0yyzuXfNipINfQ2VVujqWuDvK9meRF_WlY4TtrQ4ix4fMcnwTvQeHbiu-h-2biOyRUxIGdW7cScDESty0_2jX-FQOLfRr-EqXeQs0eTQ2ti-skJcF8pU0uc2kh24qv276j4SKpWTyfHI/s1024/PXL_20231006_151754559.MP_exported_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We all agreed that it was the best trail! It started raining about the time we were done riding 26 miles. Perfect!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-62163008076619696072023-11-11T18:21:00.003-05:002023-11-21T14:43:09.079-05:00October 5, 2023<p>Fred and Dianne both wanted to bike on the Erie Canalway Trail, so we drove to Port Byron and unloaded the bikes there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpov1I9NV0yMAuhSwGm4o_FAZm13qBJaSyRUlkgD5NhOXEtopmm4rGoVKmFwekMDoVValzu7ZxSkImnfI9GgULWBee003klooISkq7aqd98ElZZrDrFUFALWf7cmzCgyEVdxdO5XYXsYBTE_NoQ5BrztX4JJmB3tc-q9WexEgnj1ewg1u6vNFgEDoAWDU/s913/PXL_20231005_140637927.MP_exported_533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpov1I9NV0yMAuhSwGm4o_FAZm13qBJaSyRUlkgD5NhOXEtopmm4rGoVKmFwekMDoVValzu7ZxSkImnfI9GgULWBee003klooISkq7aqd98ElZZrDrFUFALWf7cmzCgyEVdxdO5XYXsYBTE_NoQ5BrztX4JJmB3tc-q9WexEgnj1ewg1u6vNFgEDoAWDU/s320/PXL_20231005_140637927.MP_exported_533.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGOWY8l6fKk7TL0VpKj6DgUKc9nmsriB9LqMEcqzxRFrE2wOZ8GwT2Urbx4tw_eLoGde8uYtTp7HO3xDl6dkUTWqRxsruGaZ9dEzfUpcCNMMUuRM4BO-QXUsZdG8Z76Kz3R6PZA2SmdKbbez864KSSrE09vCEdeLMfA-Qxi9OBWN9raZ4Jr04sDWhOM8/s913/PXL_20231005_141442597.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGOWY8l6fKk7TL0VpKj6DgUKc9nmsriB9LqMEcqzxRFrE2wOZ8GwT2Urbx4tw_eLoGde8uYtTp7HO3xDl6dkUTWqRxsruGaZ9dEzfUpcCNMMUuRM4BO-QXUsZdG8Z76Kz3R6PZA2SmdKbbez864KSSrE09vCEdeLMfA-Qxi9OBWN9raZ4Jr04sDWhOM8/s320/PXL_20231005_141442597.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>The trail was a little rough, but not impassible. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSidTD90_C9ksxzafbn7RU7ss5H2vVMi_embYJksH1cnN4LgHtEYWuq-dLRegDbathOxz9Bo0ZoVwxK2tDgEhwKn9FD9DrFjR14ywhtizXzGifkRcx8Tq0z8lt3UlYTLYLs7DwpOY2C1d8Y7lKgEQk6p9vGW_tH3hfTmIqRxpOVL6lGP7tYRdHFOvSmUk/s913/PXL_20231005_141836491.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSidTD90_C9ksxzafbn7RU7ss5H2vVMi_embYJksH1cnN4LgHtEYWuq-dLRegDbathOxz9Bo0ZoVwxK2tDgEhwKn9FD9DrFjR14ywhtizXzGifkRcx8Tq0z8lt3UlYTLYLs7DwpOY2C1d8Y7lKgEQk6p9vGW_tH3hfTmIqRxpOVL6lGP7tYRdHFOvSmUk/s320/PXL_20231005_141836491.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While crossing a bridge over an aqueduct, Jim's light flew off his bike and landed in the water! Of course he stopped and went down the hill, waded into the water and retrieved his light!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluYyA8cN4L2RsWrTF4tve58ZPcZITGZjyXwnYwceNiCbCTiEPq2YTbKC2YMkxnFRCsWEodK9THjH39M0CseEcsp_lDDikg_5h3jcbpXqFUy1YRwq5jwx5B2IJwVWEHFEOnARS_dVsg6wwBzdgYPxzOGZTciJBAIx-rOdDVLMtqiGXnTVQaBhRgRzrMt0/s1217/PXL_20231005_142952277.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluYyA8cN4L2RsWrTF4tve58ZPcZITGZjyXwnYwceNiCbCTiEPq2YTbKC2YMkxnFRCsWEodK9THjH39M0CseEcsp_lDDikg_5h3jcbpXqFUy1YRwq5jwx5B2IJwVWEHFEOnARS_dVsg6wwBzdgYPxzOGZTciJBAIx-rOdDVLMtqiGXnTVQaBhRgRzrMt0/s320/PXL_20231005_142952277.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94gKEM2ldkiFwOuu7Y5DFcFYwaU6j57MRYQtdffUSu6Pskhr29eR7rpBz5GnRgn_me0LHZ1bBRmAG2U4Y3G1syz8LKtn1O98zl7B95zGXGUgAuOhF88tuw6ia1lYs1QuQ6hyphenhyphenioo4B-HkA7G2ymE4fLJL0u5OYBy60oBq5DY-pa4eB8sf_L1I03MHhxsw/s913/PXL_20231005_143118334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94gKEM2ldkiFwOuu7Y5DFcFYwaU6j57MRYQtdffUSu6Pskhr29eR7rpBz5GnRgn_me0LHZ1bBRmAG2U4Y3G1syz8LKtn1O98zl7B95zGXGUgAuOhF88tuw6ia1lYs1QuQ6hyphenhyphenioo4B-HkA7G2ymE4fLJL0u5OYBy60oBq5DY-pa4eB8sf_L1I03MHhxsw/s320/PXL_20231005_143118334.jpg" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTW314axnN4lXEUQ1FbMTpRwGYGd8zTXlzOQ3t-wEmbBpjjk4ZljZUyTCPADisqzA4Mcd2oXKRAy81tlllUpX39fPp9Sldy-cNX7UU6eGA90WzEfDRBQX4Xqwl1UgP07ac2ps9e8lYaeYZO2CSRRMxigxsxEhmC1QVI5KheueuDDv-yjZvBRJz3fNysHo/s1217/PXL_20231005_143151467.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTW314axnN4lXEUQ1FbMTpRwGYGd8zTXlzOQ3t-wEmbBpjjk4ZljZUyTCPADisqzA4Mcd2oXKRAy81tlllUpX39fPp9Sldy-cNX7UU6eGA90WzEfDRBQX4Xqwl1UgP07ac2ps9e8lYaeYZO2CSRRMxigxsxEhmC1QVI5KheueuDDv-yjZvBRJz3fNysHo/s320/PXL_20231005_143151467.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After about 5 miles the trail suddenly turned very bad! Dianne gave up on it sooner than the rest of us. We toughed it out and then found out later that we were on the wrong section! The signs were misleading. We found our way back to the official Erie Canalway Trail. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stopped riding when we saw Bill at the Sims Store Museum at Camillus. We'd only ridden 11 miles. Too bad about being on the wrong trail! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We drove to Syracuse to the Erie Canal Museum, reputed to be the best among many museums along the canal. Inside this museum is the last remaining canalboat weigh station. 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We'd planned to ride back to our cottages. Tom was under the weather and chose not to ride today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVqzcw3BObi0slxfq8lpkPfOZYwXIatMS773-9HadmVIPJcBypm3KAcj_XD2OdH-1_yafmTB1bzVm9-qPW7wledgytZtzgkgvp1UJgBQSkEC0P_3bkgcpYmi7Odh13OCZGW49qvvk5dJmBd6XkUUTRG5FdKeuLlSXeTU4Y-Tw2_vfLxi8Ck0-Y2TQQKY/s1217/PXL_20231004_140043328.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVqzcw3BObi0slxfq8lpkPfOZYwXIatMS773-9HadmVIPJcBypm3KAcj_XD2OdH-1_yafmTB1bzVm9-qPW7wledgytZtzgkgvp1UJgBQSkEC0P_3bkgcpYmi7Odh13OCZGW49qvvk5dJmBd6XkUUTRG5FdKeuLlSXeTU4Y-Tw2_vfLxi8Ck0-Y2TQQKY/s320/PXL_20231004_140043328.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The bike route took us on a dirt trail within the first few miles, so Dianne called Bill to pick her up. The only problem was that she did not tell us! So I biked back to the beginning of the dirt trail just in time to see her leaving with Bill and Doris!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRMjO54wf1d-v3QKctvn-DDdBdtzgL5pmI5QZCiGFWpVtpHvwDW8CssxVM_s2nlQ4K-8Nd0ichQCGbnC2pQbPExD-yk4k5fiKviXjIuXjMkEhu2LfsZ0kVYsMBofutfZLdJC3rh0pGTnyjc5LysK0L47sS_Q5lWRNNe6wHg_UFSQqSgZPUI75xrVYwn0/s1217/PXL_20231004_144426891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRMjO54wf1d-v3QKctvn-DDdBdtzgL5pmI5QZCiGFWpVtpHvwDW8CssxVM_s2nlQ4K-8Nd0ichQCGbnC2pQbPExD-yk4k5fiKviXjIuXjMkEhu2LfsZ0kVYsMBofutfZLdJC3rh0pGTnyjc5LysK0L47sS_Q5lWRNNe6wHg_UFSQqSgZPUI75xrVYwn0/s320/PXL_20231004_144426891.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHd-qC_nVNlxMl4Cf2Wnai278UJ-hew3PFJpvxCkSGL0VoWZ4xQ_VgPVJdNlCmZ-XiibMEBgapIp2dihvefHocvT4QDKQRVpAQGNXU5WQTrnbGO0B3lJU5BeWr7T4lIk7yX9usKaOOL4v_b9vg5ghKHqU4I8SoCeOyh6ZdX0Sp36jBm5oWZ7v9yrrv-k/s1217/PXL_20231004_144524315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHd-qC_nVNlxMl4Cf2Wnai278UJ-hew3PFJpvxCkSGL0VoWZ4xQ_VgPVJdNlCmZ-XiibMEBgapIp2dihvefHocvT4QDKQRVpAQGNXU5WQTrnbGO0B3lJU5BeWr7T4lIk7yX9usKaOOL4v_b9vg5ghKHqU4I8SoCeOyh6ZdX0Sp36jBm5oWZ7v9yrrv-k/s320/PXL_20231004_144524315.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Dianne rejoined us on the paved route. It was not flat! We rode along Seneca Lake, and then got on a path, also along the lakeshore.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMpGl44zFKTwk-gotdImqHhyphenhyphen3aQZ-bfElFOJ1_j3Bt0H55Fr2-5TjIPmU1Yr_RkfkVnZCRxsc8PctpIBGHiKQo2iJEzj-A1Hd0qMGsV93a3d1CP7HJdsBLecwNxbcV8Hgkuy0uuGj6CvCwIGE8Imy8TpOm4Mv5_CnCps3P4RArP6ivLuWMuUvPPxd4wI/s1217/PXL_20231004_164849589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMpGl44zFKTwk-gotdImqHhyphenhyphen3aQZ-bfElFOJ1_j3Bt0H55Fr2-5TjIPmU1Yr_RkfkVnZCRxsc8PctpIBGHiKQo2iJEzj-A1Hd0qMGsV93a3d1CP7HJdsBLecwNxbcV8Hgkuy0uuGj6CvCwIGE8Imy8TpOm4Mv5_CnCps3P4RArP6ivLuWMuUvPPxd4wI/s320/PXL_20231004_164849589.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFkCKi9xYn5uzg7Hk0tjUACkIKUanuQlGvHgdTHwvlWWQ2S9haW5qrDGUb9se5n384q441q1rAnITc5gXy2X5TODdou2-jpScSZjeHFTaXCPvjUrSH5RfW7Y6jwWTkYqqhf8UsXCpFHf1IkrzMS2ahoQ-5pacN_P_yvzCQayU0kddRmWCy4KwcU0UDYY/s1217/PXL_20231004_164741503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFkCKi9xYn5uzg7Hk0tjUACkIKUanuQlGvHgdTHwvlWWQ2S9haW5qrDGUb9se5n384q441q1rAnITc5gXy2X5TODdou2-jpScSZjeHFTaXCPvjUrSH5RfW7Y6jwWTkYqqhf8UsXCpFHf1IkrzMS2ahoQ-5pacN_P_yvzCQayU0kddRmWCy4KwcU0UDYY/s320/PXL_20231004_164741503.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We came upon the Simpson State Park and the World War 2 Museum there. It took us about an hour to walk through the old barracks that have been turned into a museum.</div><p></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZOMIqu2SEfyrXgqWrzcqVq-Mfh5cAL0CLs3jahLjo02OhzXrdIxh7XGRLyFJROi8nbLbvBW8beMyykGWi7m-w4Sy0U3NDEUItxTx3GW43VSTtIb0k0W8pqCGIakAzyfphcWCWp8P-kdE5-kjyi-5Ao4SUWQ9QljqwxWiiUR7ST11-nbcNbVPr567iAw/s1217/PXL_20231004_160809505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZOMIqu2SEfyrXgqWrzcqVq-Mfh5cAL0CLs3jahLjo02OhzXrdIxh7XGRLyFJROi8nbLbvBW8beMyykGWi7m-w4Sy0U3NDEUItxTx3GW43VSTtIb0k0W8pqCGIakAzyfphcWCWp8P-kdE5-kjyi-5Ao4SUWQ9QljqwxWiiUR7ST11-nbcNbVPr567iAw/s320/PXL_20231004_160809505.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnF_g4ijdKnTnZJlzB1FqMCjgo0DY47YM2Nee2fcMY-weZvRDc5A3EPhUaRbs4Sm-Fyasa3VNz5APYBSLBTTQn9ZsDIm27fSdfvHuUJbkwGJpXK6cq6zZoMs0ecIBjc3wPSg8F2Bd1ZKhAaNuF9SX8XSj_HZOIsUfUXz7stsT9zfaX2BrjVj9ZSSqlnhI/s1217/PXL_20231004_160035660.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnF_g4ijdKnTnZJlzB1FqMCjgo0DY47YM2Nee2fcMY-weZvRDc5A3EPhUaRbs4Sm-Fyasa3VNz5APYBSLBTTQn9ZsDIm27fSdfvHuUJbkwGJpXK6cq6zZoMs0ecIBjc3wPSg8F2Bd1ZKhAaNuF9SX8XSj_HZOIsUfUXz7stsT9zfaX2BrjVj9ZSSqlnhI/s320/PXL_20231004_160035660.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNvAe3Xm3EWD8AO6fqKKehOank7ksi2eJ-CsfqZVNBhjsLBLGOtR6AIvvA-X5ezSjOZIYp68hOyUhitlWQc1Ge39CFjkQTV5vC_epl3PWKovKCVG28iqjIRmRFKKeC8TGbovvRKsfcOeEpP0MKrYAeXANN2CugpEsh1nZp5Lbr-7Np6EqbWNlvLAq6AI/s1217/PXL_20231004_161041725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNvAe3Xm3EWD8AO6fqKKehOank7ksi2eJ-CsfqZVNBhjsLBLGOtR6AIvvA-X5ezSjOZIYp68hOyUhitlWQc1Ge39CFjkQTV5vC_epl3PWKovKCVG28iqjIRmRFKKeC8TGbovvRKsfcOeEpP0MKrYAeXANN2CugpEsh1nZp5Lbr-7Np6EqbWNlvLAq6AI/s320/PXL_20231004_161041725.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XIbeGzIO60zAJWBD0FGkPxUla33FpX6t0sKQ3OuWS3cKIgyWoO3lf691KlXMTh6lVMIjTzh28GI1XjOXoVgOu0GRH3zAPnPUN6y0hViM6RB-F6_pAL9eM0BK-hInhj9x-9PCz1grAapKuTek3N0COnB5aVvlksumlpFu6c4EEBU3SpHxHm71jvxxvik/s913/PXL_20231004_160946645.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XIbeGzIO60zAJWBD0FGkPxUla33FpX6t0sKQ3OuWS3cKIgyWoO3lf691KlXMTh6lVMIjTzh28GI1XjOXoVgOu0GRH3zAPnPUN6y0hViM6RB-F6_pAL9eM0BK-hInhj9x-9PCz1grAapKuTek3N0COnB5aVvlksumlpFu6c4EEBU3SpHxHm71jvxxvik/s320/PXL_20231004_160946645.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIKCYg1ZRfMeTjfaG-9VqIObq-SGmdsVBOxjZVmb6xeMkDcWphPM1LIaBtJNgPkJq7hmjw_d5eUcLU4wELbetiyTpDUjzlI9mwvOFEoYGLAsVUs_uBjxbi4YK-GRrfUadQpQGIA471aXeqjmrYJOzvvfFimx08ZfLaCa4FYIpu2R8ekikQ65cv_o7J-c/s1217/PXL_20231004_160030366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIKCYg1ZRfMeTjfaG-9VqIObq-SGmdsVBOxjZVmb6xeMkDcWphPM1LIaBtJNgPkJq7hmjw_d5eUcLU4wELbetiyTpDUjzlI9mwvOFEoYGLAsVUs_uBjxbi4YK-GRrfUadQpQGIA471aXeqjmrYJOzvvfFimx08ZfLaCa4FYIpu2R8ekikQ65cv_o7J-c/s320/PXL_20231004_160030366.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We continued on our way, meeting Bill, Doris and Tom in the small town of Willard. We rode through some serious road construction and then climbed a big hill to meet the van right across from this little church. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-csswPAQJP4ulwv81Pe1quMdr-PN5vMPRQQjDoUgr0mdKHm4DScsSSgzIZZrr_7k2TH_buJi-rDNm3rLtl78_ZAbIKx6hxNOPflFmtnFX0FSjaapIxKlLFTMGkqrbhWfxRKo4YONg2GZ_lCo9JrCv1oei2TDwc-vy5vkTYjQ7YRWoSpw7SF1f81BWOhc/s913/PXL_20231004_171851169_exported_266_1696440062757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-csswPAQJP4ulwv81Pe1quMdr-PN5vMPRQQjDoUgr0mdKHm4DScsSSgzIZZrr_7k2TH_buJi-rDNm3rLtl78_ZAbIKx6hxNOPflFmtnFX0FSjaapIxKlLFTMGkqrbhWfxRKo4YONg2GZ_lCo9JrCv1oei2TDwc-vy5vkTYjQ7YRWoSpw7SF1f81BWOhc/s320/PXL_20231004_171851169_exported_266_1696440062757.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabktqivQl6WNO1iQ1I9ex7RIr1PF4jKn3ApdqyeqBCvY4NyFulN7BENTCYE_xpL564v8ngNvHuxVT1tWhIkGawkxk__cohMe6iLY74BPi5ovh_xy4r2R0qpjvw7llMz2zfUdpY0XP5VsPqUq3S2pUeb4_789JFZ2_WkYWOVWMpibJ4qCZ-8xIkTatbSA/s1217/PXL_20231004_171903324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabktqivQl6WNO1iQ1I9ex7RIr1PF4jKn3ApdqyeqBCvY4NyFulN7BENTCYE_xpL564v8ngNvHuxVT1tWhIkGawkxk__cohMe6iLY74BPi5ovh_xy4r2R0qpjvw7llMz2zfUdpY0XP5VsPqUq3S2pUeb4_789JFZ2_WkYWOVWMpibJ4qCZ-8xIkTatbSA/s320/PXL_20231004_171903324.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPW6ZAWlKyWyBrQi_BkP03qZ4WogJ2eOwLnDImtheJWN9z-Cul5NAufw61y2LcGc8kyRPa5ska2c8t5Dq_6jiyISS00L593upaEnBd0CLahttu8xbyBKIsGcyVkRPm7zainJGmmmeKs4GoCtNHWYvjTurQY1S40apVS16gH5V-7N7EYU6ixRUnZupv0qs/s913/PXL_20231004_171951490.MP_exported_383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPW6ZAWlKyWyBrQi_BkP03qZ4WogJ2eOwLnDImtheJWN9z-Cul5NAufw61y2LcGc8kyRPa5ska2c8t5Dq_6jiyISS00L593upaEnBd0CLahttu8xbyBKIsGcyVkRPm7zainJGmmmeKs4GoCtNHWYvjTurQY1S40apVS16gH5V-7N7EYU6ixRUnZupv0qs/s320/PXL_20231004_171951490.MP_exported_383.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dianne got back in the van and the rest of us got back on our bikes to ride to the Thirsty Owl Winery (near our cottages) for lunch. But when we got there they were not serving lunch! They recommended we go up the road to Knapp Winery. We had already loaded the bikes in the trailer so we drove there and had a nice lunch and wine tasting. 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Dianne and Tom avoided the large hill from the lakeshore to the main road. The rest of us toughed it out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVP3M7KvOTwVtjoIBMwYpdBxaKsi0khMv93BGBc_BrF5IftrI5upzRGUiee0FtYLcrCyrfiVhzsaF9xdKoQWlTKj2LCF1SdSoQUk-RKy-yFsZrbzYfmbxPc2IUfENuKOEl1eikcpplQwmFMXp05qwCwlDAKRyfH15EwrppAnWK5YTEA3t_Xly08dxHnXY/s1280/PXL_20231003_130455062~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1280" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVP3M7KvOTwVtjoIBMwYpdBxaKsi0khMv93BGBc_BrF5IftrI5upzRGUiee0FtYLcrCyrfiVhzsaF9xdKoQWlTKj2LCF1SdSoQUk-RKy-yFsZrbzYfmbxPc2IUfENuKOEl1eikcpplQwmFMXp05qwCwlDAKRyfH15EwrppAnWK5YTEA3t_Xly08dxHnXY/s320/PXL_20231003_130455062~2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Above: Tom, Fred, Dianne, Jim, Diana and me. Below our trusty SAGs: Bill and Doris.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Fc2A-WUkg6jw6Ft8yJMlBIYW_OlsvtL-CIFtvkXpqbaKchjv9LdTwHDVOB-DavFzYIYH9l_1weVg37HjzORpwescgrncYXy0Kyt9paxrAf8pQJa5TDM-iHYblXvVR8sJ00zr4XbO_Zph56LwyogyOa2n-DcDI_G3kRrRb7NvgmmNajb5HFRXsMLj_H0/s913/PXL_20231003_130522609.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Fc2A-WUkg6jw6Ft8yJMlBIYW_OlsvtL-CIFtvkXpqbaKchjv9LdTwHDVOB-DavFzYIYH9l_1weVg37HjzORpwescgrncYXy0Kyt9paxrAf8pQJa5TDM-iHYblXvVR8sJ00zr4XbO_Zph56LwyogyOa2n-DcDI_G3kRrRb7NvgmmNajb5HFRXsMLj_H0/s320/PXL_20231003_130522609.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SdGp8b125Ubv-9u7Q9ee4emkpD0eC6iNJaAiFzep9-m6cDRqWeUz_7o8VHDebNfNQ2HbjndWb7tiSuGK5g-_TI6DzIUn4b1H_Une2mfyz6BV1jn3Z1VY2Nmu2R2xVsATk_WLsg5aeuU7_qcXF7cerbE6oOl61NttL3r3lJ95IhD5L-SwQS8divvJukU/s913/PXL_20231003_142705958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SdGp8b125Ubv-9u7Q9ee4emkpD0eC6iNJaAiFzep9-m6cDRqWeUz_7o8VHDebNfNQ2HbjndWb7tiSuGK5g-_TI6DzIUn4b1H_Une2mfyz6BV1jn3Z1VY2Nmu2R2xVsATk_WLsg5aeuU7_qcXF7cerbE6oOl61NttL3r3lJ95IhD5L-SwQS8divvJukU/s320/PXL_20231003_142705958.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We cycled across the height of the land over to Seneca Lake and rode along the lakeshore there. It was a wonderful ride! This entire area is known for its wineries. We passed many wineries and historical plaques.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5BUepD1xTAJiPOZskIoUt6fLlW5FwZww15gEm6FEvDuj_jz-pefvQch9LKYHCfXGtFj-NOZcNoFPWhw6VMh0p5c1xoY6uXEMa41L-1ZmK3FOdlJhvA2bjG3UigxEJTrK5-UX8JzBH6G7iRpdI23uCmFzlU06EMIfERJzO-NPVbRwHj9AqLIjz2-Tvyc/s1217/PXL_20231003_144826173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5BUepD1xTAJiPOZskIoUt6fLlW5FwZww15gEm6FEvDuj_jz-pefvQch9LKYHCfXGtFj-NOZcNoFPWhw6VMh0p5c1xoY6uXEMa41L-1ZmK3FOdlJhvA2bjG3UigxEJTrK5-UX8JzBH6G7iRpdI23uCmFzlU06EMIfERJzO-NPVbRwHj9AqLIjz2-Tvyc/s320/PXL_20231003_144826173.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGccbk1d7DMc4eyAkeg7-rDL8DezzCvIoPx0PxsOWQ-UYIZSfXfodFnFf2X6v79tGxd55VzlJLOHRy7ozO_NAVRIui9yDcKsJ3v3fjhr5eVKnF3_KVPPJ01JcBs2CNE3k7ZL4ZH03PGYy_FAIUHjrmw8Qxzr5M55_tCrZNMN5T3P9Z0odxa2yYliaQX74/s1217/PXL_20231003_145744662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGccbk1d7DMc4eyAkeg7-rDL8DezzCvIoPx0PxsOWQ-UYIZSfXfodFnFf2X6v79tGxd55VzlJLOHRy7ozO_NAVRIui9yDcKsJ3v3fjhr5eVKnF3_KVPPJ01JcBs2CNE3k7ZL4ZH03PGYy_FAIUHjrmw8Qxzr5M55_tCrZNMN5T3P9Z0odxa2yYliaQX74/s320/PXL_20231003_145744662.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvB0sP5nf_ojliUiI9kr1O1_dj85BCkaUeABvP2aeK0P9X1O1B_z2-KaWhIvPqpu2MduPefH3gr0YN48ZsSJ653yO0fzFhYsfKFjXwlkKnigH1yfuyDG3nssexTv1wMjpwF7UyA6rMcgqgSKInnSHIWwSt509dCVBxVBPnwAacYzpkd-A81kBcvDoIt8c/s1217/PXL_20231003_150602418.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvB0sP5nf_ojliUiI9kr1O1_dj85BCkaUeABvP2aeK0P9X1O1B_z2-KaWhIvPqpu2MduPefH3gr0YN48ZsSJ653yO0fzFhYsfKFjXwlkKnigH1yfuyDG3nssexTv1wMjpwF7UyA6rMcgqgSKInnSHIWwSt509dCVBxVBPnwAacYzpkd-A81kBcvDoIt8c/s320/PXL_20231003_150602418.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsFAuVUpWX6zXuxnej71hTGWLYIWalOgv410bgweqscCdsfIEm7pv0_dTwUzGEQOQB3Nv_hEeUGZ16h5CGG-euMsfhWUiEyI0OGQ9b8dsTLR4p_HASYEBpHdCzp5C1AmI32RiiZNozDjdG6LQ-lbl54aMRiN9nFtmkp29LX3oGL_hnYMFwneNKLjZNgE/s913/PXL_20231003_152442877.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsFAuVUpWX6zXuxnej71hTGWLYIWalOgv410bgweqscCdsfIEm7pv0_dTwUzGEQOQB3Nv_hEeUGZ16h5CGG-euMsfhWUiEyI0OGQ9b8dsTLR4p_HASYEBpHdCzp5C1AmI32RiiZNozDjdG6LQ-lbl54aMRiN9nFtmkp29LX3oGL_hnYMFwneNKLjZNgE/s320/PXL_20231003_152442877.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>We took a short break at Hector Falls, right along the road we were riding. The views of Seneca Lake were breathtaking, with the vineyards and forests all along the way.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPWF8L-s-kPDOpqiedYjYpnBQTKPBHYrR-_39O6Mx2NUC9i_4D-Sx_L8p3eIRIHuCVaBiAMRjXD0NDuL-H1ft4XsbcMQmCb5OjQjLm2n5pyxWZ2gSr4NyyGzcd3zHZAjW1COcyQa0YdGu9lUCHYgb-CWCcBDse6fW2NqbMFv6hCwPV4dD9dCG76bujqU/s913/PXL_20231003_155213863.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPWF8L-s-kPDOpqiedYjYpnBQTKPBHYrR-_39O6Mx2NUC9i_4D-Sx_L8p3eIRIHuCVaBiAMRjXD0NDuL-H1ft4XsbcMQmCb5OjQjLm2n5pyxWZ2gSr4NyyGzcd3zHZAjW1COcyQa0YdGu9lUCHYgb-CWCcBDse6fW2NqbMFv6hCwPV4dD9dCG76bujqU/s320/PXL_20231003_155213863.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidErSMbhlyw_0t12ijKuFP_Vk1Nn__7UgYbG6zDGHcaoYU1bYN7cxy6N5Nez2-Dhm5KXDfIZQBgxezhfWhvr78gg_RrZZEOzKPBxN1S6kpkBcDKUbjsbYLyoepQqmm_MUsPPa0O8mKrCaCKlB2y6N0HEQ-rEPUwwPI7BS1qybIG8xfJdw6R19Uz-Ae6Ww/s1217/PXL_20231003_155517104.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidErSMbhlyw_0t12ijKuFP_Vk1Nn__7UgYbG6zDGHcaoYU1bYN7cxy6N5Nez2-Dhm5KXDfIZQBgxezhfWhvr78gg_RrZZEOzKPBxN1S6kpkBcDKUbjsbYLyoepQqmm_MUsPPa0O8mKrCaCKlB2y6N0HEQ-rEPUwwPI7BS1qybIG8xfJdw6R19Uz-Ae6Ww/s320/PXL_20231003_155517104.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>We cycled down to Watkins Glen, where we met Bill and Doris and ate the lunch we had packed this morning. Then we all walked over to Watkins Glen State Park to hike the many waterfalls. There are 19 waterfalls that can be seen by hiking up 800 stone steps.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMD6NH0wpFAC9OBMSS4k08GufIZMpD-Yp2M3p0BVu6EzYa3oC-p6xTNi59PQLeG-XHKz3vnBmWW8ot6Sb8zcMNG2Racuoc-XjxmovR-7YS60oYGgCILbo6ENCwgj9N4IsUX1kTDoQKz8UsXB8FoStkmZY_dQeL16sOdOBKACe_vgFTKG4J-0QPoKlUs0/s1217/PXL_20231003_170241212.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMD6NH0wpFAC9OBMSS4k08GufIZMpD-Yp2M3p0BVu6EzYa3oC-p6xTNi59PQLeG-XHKz3vnBmWW8ot6Sb8zcMNG2Racuoc-XjxmovR-7YS60oYGgCILbo6ENCwgj9N4IsUX1kTDoQKz8UsXB8FoStkmZY_dQeL16sOdOBKACe_vgFTKG4J-0QPoKlUs0/s320/PXL_20231003_170241212.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We biked 29 miles and then hiked the gorge. Quite enough for one day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit76DA_NCIocnYro3RqJd_x_WyPwAbFPuH7HW8Jj1ZFM4VQ5Y1sVAUK_NzPdfH-kdik_qz-SWBeFY0lbPrnH3JKSbwOqFGvdO4tMw6e6nOx49uoVR8olifg5-yVK9vjYdRdD-1Qg38KlX2aB_-Seqr1w7AoFZlwxmuc8-zegVlO4aZUYa2LZ9ek3AwJRU/s1217/PXL_20231003_203552984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit76DA_NCIocnYro3RqJd_x_WyPwAbFPuH7HW8Jj1ZFM4VQ5Y1sVAUK_NzPdfH-kdik_qz-SWBeFY0lbPrnH3JKSbwOqFGvdO4tMw6e6nOx49uoVR8olifg5-yVK9vjYdRdD-1Qg38KlX2aB_-Seqr1w7AoFZlwxmuc8-zegVlO4aZUYa2LZ9ek3AwJRU/s320/PXL_20231003_203552984.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-5921201373512507942023-11-11T16:26:00.008-05:002023-11-11T18:11:58.404-05:00October 2, 2023<p>This morning Bill dropped us off at Trumansburg, and we biked down to Taughannock Falls State Park, following the bike route. We did not hike in the Smith Woods--we had a break here at the top of a hill while we waited for Dianne to catch up. I could come back here again to do all the things we are missing!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWE2R7yHaV6MJk1oraFFbMKg5ThfBur3DiPLtmDwv-AlgMN9UD-Vezhvzn8tZICLsppjaSdShz6ibZ2IDZjySVjzSMEnLQt5Ib9pRxkGQKc0vDK7d59zUJErN7bI_KLgOYITAFdhN8OZfLp1hNyU2Q-cpZWnatgo3-wo-ORwcHxY-IV16d210mt6x5yc/s1217/PXL_20231002_160149726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWE2R7yHaV6MJk1oraFFbMKg5ThfBur3DiPLtmDwv-AlgMN9UD-Vezhvzn8tZICLsppjaSdShz6ibZ2IDZjySVjzSMEnLQt5Ib9pRxkGQKc0vDK7d59zUJErN7bI_KLgOYITAFdhN8OZfLp1hNyU2Q-cpZWnatgo3-wo-ORwcHxY-IV16d210mt6x5yc/s320/PXL_20231002_160149726.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Dianne got in the van at Taughannock Falls State Park because she did not want to ride the Black Diamond Trail, which was hardpacked dirt. She missed a wonderful ride! It trended downhill the whole way!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9dcba5Mq7xTI4xyXxtuFbq7hx2JjVIrVvoF06XWQWUji-PvsoqvRS862utsQvsnUMBNyESIl8z-7cC5InsZK2-9x7-NoshJaQ98nOy4Ucnf8TDtkdBUDTOBDPOkx_Nfur33OSt8i7ZHu7uneLIdYkfCcAmg9vX7G0JwYcDC_2Ji45gDhKIyjJal71GM/s1217/PXL_20231006_150550329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9dcba5Mq7xTI4xyXxtuFbq7hx2JjVIrVvoF06XWQWUji-PvsoqvRS862utsQvsnUMBNyESIl8z-7cC5InsZK2-9x7-NoshJaQ98nOy4Ucnf8TDtkdBUDTOBDPOkx_Nfur33OSt8i7ZHu7uneLIdYkfCcAmg9vX7G0JwYcDC_2Ji45gDhKIyjJal71GM/s320/PXL_20231006_150550329.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJ4oKo931SAfL3hRTKPzxtzIL1U3JQuh-szHoNyUtavhr9jS3dSbveOCLkM9mbc9F4bYTZsZSB09W9LzNTzn4DTXVpMavbYzzSRz3xwWNxErCIOunaOKhLGcJIgLx4PLrpvoznSbrTZejeGzDe0BkQDF-0nUNigPmx3i6SxBn-NflWBfKd82oZa-mUf0/s913/PXL_20231002_163255549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJ4oKo931SAfL3hRTKPzxtzIL1U3JQuh-szHoNyUtavhr9jS3dSbveOCLkM9mbc9F4bYTZsZSB09W9LzNTzn4DTXVpMavbYzzSRz3xwWNxErCIOunaOKhLGcJIgLx4PLrpvoznSbrTZejeGzDe0BkQDF-0nUNigPmx3i6SxBn-NflWBfKd82oZa-mUf0/s320/PXL_20231002_163255549.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLF3qEvcV8q2M8APeqnOoqXTENXkcxKQMxCdRaXb1aNyPO8BydReSla6Kx4yzEvyMymWqTwNf3oEtdHS1jMuGnP0CoTUjbBIvW2BHX2fXC6wtjMVcXM-XWkLTg2T9dTcOamr7LkQJxVkVt65U6JwfJNsvr80cNZygsR22GS42lgQm6Cty8uQ-x_S-xx00/s913/PXL_20231002_164846225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLF3qEvcV8q2M8APeqnOoqXTENXkcxKQMxCdRaXb1aNyPO8BydReSla6Kx4yzEvyMymWqTwNf3oEtdHS1jMuGnP0CoTUjbBIvW2BHX2fXC6wtjMVcXM-XWkLTg2T9dTcOamr7LkQJxVkVt65U6JwfJNsvr80cNZygsR22GS42lgQm6Cty8uQ-x_S-xx00/s320/PXL_20231002_164846225.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUy8iSWxMjj5Ge6eVeo33z0TBBDlOA0TPDJvxhVJQJYvQScuH6hdrrRJ9vARTLqWb0efe9B5y8hiOQXgNZVTGyQdj_9ENjb_Ttgu6NvkPSyqrMfsSGBooWnFNt7Wrgfi4kDDhyphenhyphen7p48jZxZtaFJraye5L1UZMQdwJJKP-OiAaKkxPAGKEm4cUyxjgXLq-s/s913/PXL_20231002_172659633.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUy8iSWxMjj5Ge6eVeo33z0TBBDlOA0TPDJvxhVJQJYvQScuH6hdrrRJ9vARTLqWb0efe9B5y8hiOQXgNZVTGyQdj_9ENjb_Ttgu6NvkPSyqrMfsSGBooWnFNt7Wrgfi4kDDhyphenhyphen7p48jZxZtaFJraye5L1UZMQdwJJKP-OiAaKkxPAGKEm4cUyxjgXLq-s/s320/PXL_20231002_172659633.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Black Diamond Trail led right into the Ithaca Waterfront Trail, which was paved. At the end of the <br />Waterfront Trail, Bill, Dianne and Doris were waiting for us in the van at the Allan H Treman State Marine Park. What a great day! 30 miles total riding.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97fYL3VwBZjw3SbnDzngn1daKT-I39n54Zk_m9OyZTkrCka6uluyYuW0plqaOyYNpX48z7pgvo6ZGP31D-485EQrvIR7-BYp4Dd-KyozbOWSi594Wc7AUu9aExKxI-FqXwhO8DDdxai5K7wHc5S0oDwNXLdjLrvw5eWMc3cdluioOjkpOPE41tQPL5SQ/s913/PXL_20231002_173401454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97fYL3VwBZjw3SbnDzngn1daKT-I39n54Zk_m9OyZTkrCka6uluyYuW0plqaOyYNpX48z7pgvo6ZGP31D-485EQrvIR7-BYp4Dd-KyozbOWSi594Wc7AUu9aExKxI-FqXwhO8DDdxai5K7wHc5S0oDwNXLdjLrvw5eWMc3cdluioOjkpOPE41tQPL5SQ/s320/PXL_20231002_173401454.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-11681856380382419012023-11-11T16:02:00.002-05:002023-11-21T14:45:57.541-05:00October 1, 2023<p>We drove to Ithaca and hiked the Buttermilk Falls today. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5QCWQo8P6eK3-wiZhShyphenhyphenu0N0-2yVr9DSDTok_qP0A-IBRQXyotBS0XfvkhjeLKgNJcFNEKVv6z8Yanw8I04e_N-xJ19tzk7paSuYbLDnZ-j35ML40lTMIfO_d_FeKdKHD-rcn5UA-mL3IQ0PHN7XkZkRHTs_eCmuW5WKZ4NYhG9vAnuxo-76k7SU4Lk/s1217/PXL_20231001_153744002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5QCWQo8P6eK3-wiZhShyphenhyphenu0N0-2yVr9DSDTok_qP0A-IBRQXyotBS0XfvkhjeLKgNJcFNEKVv6z8Yanw8I04e_N-xJ19tzk7paSuYbLDnZ-j35ML40lTMIfO_d_FeKdKHD-rcn5UA-mL3IQ0PHN7XkZkRHTs_eCmuW5WKZ4NYhG9vAnuxo-76k7SU4Lk/s320/PXL_20231001_153744002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HoqPOnpxPuHzt7zhboQi47lie-WiSW0sSR9TVNMMofpU8Qrd-qgpATmJ-l14zUb_W2FsIAhmPrIQGXCHXxsnthjRUrrH3oo3hWVqloTxD4jBPRcev4bvOuuMS04L5HntD2x0Q9nJE5IT47iSVQyY6p0JMbTGYUJ93khruWZmohyphenhyphenN07wHnn6rf7xpIvw/s913/PXL_20231001_143658410.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzt37GLIFJoC9uQ5RwnPyKtc4hUoFDZiE3wXkdxDbVCCx24o4B-SIuNSefuFt5eBHURet_p2uRfkBfhyLpWGY4ikdEwUFV0__n1C49CbCTAAIACQlVvMzC0tZkgEwARXX0x1N4NM7R1TbmcLWi8wK6c0V1h7Epcz63fD8GOkm1yGaeEgj4e1JpTY1L5zk/s913/PXL_20231001_143658410.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzt37GLIFJoC9uQ5RwnPyKtc4hUoFDZiE3wXkdxDbVCCx24o4B-SIuNSefuFt5eBHURet_p2uRfkBfhyLpWGY4ikdEwUFV0__n1C49CbCTAAIACQlVvMzC0tZkgEwARXX0x1N4NM7R1TbmcLWi8wK6c0V1h7Epcz63fD8GOkm1yGaeEgj4e1JpTY1L5zk/s320/PXL_20231001_143658410.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Above from left: Jim, Fred, Doris and Dianne. Below from left: Diana, Bill, me and Tom.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39fE4zD0GNllCX_HVmJnjG09-MIfQ519QVfGXk55PxdKPxiJ8ccM2h8KytDatxU-nZJaP6zDwpiB_2e0Snal5L9VO-rreew23QTtGOwf3eCwglwN8O2pbvbdgFZXfuQVIcEn_cWrsy3ePX43l1ZXtZeIogNyh6Qcv7oT94-1Ybz9AP_zUfGSGGEog3e0/s1217/PXL_20231001_143736066.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39fE4zD0GNllCX_HVmJnjG09-MIfQ519QVfGXk55PxdKPxiJ8ccM2h8KytDatxU-nZJaP6zDwpiB_2e0Snal5L9VO-rreew23QTtGOwf3eCwglwN8O2pbvbdgFZXfuQVIcEn_cWrsy3ePX43l1ZXtZeIogNyh6Qcv7oT94-1Ybz9AP_zUfGSGGEog3e0/s320/PXL_20231001_143736066.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGqECo3zw2GU1qEmzfw_A7LJ4fILeWxAoq5xPqWjZODZXJS_bA53JUnDb9YCELu11aYxnrbyyboVA3RHOghCudNp8EvGvN9gNzevvc_VAQZ_lTPGtF_i4vXTkAO5A1CkLn3xrQkTczLl4F8racDXD-HP7IeV1kEqWyTQh1jgwvqRnR_YTOe6HFUqka3k/s913/PXL_20231001_144026651.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGqECo3zw2GU1qEmzfw_A7LJ4fILeWxAoq5xPqWjZODZXJS_bA53JUnDb9YCELu11aYxnrbyyboVA3RHOghCudNp8EvGvN9gNzevvc_VAQZ_lTPGtF_i4vXTkAO5A1CkLn3xrQkTczLl4F8racDXD-HP7IeV1kEqWyTQh1jgwvqRnR_YTOe6HFUqka3k/s320/PXL_20231001_144026651.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We split up into two groups for the hike. Bill, Dianne, Fred and Doris chose a relatively level route, while Tom, Jim, Diana and I chose the steep hike all the way to the top of the falls. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhSYahtjzZBifvGWUeuDqz-CdtTKfEKgTkcllV0aHcY6Wo4uQptgOHuSkrAxPznLMtKtmu9_pbBTKtB96TyuU7FhdQ2BW_5wB7rfAZizHRAqKbxZXuvOe9W2UlERtddWzE3SUe6AafY6FOETDj29nYfd-ix2LLHa1JcS8zBL0oE_5tsvzPox7VaW01HY/s913/PXL_20231001_143952437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhSYahtjzZBifvGWUeuDqz-CdtTKfEKgTkcllV0aHcY6Wo4uQptgOHuSkrAxPznLMtKtmu9_pbBTKtB96TyuU7FhdQ2BW_5wB7rfAZizHRAqKbxZXuvOe9W2UlERtddWzE3SUe6AafY6FOETDj29nYfd-ix2LLHa1JcS8zBL0oE_5tsvzPox7VaW01HY/s320/PXL_20231001_143952437.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwr2sXQaJenHPqMBR89_5Z3LaLUvYj81m7kP-EzXefEWjZwKNC2mEWbSJFk1PC3YlPWflXTxrq0MKF4ZThbqODeoV8mhQ0UaTlP1D1kLzo-v_JEYvQkgihDo9tUul8AG9nmts4WssMWSKM8OUybtAACCiA79c_58w8IMITFYNwIpTIVZwk0ZB2TOBOI8/s913/PXL_20231001_144818744.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Gy1WKT44CxE8LfZubWGb8RH9eWBdz74IeZKddX7jL_VFOgM-UIun40VHSDQJz4k7byE8tIEUtGk1QxITxxpVilcdeZa6FyXXiGVXu8E4000Ieto4SwQfhoVATnLO7AfawRQInJP8jcdw0Slnf_3jjzG8pVPzae3u8RBQ4mMn7KQXNCSz5VzD6L_9zHI/s320/PXL_20231001_151124141.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The Gorge Trail to the top of the falls consisted of many stair steps. My watch told me we went up 56 flights of stairs. And we all know that going down the steps is harder on the knees than going up! So Jim, Tom and I "took the long way home" and came down the Rim Trail after we crossed the bridge over the falls. . </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GZJoGzeCrThca3tus62az-WN9XFLLPyM7zEgvjrFiPMYw0GwI7nFAwIibezbm7GzVmNypzFNy-Az5LOgCZGZgkoXBrrFtqaYxaa6hDuenSuemYGv4k8dntBmgpo_QDCEokYcWrisCtG6vVsaLne1zEtgb5pUaJKSuBHbnhioKjOOzS9WhqlqPjbHkzI/s1217/PXL_20231001_151516832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GZJoGzeCrThca3tus62az-WN9XFLLPyM7zEgvjrFiPMYw0GwI7nFAwIibezbm7GzVmNypzFNy-Az5LOgCZGZgkoXBrrFtqaYxaa6hDuenSuemYGv4k8dntBmgpo_QDCEokYcWrisCtG6vVsaLne1zEtgb5pUaJKSuBHbnhioKjOOzS9WhqlqPjbHkzI/s320/PXL_20231001_151516832.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqM17BaDC2XI47urMe7khV1wt5MANuA-ZtyUus-GR-nMKOIKsyjFkOfyEOlJv0htEPu8fgyKJciEOCmrPcebsdaWNHgxbeXgGo5_8tzAmnpPm-lWgl3JszG3p0fDh-a2Vqmj_8HHgvsrBedEejgEKZ-OG8M3hP660_qDrgBamqLVzeYWvSUo7CUSc0e8/s1217/PXL_20231001_151554030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqM17BaDC2XI47urMe7khV1wt5MANuA-ZtyUus-GR-nMKOIKsyjFkOfyEOlJv0htEPu8fgyKJciEOCmrPcebsdaWNHgxbeXgGo5_8tzAmnpPm-lWgl3JszG3p0fDh-a2Vqmj_8HHgvsrBedEejgEKZ-OG8M3hP660_qDrgBamqLVzeYWvSUo7CUSc0e8/s320/PXL_20231001_151554030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Erika and Bryan came over to our cottage for dinner (it was my turn to cook). Fred and Doris also had a guest: their daughter Jenny's college roommate. A good time was had by all.</p></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-44305210348757768912023-11-11T15:39:00.001-05:002023-11-11T15:39:21.901-05:00September 29 and 30, 2023<p>We left in three separate cars to drive to the Finger Lakes area of New York. Bill drove with Fred, Tom, and Jim in Fred's van, pulling the trailer with all the bikes.I drove my car, with Doris along for the company. Diana drove separately so she could visit relatives. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZTgFqMHHpzWUZhnSo9JPVAnvDONNo2DI2KgOLtBq4nikKT38aQykISNADMaqjA7RWC9I9mI_h3nfwDTI_nWhyphenhyphencb74ZtB2ttQ_WisH1pADd26d6OCqIa_BfA9-4Jmpx4f0R7sjxUjOVDYA9XwouXz_5p_hdPYBOreKD2CFe4HxGzzuQKlKmVPQxUSDxU/s913/PXL_20231006_214209439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZTgFqMHHpzWUZhnSo9JPVAnvDONNo2DI2KgOLtBq4nikKT38aQykISNADMaqjA7RWC9I9mI_h3nfwDTI_nWhyphenhyphencb74ZtB2ttQ_WisH1pADd26d6OCqIa_BfA9-4Jmpx4f0R7sjxUjOVDYA9XwouXz_5p_hdPYBOreKD2CFe4HxGzzuQKlKmVPQxUSDxU/w202-h269/PXL_20231006_214209439.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><br /><p>We all arrived at the Driftwood Inn cottages at different times. Dianne met us there with her sister Julie, since she had already visited Julie and her family about three hours away. Lots of planning on this one! Fred, Doris, Tom and Jim are in the Bell House and Dianne, Diana, Bill and I are in the HIghview House. Julie is staying one night with us in our cottage.</p><p>On Saturday morning we drove to Seneca Falls, NY with the bikes in the trailer. Bill dropped Jim and me and our bikes at the Women's Rights National Historical Park Visitor Center. Julie and Dianne drove over in Julie's car, but we had Dianne's bike with us. Again, a lot of logistics!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwx4cVPjd3GMlixpX7hSCqhEsMnrxXiS8XKOk8nLIEJ8vIC0u0zhN4QD4qLu9AGEZCT1nh49BJrsBmO7TOy3ZzsuJRNlAq1ahJMa4hYnfp8GVsGCU5Ns36z4ScumfygxeYEVHeiAoJ85P9LG-xaJiSbhSip6EbGKFvfm_G9VwSxJnUPCMBgBK_eNVTMBw/s1074/PXL_20230930_145850128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1074" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwx4cVPjd3GMlixpX7hSCqhEsMnrxXiS8XKOk8nLIEJ8vIC0u0zhN4QD4qLu9AGEZCT1nh49BJrsBmO7TOy3ZzsuJRNlAq1ahJMa4hYnfp8GVsGCU5Ns36z4ScumfygxeYEVHeiAoJ85P9LG-xaJiSbhSip6EbGKFvfm_G9VwSxJnUPCMBgBK_eNVTMBw/s320/PXL_20230930_145850128.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht17ncZTSuq8vbzyXPniiAZgv_kbuDKro4Nfpnft1JvGqmvxnicu_ACdjWUIA4s0FiBvW4JvnzHPjR_QQioRZxEtoNuS2u0IvAux_IildH2QqabZhiu4Y7fee-a6utu6QS6j3QCpxVpEwGtm3ODminBiGe0x0xTSbLcSI4Uk5b-QlDmfrk3aSbj5apNGs/s976/PXL_20230930_145907578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="976" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht17ncZTSuq8vbzyXPniiAZgv_kbuDKro4Nfpnft1JvGqmvxnicu_ACdjWUIA4s0FiBvW4JvnzHPjR_QQioRZxEtoNuS2u0IvAux_IildH2QqabZhiu4Y7fee-a6utu6QS6j3QCpxVpEwGtm3ODminBiGe0x0xTSbLcSI4Uk5b-QlDmfrk3aSbj5apNGs/s320/PXL_20230930_145907578.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZlU8eYfK-bQjNEtgic0AZ0OCK3z8w-_sOU872mewPx-K92Rhch9rIvPXnB0zNmuG7zceA3qMjMw9YgMCjXcfPm-5NbUjgHi4kwEVV9RUSfmkfXn0h6Ub-lcOUbNpdnCcwrTcLmnlIch8UkyQnuhCVYop2uYpXao_UFVZHa_bvkJ9keCRSx_jCcjtn64/s1217/PXL_20230930_162534819%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZlU8eYfK-bQjNEtgic0AZ0OCK3z8w-_sOU872mewPx-K92Rhch9rIvPXnB0zNmuG7zceA3qMjMw9YgMCjXcfPm-5NbUjgHi4kwEVV9RUSfmkfXn0h6Ub-lcOUbNpdnCcwrTcLmnlIch8UkyQnuhCVYop2uYpXao_UFVZHa_bvkJ9keCRSx_jCcjtn64/s320/PXL_20230930_162534819%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAc0WwbvOE0o0QffCfBXY9duJ1Zw5aEUjRHfPCV0JZaCUw_T8ixw-zpq_NseOOBx4b0FrtLCAfBqlJmk4YfvzGEatapcunKkSFBVsj7Vn19T5-AFJ1tWjZWRljN4OXBQFRVF1sZMqyBBZHeU-fWAAjxtspsN7o8YpZjxAGghXACkV2JWnW41lcx7pqIlw/s1217/PXL_20230930_163058727.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAc0WwbvOE0o0QffCfBXY9duJ1Zw5aEUjRHfPCV0JZaCUw_T8ixw-zpq_NseOOBx4b0FrtLCAfBqlJmk4YfvzGEatapcunKkSFBVsj7Vn19T5-AFJ1tWjZWRljN4OXBQFRVF1sZMqyBBZHeU-fWAAjxtspsN7o8YpZjxAGghXACkV2JWnW41lcx7pqIlw/s320/PXL_20230930_163058727.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>After touring the Visitor Center, we said goodbye to Julie. Jim, Dianne and I rode our from the Visitor Center to look at the sculpture garden Then we followed the bike route back to our cottages at Ovid. It was a lovely ride, 23 miles with very little traffic. Our cottages are on the shore of Cayuga Lake.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorpScfXkPYSVWWG0nUGqxWt_X3aitLxVwZRLp64_zYIxL61NNfIh6wqzOpgZj23DJNC2eINebhNVMUwrrILDiwyA8LUVbJuketbva_APJQaSU-CCDhMBjYAhOmsSvNbtKb7LiXtNIc4fvifC8jgNonzDc4sKMZKhI4EF0S-wcgDl5flOBhT1kRnscY_w/s913/PXL_20230930_184308018.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorpScfXkPYSVWWG0nUGqxWt_X3aitLxVwZRLp64_zYIxL61NNfIh6wqzOpgZj23DJNC2eINebhNVMUwrrILDiwyA8LUVbJuketbva_APJQaSU-CCDhMBjYAhOmsSvNbtKb7LiXtNIc4fvifC8jgNonzDc4sKMZKhI4EF0S-wcgDl5flOBhT1kRnscY_w/s320/PXL_20230930_184308018.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHpeltKhIqlM1NGGUR5mvWz6x25xQ3d-4VtEWJAkuaf50ebtYfq9WLJ-zdD3_1Q2N8S-ZQ3RiE0VKO2xqaJmCJeeQ0XGO9OF_yn5p-SE8el5lk4g4ZDpSTVRye8YDZ2JxS8a_W8tgYEVs3H3L9vFdCbfgFsSH0Jtd92h-20s9qQZJDKJWWrJpswdcIrU/s1217/PXL_20230930_191711154.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHpeltKhIqlM1NGGUR5mvWz6x25xQ3d-4VtEWJAkuaf50ebtYfq9WLJ-zdD3_1Q2N8S-ZQ3RiE0VKO2xqaJmCJeeQ0XGO9OF_yn5p-SE8el5lk4g4ZDpSTVRye8YDZ2JxS8a_W8tgYEVs3H3L9vFdCbfgFsSH0Jtd92h-20s9qQZJDKJWWrJpswdcIrU/w279-h149/PXL_20230930_191711154.MP.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-32357763634767592462023-09-12T19:59:00.001-04:002023-09-12T19:59:25.072-04:00Home at last. August 31, 2023<p>We had breakfast at Noe's Nest and packed up our stuff. I had a flight out at 2:30 PM, and Dianne and Julie have a red-eye flight to Tampa at 10 PM. Sheila was okay with us leaving our luggage in the lobby, but we had to vacate the rooms. </p><p>I made sure to get my shirt from the ostrich. I was looking for hangers earlier in the week and Dianne said "I don't have any coat hangers, but I have an ostrich" and so she did. As I mentioned in an earlier post, there are photos and interesting things all over this house! I asked Sheila who dusted all this stuff, and she said her housekeeper took care of it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-VP8PLdweZrxq3v5pQayrZFvUHgMCVSkmmROHBRpVQ-iIL5XGVHA-rNLPBzg7IpEiNBihn6PC9W_fUQ42ePBySguoJkm12RH3fcH1qKodCLIzCUKZ8LfofO9aSu8bug52ysjE9eCQpDM4XM3oUqktPWlabdMyHzYAT7R4B5FUMnSkv8u8VVrqaN_vVQ/s913/PXL_20230828_153144652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-VP8PLdweZrxq3v5pQayrZFvUHgMCVSkmmROHBRpVQ-iIL5XGVHA-rNLPBzg7IpEiNBihn6PC9W_fUQ42ePBySguoJkm12RH3fcH1qKodCLIzCUKZ8LfofO9aSu8bug52ysjE9eCQpDM4XM3oUqktPWlabdMyHzYAT7R4B5FUMnSkv8u8VVrqaN_vVQ/s320/PXL_20230828_153144652.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NdCpxcVYxMxs30Ulkbx3SCULjapjuXpkTkW8UVoDlM4LyJtPZJEDhsUhktl0Tp7wNqj3LBYyYQl4JgoDDxWOhLKxyl-BMFkomwdR8sNp-z8RO9-AHYiQfoPPeASQ34r2h9mlwpfZj4o-SUmNTfCGNlGmBEe3bU4X9JLQNSNA_Ktqe2gRcluYad3Fs50/s1217/PXL_20230828_155251759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NdCpxcVYxMxs30Ulkbx3SCULjapjuXpkTkW8UVoDlM4LyJtPZJEDhsUhktl0Tp7wNqj3LBYyYQl4JgoDDxWOhLKxyl-BMFkomwdR8sNp-z8RO9-AHYiQfoPPeASQ34r2h9mlwpfZj4o-SUmNTfCGNlGmBEe3bU4X9JLQNSNA_Ktqe2gRcluYad3Fs50/s320/PXL_20230828_155251759.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzDSIHjP3jgeGmzx2IjiWToaoVNomuo1fC-tQwobBcsxfQNdyHi6TEkQ23_nRUS0jEt_2FsJlIUfa5OHHv0prn9xAylznufHNxWRLBSrRDk7x9UaCKSoQysJEHM99bnyRYo8BsMe4_4SP0aydMUGLZi2YUPt89e28lnwiBqNogN5BFpAPDrMXfmeKdKY/s913/PXL_20230829_154013382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzDSIHjP3jgeGmzx2IjiWToaoVNomuo1fC-tQwobBcsxfQNdyHi6TEkQ23_nRUS0jEt_2FsJlIUfa5OHHv0prn9xAylznufHNxWRLBSrRDk7x9UaCKSoQysJEHM99bnyRYo8BsMe4_4SP0aydMUGLZi2YUPt89e28lnwiBqNogN5BFpAPDrMXfmeKdKY/s320/PXL_20230829_154013382.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We played a couple of games of Scrabble in the parlor and I said my goodbyes and walked to the train station. I got to SFO in plenty of time to have a light lunch and board the plane for DTW. My plane landed at 10 PM, just about the time that Julie and Dianne were taking off on theirs. </p><p>I am glad to be home.</p><p><br /></p>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-91182057827500747702023-09-12T19:38:00.002-04:002023-09-12T19:41:38.952-04:00San Francisco. August 30, 2023<p>Today was the day we had planned for a tour of Alcatraz Penitentiary. It almost didn't happen! We discovered last night that our ferry tickets were for 10:30 AM, suggested arrival at 10.. With breakfast at 9 AM, it would be hard to get there without a car. Damon had planned to go with us, but his work load prevented it. I emailed the ticket office and found out that it was too late to change the tickets and that the purchaser of the tickets (Damon) had to be there to show ID for us to board the ferry!</p><p>We hired Sheila to take us to the ferry dock and Damon met us there on his bike. It was less time off from work to bike there than to try to drive through the morning traffic and park a car! </p><p>We boarded the ferry without any trouble; it was a short ride across the bay to Alcatraz Island. We could see the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Penitentiary as we approached the island.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ355SYPk9e3gT1WBiCMWuF3LTGrwIiFlCpLVU6KLqxe3JLMTV99WuTQdTgnWff4szjDUYlCSZJNV_eGI6zpkfC3u5IyUr5Ymj3nN1KB37pZvCXKCpv8KgZpj2Ex46sdoECYmg0t5YV_xGJnLpPxETuetfa25Lrit5QMPWmdf5nQJyyaXr33lAD5LiQNQ/s1217/0829.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ355SYPk9e3gT1WBiCMWuF3LTGrwIiFlCpLVU6KLqxe3JLMTV99WuTQdTgnWff4szjDUYlCSZJNV_eGI6zpkfC3u5IyUr5Ymj3nN1KB37pZvCXKCpv8KgZpj2Ex46sdoECYmg0t5YV_xGJnLpPxETuetfa25Lrit5QMPWmdf5nQJyyaXr33lAD5LiQNQ/s320/0829.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwf0Q0c31t7V-7X6FMIB7_RhU3qgu7QeDVLse-ElkaWFqEIpV-kEXmKx0THJqIClRlUw3kAm_9vZrNnITq48xncvHhwiGk11_LAPZWOHTSIwHlYiRAQT44gWOBakwdiH7lXZlode-KcKdwbAO0y2pP4SAhi7ABoFNPwO5NXdnqcjf3Y6_J6eSPpm1Vh4/s582/alcatraz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="582" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwf0Q0c31t7V-7X6FMIB7_RhU3qgu7QeDVLse-ElkaWFqEIpV-kEXmKx0THJqIClRlUw3kAm_9vZrNnITq48xncvHhwiGk11_LAPZWOHTSIwHlYiRAQT44gWOBakwdiH7lXZlode-KcKdwbAO0y2pP4SAhi7ABoFNPwO5NXdnqcjf3Y6_J6eSPpm1Vh4/s320/alcatraz.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DKkML7tlvDFOqvksz8gT2TVwioYI2hJ2RKksAc6Rm-guSLdB9Gmr0_-12pJ0wSj0ZrAhPQnzG5HZnuR7JKgzTLhO8WWLSMRartDieXZn_UBp7RYRP8P4-Fh3-pZQaIeTovPTjBZVnqyMCiTQ8XtIc2BsXReTr8ZRtTS29yfs4IwCy1P0D14PU6z-rLE/s1217/0829.4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DKkML7tlvDFOqvksz8gT2TVwioYI2hJ2RKksAc6Rm-guSLdB9Gmr0_-12pJ0wSj0ZrAhPQnzG5HZnuR7JKgzTLhO8WWLSMRartDieXZn_UBp7RYRP8P4-Fh3-pZQaIeTovPTjBZVnqyMCiTQ8XtIc2BsXReTr8ZRtTS29yfs4IwCy1P0D14PU6z-rLE/s320/0829.4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>We disembarked and were given a short talk by a park ranger. This is part of the National Parks system. We walked up the hill toward the main cell block to participate in a narrated walking tour. The narrators were former prisoners, guards and wardens; the fact that they lived here made the program very interesting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZcV4XWL0AywnMVM1hFtLP5cl0HIBJrLrxXRoeoDzFRED7jbAhbBUl4E89fgUUOsArqYMM-OFh9h4Xtijrbcae9TcFRyj6K5zIr3N_EG6bECRwub8gHql6-G_LMPQQ88tFTN4ManSVKkffE1zTTMA4z7ELiX2Lb4N4Uvwot907IOZEb81qZflAxT676U/s913/0829.7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZcV4XWL0AywnMVM1hFtLP5cl0HIBJrLrxXRoeoDzFRED7jbAhbBUl4E89fgUUOsArqYMM-OFh9h4Xtijrbcae9TcFRyj6K5zIr3N_EG6bECRwub8gHql6-G_LMPQQ88tFTN4ManSVKkffE1zTTMA4z7ELiX2Lb4N4Uvwot907IOZEb81qZflAxT676U/s320/0829.7.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJDtPAAwps3XAeQRmyIEZpF9bu7x2x-1ZxtwjThcCRmytlJlzWWawLf0VfIEERX0T0a6EhvBNE6xgWVFynVlai_eyiFCMOXyaCmPAQvhfYHTdt1mKlIMh9UcJv6bZYcIKa59l1w8pLuA6Rov4lYe0kofEB7y6YpNW3akUWte7U-oYeZv1ldR7MCaXk_g/s814/0829.17.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="814" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJDtPAAwps3XAeQRmyIEZpF9bu7x2x-1ZxtwjThcCRmytlJlzWWawLf0VfIEERX0T0a6EhvBNE6xgWVFynVlai_eyiFCMOXyaCmPAQvhfYHTdt1mKlIMh9UcJv6bZYcIKa59l1w8pLuA6Rov4lYe0kofEB7y6YpNW3akUWte7U-oYeZv1ldR7MCaXk_g/s320/0829.17.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmi_9zPft6XBAiAHG-iuTjiPPAbh_l4uK7yLnPlIxMaxJdoxVu-TMLJNQwHz6k0JDHaMI0sDbj0AFv9rW5kTklSQG4JhptiFK-HCiJQAudxj2MHQu9bxC4vUW5H14zO7bYl6ovlFT5yfU8XrbgMSCHZxDwpZAbk3DbY6oqrMS-npEqcEFHIhpDhsVgIE/s547/0829.18.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="547" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmi_9zPft6XBAiAHG-iuTjiPPAbh_l4uK7yLnPlIxMaxJdoxVu-TMLJNQwHz6k0JDHaMI0sDbj0AFv9rW5kTklSQG4JhptiFK-HCiJQAudxj2MHQu9bxC4vUW5H14zO7bYl6ovlFT5yfU8XrbgMSCHZxDwpZAbk3DbY6oqrMS-npEqcEFHIhpDhsVgIE/s320/0829.18.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEE4jjrpROZf0hMoR4hu8D9IbwAwirKCuGFBFOvamdVrzhK6i3ieXc1pgkfTtoa7h2e3O1tfFUcg0AR11gh6-z0zTyieHI5tGyKSSv5Zn9tK-bQsgNVLjHRX0UgfoUBKK-AfWbA6TGlLGq4VJ8t_am_pIqzS8bNeif04UeC-YEpvHaXIqiRPuZbg0R-O0/s913/0829.13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEE4jjrpROZf0hMoR4hu8D9IbwAwirKCuGFBFOvamdVrzhK6i3ieXc1pgkfTtoa7h2e3O1tfFUcg0AR11gh6-z0zTyieHI5tGyKSSv5Zn9tK-bQsgNVLjHRX0UgfoUBKK-AfWbA6TGlLGq4VJ8t_am_pIqzS8bNeif04UeC-YEpvHaXIqiRPuZbg0R-O0/s320/0829.13.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTrOlbx8_vKAI4r2q9op8re4ZRzi7U3MVfn4KX4KCKLwxVZts_QV4ElbFQofYPDltq-OewwWRZeKvNvo0wLjx4QIQcpSFPIi_DS0Nx3OAXsj2XePeUt6ZecKZJU5mY4fcO5zlvyWfeUywah5LJAUmbujBK8QseiMCYU4dWYW6TQg0CHS_V3FAytM_m24/s913/0829.15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTrOlbx8_vKAI4r2q9op8re4ZRzi7U3MVfn4KX4KCKLwxVZts_QV4ElbFQofYPDltq-OewwWRZeKvNvo0wLjx4QIQcpSFPIi_DS0Nx3OAXsj2XePeUt6ZecKZJU5mY4fcO5zlvyWfeUywah5LJAUmbujBK8QseiMCYU4dWYW6TQg0CHS_V3FAytM_m24/s320/0829.15.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>There were open showers on the first floor as we entered the cellblock. The first passageway in the cellblock was Michigan Avenue! We toured the building, marveling at the small spaces these men lived in. The worst area was "The Hole", the solitary confinement area, where inmates spent 24 hours a day in darkness and isolation. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnozuADDDnE6Br1wVAJDUjT64tCF0geKGEdsvdeN8Z3ErxTiOUElynf-hRIdkbbBqMhfA_UAanDQDuI9yKI18Kzx8PwCgnXOtTXLty-l6Rg4gNEmmEgMKzcGmnP-OOFeGl803VTK8Q8xJUA7Huu8oTGuDFeXT-DJF_iJWbZWPaGDIgB5LQThXxSbQnlQ/s913/0829.16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnozuADDDnE6Br1wVAJDUjT64tCF0geKGEdsvdeN8Z3ErxTiOUElynf-hRIdkbbBqMhfA_UAanDQDuI9yKI18Kzx8PwCgnXOtTXLty-l6Rg4gNEmmEgMKzcGmnP-OOFeGl803VTK8Q8xJUA7Huu8oTGuDFeXT-DJF_iJWbZWPaGDIgB5LQThXxSbQnlQ/s320/0829.16.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16GLmrgr-hHMrjTKckm1yYFt-afzQ6IAfoVbBbE-syFc6qHbsvLZ2xl3dTbzSTI_JB-g9rUkfVorDkPY-ViPDKDRbZML6zrr4XkUOl9fn2a8BxYiImUQuv84YFb-6iaaSgqOMj2fHNSfijl7ZIrzYn3jPQxWyiH0DZC05d5aHI4ZAGYHjWedFdGn38IY/s913/0829.20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16GLmrgr-hHMrjTKckm1yYFt-afzQ6IAfoVbBbE-syFc6qHbsvLZ2xl3dTbzSTI_JB-g9rUkfVorDkPY-ViPDKDRbZML6zrr4XkUOl9fn2a8BxYiImUQuv84YFb-6iaaSgqOMj2fHNSfijl7ZIrzYn3jPQxWyiH0DZC05d5aHI4ZAGYHjWedFdGn38IY/s320/0829.20.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj667bDq1Dfjyc0O9VhLHgIPkR0EUK_Gy6-MJY-c1KbZXH04U1YmMtUw4w0pd1apwpe_2aphYHKsrq4-Jf6UdJWGVL0wKO4M8EPsec0ZsjFWC1X_ZeFDm1OnOEkIDbPF8heA8n4QBKM7d04_f8M1stLrj8T9MOdgUzuYtIBfAKSaJ0vR-Q-WsB9r1kB6HU/s1217/0829.21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj667bDq1Dfjyc0O9VhLHgIPkR0EUK_Gy6-MJY-c1KbZXH04U1YmMtUw4w0pd1apwpe_2aphYHKsrq4-Jf6UdJWGVL0wKO4M8EPsec0ZsjFWC1X_ZeFDm1OnOEkIDbPF8heA8n4QBKM7d04_f8M1stLrj8T9MOdgUzuYtIBfAKSaJ0vR-Q-WsB9r1kB6HU/s320/0829.21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gDHHURRUqDs-YGmAMKYeF0HNpQMzorIvdmKKbsgWErWf2kJ67deUVr-xEJcdj7efj7YEHDtMw862hZVds1ATLBpwTvk9F9ZLVr-JGj7pX6xpAtyJM3SQ_S2jmGsBVR4OYofb-bwW5ivXH1fXpHJtGZ5E6GKcI4uY5UmigjDlcXcHRdYrYbYjzMBNCWw/s913/0829.23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gDHHURRUqDs-YGmAMKYeF0HNpQMzorIvdmKKbsgWErWf2kJ67deUVr-xEJcdj7efj7YEHDtMw862hZVds1ATLBpwTvk9F9ZLVr-JGj7pX6xpAtyJM3SQ_S2jmGsBVR4OYofb-bwW5ivXH1fXpHJtGZ5E6GKcI4uY5UmigjDlcXcHRdYrYbYjzMBNCWw/s320/0829.23.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>The visitors' area was explained to us by a former inmate who described a visit here with his sister. The whole place gave me the chills. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxDyXZmwTOmJO5_eTFAilPfJ46h31NZILLeWxo59Ovm6OUs4RkKzHVImGOyEPIq6NPs58HIfrkPNJHfJ1FIcmSv5--GcZdZiI7VhXi-jMBCXrvuxYfBw8soRnfz0p5feXoVpXp6kNIYk3-7JkBwQtfAD_S2wlS2SPL3nLgNKkxeBvfCpJ5Phv1UU19ZE/s913/0829.25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxDyXZmwTOmJO5_eTFAilPfJ46h31NZILLeWxo59Ovm6OUs4RkKzHVImGOyEPIq6NPs58HIfrkPNJHfJ1FIcmSv5--GcZdZiI7VhXi-jMBCXrvuxYfBw8soRnfz0p5feXoVpXp6kNIYk3-7JkBwQtfAD_S2wlS2SPL3nLgNKkxeBvfCpJ5Phv1UU19ZE/s320/0829.25.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>The audio tour also described the famous 1962 escape attempt. The realistic dummies crafted by the escapees are in their cells, and a guard who was on duty that morning described (on the audio program) discovering that the inmates were gone. The second photo below shows the escape tunnel in one of the cells. They enlarged the heating ducts by scraping away at them with a spoon stolen from the cafeteria. The heating duct led up to the roof of the cell block. By placing dummies in their beds they were able to gain a 10 hour start before being reported missing. They were never found.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLa685o5JdYumLmAny3hBVlOjWUlKDlAQ9W_p6fGOMFDG1fNCo2YUNAwsEWM23d8-rLcPcTyygwbcQGM-lYUGg0ThUO5nZ1gXRXK4elXc-zoRC3LRVcBCBWfQjyAMIs1Pp9R9J2-FPPZo2Ixi8YU6yrA-3oIAIsoN9jRhTpyY2pI5pZ5Nnv3syrWWVhg/s913/0829.26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLa685o5JdYumLmAny3hBVlOjWUlKDlAQ9W_p6fGOMFDG1fNCo2YUNAwsEWM23d8-rLcPcTyygwbcQGM-lYUGg0ThUO5nZ1gXRXK4elXc-zoRC3LRVcBCBWfQjyAMIs1Pp9R9J2-FPPZo2Ixi8YU6yrA-3oIAIsoN9jRhTpyY2pI5pZ5Nnv3syrWWVhg/s320/0829.26.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jpS08_YwV2jaT_hoILaRE1k0EAn7P0mWQrg1362JHBe6X3hFgrjNV5s1xhjYGMasjNftCYgI9Mk52csZWNq3QFjYew4I8HV1mG24AiT3T6sITK5wFWuF-XoKBHwj4tq1LZi7InIuVy3oovkdnuPtxkZui7Cj09j1ioRrlLIGTT8t9n6msufMLcRIi78/s913/0829.27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jpS08_YwV2jaT_hoILaRE1k0EAn7P0mWQrg1362JHBe6X3hFgrjNV5s1xhjYGMasjNftCYgI9Mk52csZWNq3QFjYew4I8HV1mG24AiT3T6sITK5wFWuF-XoKBHwj4tq1LZi7InIuVy3oovkdnuPtxkZui7Cj09j1ioRrlLIGTT8t9n6msufMLcRIi78/s320/0829.27.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Back in the fresh air once again, I climbed the stairs to the level of the lighthouse. I also checked out the recreation yard where inmates were able to play baseball and other games. Surprisingly enough, bridge (the card game) was a favorite recreation yard pastime.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtVpdJuykUKj3xVAgfG1KfsJUcm0X2vbheZNYDwMGZNGaxoOWOZMtqCRTeyAaz57RdNla8VsQYcyF-pJg6bS6WLwzepjVdYOedOKsbmxw5vBNuLbumCqCihmPKprJF4cfSPzyQfjtLs8M67LcYXzWS0cFI5XCB3f0LSgj-CJB5zNUmlb9zl8h9hcpo3h0/s913/0829.30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtVpdJuykUKj3xVAgfG1KfsJUcm0X2vbheZNYDwMGZNGaxoOWOZMtqCRTeyAaz57RdNla8VsQYcyF-pJg6bS6WLwzepjVdYOedOKsbmxw5vBNuLbumCqCihmPKprJF4cfSPzyQfjtLs8M67LcYXzWS0cFI5XCB3f0LSgj-CJB5zNUmlb9zl8h9hcpo3h0/s320/0829.30.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SshK70qKh5txvDSYNI1uKYWuNnTyheha74XbQXgO8A_ojrAfCKf3gH3KDkaQCxUl10Ijdfun5kxBHxsHcE3SeRnv5A6vLpCldIpAbmvurVeDW4rvzwXMPn59TKG-yJ4_Q_omM8D3KEySpq9JQHWoyp9appz24Q-TDjW-Osx1xn_htPmzPBSpQGTvvTw/s913/0829.32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SshK70qKh5txvDSYNI1uKYWuNnTyheha74XbQXgO8A_ojrAfCKf3gH3KDkaQCxUl10Ijdfun5kxBHxsHcE3SeRnv5A6vLpCldIpAbmvurVeDW4rvzwXMPn59TKG-yJ4_Q_omM8D3KEySpq9JQHWoyp9appz24Q-TDjW-Osx1xn_htPmzPBSpQGTvvTw/s320/0829.32.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRrjWiy2EwYvYZmPbEhqtWVaJfMxrvX80hrlz9SM7cUhNldvAf7Ui0_dpUOql3US4ub7fXjp15YVjvGrT8YcyY3mhm8swVVXU890V3WXHXUQgqtCv1BOTiBteg9xa94Ee4tT7Ip9UoVHfSF0E6noqwhVMATNXHxdm6KhLd-dFPRWH9kGs5KuDiRRRVV8/s1076/0829.34.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1076" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRrjWiy2EwYvYZmPbEhqtWVaJfMxrvX80hrlz9SM7cUhNldvAf7Ui0_dpUOql3US4ub7fXjp15YVjvGrT8YcyY3mhm8swVVXU890V3WXHXUQgqtCv1BOTiBteg9xa94Ee4tT7Ip9UoVHfSF0E6noqwhVMATNXHxdm6KhLd-dFPRWH9kGs5KuDiRRRVV8/s320/0829.34.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzk-9zdhClsQrJbsrqWpnpfMG_wq1rx2YOwmIVnuaVOMMgQQzkkpQwanZJryxp8bCZyAQhKVnPwYmEXNLW9hYU4yaeAofHaYknF_A0pNH_HT6bbbgKcfN3jZ6lAueGmDOo_9QodDDTUMBV8RvtthXOlqJ1vvA_j4Vbw3OdYM95NFilHQTZHAnooTCPHE/s1217/0829.40.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzk-9zdhClsQrJbsrqWpnpfMG_wq1rx2YOwmIVnuaVOMMgQQzkkpQwanZJryxp8bCZyAQhKVnPwYmEXNLW9hYU4yaeAofHaYknF_A0pNH_HT6bbbgKcfN3jZ6lAueGmDOo_9QodDDTUMBV8RvtthXOlqJ1vvA_j4Vbw3OdYM95NFilHQTZHAnooTCPHE/s320/0829.40.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62kzbLAYyiMa4vpcmeg42ptFkTm0IlKvh8-maEicz31w2FWpayqfGmw-l5kXdwExXEvjXysdc53ioMl72L3ESS4t0kpqhx5N5h-zcnq7YVLwczN3rKFGJbLbRGC0QuvH5hvVO5O8EIRmcahEy9IbM_w5J7WfJsAEGfpdjK9QZTD5JetvI2TqCCk4Ehyk/s1217/recreation%20yard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62kzbLAYyiMa4vpcmeg42ptFkTm0IlKvh8-maEicz31w2FWpayqfGmw-l5kXdwExXEvjXysdc53ioMl72L3ESS4t0kpqhx5N5h-zcnq7YVLwczN3rKFGJbLbRGC0QuvH5hvVO5O8EIRmcahEy9IbM_w5J7WfJsAEGfpdjK9QZTD5JetvI2TqCCk4Ehyk/s320/recreation%20yard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I visited one of the gardens; this was a work project created to give inmates useful skills for the outside world. There are still remnants of the warden's residence standing, along with the guard tower and water tower. This site was originally a Civil War era US Army Base. There is little more than an armaments tunnel left from that era.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTk4hjsp_iCibztN5AwDZdXOpMDBVCH-IJp7pW8qLDI7FhfINzVUt7q1pCKVwzBiqUmRP9UB92onz5rPwy5gOjPsTT6BRTW0V2iIgeOu80i_WalokWYE5n2T0hEBTukXsZdYj3aVn4pYxJwfkchfaWQF9ilW4xQqEvc8gMxb533TjFwHd1_O6zNKRZCs/s913/0829.37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTk4hjsp_iCibztN5AwDZdXOpMDBVCH-IJp7pW8qLDI7FhfINzVUt7q1pCKVwzBiqUmRP9UB92onz5rPwy5gOjPsTT6BRTW0V2iIgeOu80i_WalokWYE5n2T0hEBTukXsZdYj3aVn4pYxJwfkchfaWQF9ilW4xQqEvc8gMxb533TjFwHd1_O6zNKRZCs/s320/0829.37.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJ2blOd69BPhETDXmhdGi-VEx1ddDJpVXv538SOlJ7H90V8WjZMIhFeyd4HZ88u9o6RRY1ptkYHPa9Jh3tiYx218PkNBPLgHRskQNC3l5KHFf1aQo4n9wel12J8ov85FBLZ7XHJcOl9TDIsBPCgDTiV5lmcFN9j5v0JOZUzkxpBJliRmoz3J5unCCOtc/s320/0829.38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The view from the docks (and the prison) is spectacular. I can see why anyone incarcerated her would want to escape!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX80C-jYZ62vOLoM5swuWBPj06Iafq9bGH8mERCU4lTfDlWU3qeB5ixRRNYss6qxVftBeKFSyoYr_yZj5CBxH9gtqB65jABSzrDaleoO0wvJT7LcTSGEcjJaWzSGFvJ2H-tyyKjKruKWnhR-Io6jAY2FHVxZMswKJ1emoe2hWbAQC6xBTTzFtYtZXSDmE/s1217/0829.48.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX80C-jYZ62vOLoM5swuWBPj06Iafq9bGH8mERCU4lTfDlWU3qeB5ixRRNYss6qxVftBeKFSyoYr_yZj5CBxH9gtqB65jABSzrDaleoO0wvJT7LcTSGEcjJaWzSGFvJ2H-tyyKjKruKWnhR-Io6jAY2FHVxZMswKJ1emoe2hWbAQC6xBTTzFtYtZXSDmE/s320/0829.48.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWnj7ocD8c5SCeCp8z1oN_LCxFgRWt3GMdOLfm-YBTggiSPNEbuRVONHGEwnBTWwHMx4qWmdUu3kwxgw0Jd4MIU07aAq3AOlF9kzzudcwvhoX1qF032DtCYA5vSI1dSr6Rf0HN5wHkPhvokgaKZSVvlL69a656WaeXnJh2TrJgZwHjeH0awq3nukT7jA/s1217/0829.36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWnj7ocD8c5SCeCp8z1oN_LCxFgRWt3GMdOLfm-YBTggiSPNEbuRVONHGEwnBTWwHMx4qWmdUu3kwxgw0Jd4MIU07aAq3AOlF9kzzudcwvhoX1qF032DtCYA5vSI1dSr6Rf0HN5wHkPhvokgaKZSVvlL69a656WaeXnJh2TrJgZwHjeH0awq3nukT7jA/s320/0829.36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2W0p2oGHMytBHIf15aA3L84D5RL2RKjVauGAMHB1xrnmuFoe4OtafCqi68lg2yktUMEyzzLr4aoXek0WFAX-tVTc_z8X2Um6jHDSnv4NGeJGX_mU4lNMr6slB6gNKd0G4k8zqacVdo-CjsJmCUXALJCUsJQmbqnPK4EVZXLcqV_3lwCMsKndRuhmHhvI/s1217/0829.49.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2W0p2oGHMytBHIf15aA3L84D5RL2RKjVauGAMHB1xrnmuFoe4OtafCqi68lg2yktUMEyzzLr4aoXek0WFAX-tVTc_z8X2Um6jHDSnv4NGeJGX_mU4lNMr6slB6gNKd0G4k8zqacVdo-CjsJmCUXALJCUsJQmbqnPK4EVZXLcqV_3lwCMsKndRuhmHhvI/s320/0829.49.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtndPOS3m_tRVRLSrPGiot3-SqXJVBtwnAYOItOJNk14XdsFB_RSzOyINBl8IW8Nfmdbfz18JETUTvnwFtKm7912tdULidpN2pNVub_16jR_Do8gCiMWnt8_daYg3AzeDFC8l6pFsPHkYQOx00xKoTCq294cCm2AyhIWqkKXijFIBKVYcQpOYMRX8YyA/s554/0829.50.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="441" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtndPOS3m_tRVRLSrPGiot3-SqXJVBtwnAYOItOJNk14XdsFB_RSzOyINBl8IW8Nfmdbfz18JETUTvnwFtKm7912tdULidpN2pNVub_16jR_Do8gCiMWnt8_daYg3AzeDFC8l6pFsPHkYQOx00xKoTCq294cCm2AyhIWqkKXijFIBKVYcQpOYMRX8YyA/s320/0829.50.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We walked from the San Francisco ferry dock to a restaurant for lunch (we were more than ready!) and then walked another half mile to catch the BART train back to the Mission District. We took Damon, Kirsten and Carson out for dinner--Dianne and I split the tab. It was a nice dinner, a pleasant way to end this trip. Julie and I walked back to the B and B and Dianne stayed to spend some grandma time with Carson before coming home later.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfLRaRKF7km_kn460pcDK2q0IKDGOUlQbEs50SjahsDefSXdWv1u3jNHxETfeYGbAHVhfoXSdiB9zcdTeCaiUj-oe9xR_pNXOOpTct9PBb3iWnh1uCPO_6uV2PGs-xo8b5yrnnUfcBuCl2nap7_HEqMQ9vRdVqT7NQo-5DyXMTWdI-6OM_DHvFd5JVSQ/s1217/0829.52.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfLRaRKF7km_kn460pcDK2q0IKDGOUlQbEs50SjahsDefSXdWv1u3jNHxETfeYGbAHVhfoXSdiB9zcdTeCaiUj-oe9xR_pNXOOpTct9PBb3iWnh1uCPO_6uV2PGs-xo8b5yrnnUfcBuCl2nap7_HEqMQ9vRdVqT7NQo-5DyXMTWdI-6OM_DHvFd5JVSQ/s320/0829.52.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-82490695375877841822023-09-12T19:35:00.001-04:002023-09-12T19:41:57.781-04:00San Francisco. August 29, 2023<p>This was the day we were supposed to tour the Tesla plant, but we decided to take a day off instead. WE walked half a mile uphill to get to a credit union ATM, and it was out of service; I found a bank to make my withdrawal and we walked all the way back (at least it was downhill). Sheila, the proprietor of the inn, took us in her car to a place called Twin Peaks. It is the highest point in San Francisco and the views were wonderful! I am very glad not to have a car here--Sheila navigated the steep narrow streets fine, but it would be tough for us flatlanders to drive here!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHsAFjiyOiLidwahTa1DpjkZJDwCkEzP_5TqR6NFQs-iNHCX_50_ihxMDJKwqDvxbrayXo831BSj89JGOe-sQ2gCPZLeiYQ5IrjjpTzn7T9wdRR1lsexzVluqkiqiHwuh3_GPdHHO2dYnS_qOx43B6FrRLD-Xq21ButRbdF5pL7xEPJLTpiPbwBLD32Q/s1217/0828.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHsAFjiyOiLidwahTa1DpjkZJDwCkEzP_5TqR6NFQs-iNHCX_50_ihxMDJKwqDvxbrayXo831BSj89JGOe-sQ2gCPZLeiYQ5IrjjpTzn7T9wdRR1lsexzVluqkiqiHwuh3_GPdHHO2dYnS_qOx43B6FrRLD-Xq21ButRbdF5pL7xEPJLTpiPbwBLD32Q/s320/0828.10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5fxhnHegyfRgDR4nRSC_YUGu58u--XT8Vk06MJDEPNBysLt9r04dOY-2gbjCAJNh2m8-Qcn_nAKqj9AQVZd_GBnD3PM6FIK7flftBMs6CuE8aTLEtrrKWnFaaMyT7FTMWs47MexZSvjX5LMn1kZUpLWQdk_JwOz1v9U8cOxOsJJSllF5_G9XGq42Nw8/s913/0828.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5fxhnHegyfRgDR4nRSC_YUGu58u--XT8Vk06MJDEPNBysLt9r04dOY-2gbjCAJNh2m8-Qcn_nAKqj9AQVZd_GBnD3PM6FIK7flftBMs6CuE8aTLEtrrKWnFaaMyT7FTMWs47MexZSvjX5LMn1kZUpLWQdk_JwOz1v9U8cOxOsJJSllF5_G9XGq42Nw8/s320/0828.12.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Dianne and I walked about a mile to meet my cousin Brian for lunch. He lives here in San Francisco but did not come to our family reunion this year. We met at a restaurant (Souvla) that Damon recommended. It was great! We spent a long time catching up on things, and sent a happy birthday message to my cousin Mary Beth, Brian's sister. The three of us went for a long walk around the neighborhood, and Brian walked us back to our B and B. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsxsSNvTtICvkYanw5u_ZBP6hUNQXYQcv6JbjA5BN2R42P6237cwenDKrHpMqrASpmzRlXu1MBProuCiMAhgV1CnV7cXlzz0I0gyAUg6V7ywXfWLb1p6MOkrorjgf_wbLuN_4NCzyHnELHt9iF8hWqALfOx4yqSTkMNz5lqzlHsdING_ff2R0oFr5xg8/s1217/0828.4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsxsSNvTtICvkYanw5u_ZBP6hUNQXYQcv6JbjA5BN2R42P6237cwenDKrHpMqrASpmzRlXu1MBProuCiMAhgV1CnV7cXlzz0I0gyAUg6V7ywXfWLb1p6MOkrorjgf_wbLuN_4NCzyHnELHt9iF8hWqALfOx4yqSTkMNz5lqzlHsdING_ff2R0oFr5xg8/s320/0828.4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7vri-0tsqwtsFFnbTYOr24iOonQPy-BYwDajYT7AM8pPtHaZYyk9TiA2WKA3VRrRfP7-NImoPw9asoNqQ0Dx1bbtHiezapROvpL66goUa4RcJz-ZRzIzveS8V0ohbuAM4YKeDOApywVGh5PY7K19wKmpNVBXxgnowfJOVPQobVza7zylo5XBSqCfVcE/s913/0828.8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7vri-0tsqwtsFFnbTYOr24iOonQPy-BYwDajYT7AM8pPtHaZYyk9TiA2WKA3VRrRfP7-NImoPw9asoNqQ0Dx1bbtHiezapROvpL66goUa4RcJz-ZRzIzveS8V0ohbuAM4YKeDOApywVGh5PY7K19wKmpNVBXxgnowfJOVPQobVza7zylo5XBSqCfVcE/s320/0828.8.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKIzIXJEoW67oAHYOZ0jeBVdEvsZ5RR7sQkWYr9RsSvveuI5oRoJ64AQMo4wS9lYtyxnY5vEWSLjhujAJGgQ7tNsiti7-gBlxgvHNj7uqL4FaD8oXEjR5R_gQOdbPn8nb-t4G00tuSI3wyKS7Drav0HPjX2acCbi3NbetMMMH7nczifzjoEMG-5ycYco/s913/0828.9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKIzIXJEoW67oAHYOZ0jeBVdEvsZ5RR7sQkWYr9RsSvveuI5oRoJ64AQMo4wS9lYtyxnY5vEWSLjhujAJGgQ7tNsiti7-gBlxgvHNj7uqL4FaD8oXEjR5R_gQOdbPn8nb-t4G00tuSI3wyKS7Drav0HPjX2acCbi3NbetMMMH7nczifzjoEMG-5ycYco/s320/0828.9.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We walked over to Damon's house for dinner tonight. It is very nice to eat home cooked meals after so many days on the road. After dinner Julie and I walked back to the inn, leaving Dianne with her family.</span></div><p><br /></p>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-5219846322511836142023-09-12T19:24:00.001-04:002023-09-12T19:24:55.770-04:00San Francisco. August 27, 2023<p>Dianne's sister Julie came in late last night on AMTRAK. She had to take a bus from the train station, and Damon and Dianne picked her up at the bus station. It was quite an ordeal for her--3 days on the train and then the bus. I guess I'd rather fly.</p><p>Damon and his wife Kirsten rented a Zip Car today so we could all go out together--their car will not hold them, their son Carson in a booster seat, and all three of us. We first went to Ethel's Delicatessen in Petaluma where we met Dianne's cousins Roz, Joni and Lehua. The deli is named after the cousins' mother Ethel, and is owned and operated by Roz's son Nick. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLgvemIj7ilBdbxlypE5WaixjpnGiGUJEzuTplI0O57hU7-hu8utzZGnF3cFSKc-3gigCv23WxENCd_ixYFmEazP2RiQuE46BRcLwFiuZIlb7qkUlP5wgRk5UuZS9BPbgCrwXQVUYYsuuq2WItR6rDyEj9mi3qKtozSK9s72iA7IrmUqQ7X7lkaEMUuE/s640/IMG_7339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLgvemIj7ilBdbxlypE5WaixjpnGiGUJEzuTplI0O57hU7-hu8utzZGnF3cFSKc-3gigCv23WxENCd_ixYFmEazP2RiQuE46BRcLwFiuZIlb7qkUlP5wgRk5UuZS9BPbgCrwXQVUYYsuuq2WItR6rDyEj9mi3qKtozSK9s72iA7IrmUqQ7X7lkaEMUuE/s320/IMG_7339.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I got to be the photographer for this small family reunion. From left: Julie, Lehua, Joni, Dianne Roz, Damon, Carson and Kirsten. We had a a wonderful time, and the food was delicious.: we stayed at Ethel's until they closed the doors! After that we went to China Beach, which was nearly deserted. It is a State Park now, but was once the fishing village where early San Francisco Chinese settlers had their businesses. It was a lovely day. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BNyq26BdEPUcn8duTQ3qtUpFCEiw77eQG_PzWFIAbOets7a4IVK_TOSQ5UE2twfozDLiXKj05kkuDIcXXFc9BqyXhpB2uEK8SgIhAK__0gszfB7R7kxEILN2yw7lWTNqlkfz75p6m8LQwXL_GjO1suA2AX-LUphf9I9ayqF2r1HkLUpdnFD8qqLu0jk/s1217/0827.4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BNyq26BdEPUcn8duTQ3qtUpFCEiw77eQG_PzWFIAbOets7a4IVK_TOSQ5UE2twfozDLiXKj05kkuDIcXXFc9BqyXhpB2uEK8SgIhAK__0gszfB7R7kxEILN2yw7lWTNqlkfz75p6m8LQwXL_GjO1suA2AX-LUphf9I9ayqF2r1HkLUpdnFD8qqLu0jk/s320/0827.4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-4sSIquq1a50DK2pVP5Yr3ZpddNedxoXzzvKXqxOdkJZG7uQzS8EcZG_4JfLq1Re6WggPOycQ4kVcigcDHjUl8iggnlEaGKaBQiIEmgPL1__wPCU8BTe-XjNa63nAC8TF0HCjb1KmKokUndsfqIpoflNtWErDUFkfUyuOejOa6ci_2yATRP1L7J7rvY/s1217/0827.5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-4sSIquq1a50DK2pVP5Yr3ZpddNedxoXzzvKXqxOdkJZG7uQzS8EcZG_4JfLq1Re6WggPOycQ4kVcigcDHjUl8iggnlEaGKaBQiIEmgPL1__wPCU8BTe-XjNa63nAC8TF0HCjb1KmKokUndsfqIpoflNtWErDUFkfUyuOejOa6ci_2yATRP1L7J7rvY/s320/0827.5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK99wNjMFtkDWVF7_HdN9_qCkhd-qUOrFFCZUlYLPjKPgdlDiY6VM0wk4tFGfx_QhmZ0xQik2hkmRf00XmcdHKJwboy5aUiUCwTPTyYmab-TYVl8eZmDolyHuouAn3f_LKLk61B4ZPGHhQLZ5g27c3kKDLAGNpxFvRwxMA_YHL3vepkcmkKPnvyzoe0IE/s640/IMG_7346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK99wNjMFtkDWVF7_HdN9_qCkhd-qUOrFFCZUlYLPjKPgdlDiY6VM0wk4tFGfx_QhmZ0xQik2hkmRf00XmcdHKJwboy5aUiUCwTPTyYmab-TYVl8eZmDolyHuouAn3f_LKLk61B4ZPGHhQLZ5g27c3kKDLAGNpxFvRwxMA_YHL3vepkcmkKPnvyzoe0IE/s320/IMG_7346.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>After the beach we all went to the Spinnaker restaurant in Sausalito--Dianne's 3 cousins, Julie, Dianne, Damon, Kirsten and Carson, and me. After dinner we strolled through the town and had ice cream.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQczQYKPNPOX7c-8yyQzh3XB8afeXbYhdl03NtQ5SXLUhFLTtWI0r3vcJpTgdfSdAbEsbcNTnEH8_SLVqEvATYP4P87NcPx5PXBpwxT-de7Q9XXJQS41GsdqH2_UACRxXFHGtLkFJcbWN1TRm8Nk6UTCkRVmcMdLDrYlJCWOfbg-qhMa1PBfMvPjAcgXM/s913/0827.7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQczQYKPNPOX7c-8yyQzh3XB8afeXbYhdl03NtQ5SXLUhFLTtWI0r3vcJpTgdfSdAbEsbcNTnEH8_SLVqEvATYP4P87NcPx5PXBpwxT-de7Q9XXJQS41GsdqH2_UACRxXFHGtLkFJcbWN1TRm8Nk6UTCkRVmcMdLDrYlJCWOfbg-qhMa1PBfMvPjAcgXM/s320/0827.7.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-tEwVj9E29pfU6SkHL7Qu_zENitS9hviBYmIloLofB5DocA4f4tLHVjADX8TLfFx8md-sfXtmOwJslIuq0LDorLIyDFrHklqbgIWMygYsATiKy9jP0abedITxc8G8ICde1UFRShsoSP5oNFNGXzWDar2yJbi5FgSwLSqdSZwsRCMx3qkZi8XwEzUha4/s1217/0827.8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-tEwVj9E29pfU6SkHL7Qu_zENitS9hviBYmIloLofB5DocA4f4tLHVjADX8TLfFx8md-sfXtmOwJslIuq0LDorLIyDFrHklqbgIWMygYsATiKy9jP0abedITxc8G8ICde1UFRShsoSP5oNFNGXzWDar2yJbi5FgSwLSqdSZwsRCMx3qkZi8XwEzUha4/s320/0827.8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We could see the hazy San Francisco skyline across the bay. All in all it was a very enjoyable day.</p></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-83481303131373396252023-09-12T11:36:00.003-04:002023-09-12T11:36:59.635-04:00San Francisco. August 26, 2023<p>We had a mid morning flight from SEATAC to SFO. It was uneventful, which is always good. Dianne's son Damon picked up\s up at the airport and took us right to our B and B, Noe's Nest in the Mission District of San Francisco. It is just about 6 blocks from his house.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ApCqhgw5obvJBdD9Fq5PpqGqirGhuvz-gfgU2eFbIzuE0gn0lu7-sZ-jyJ-55wFTxyKLR9mcIA0Wsm3fUnw-XeMqhh7zTHFOcheQS80so9lbAjnppePTMoy7f9efHH-07A4FPCakKPU2ihDtq8CDr5kTMhJW0bBkZHtM4lmicKwVHtOF8w9V6XX3k2Q/s771/0827.6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="771" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ApCqhgw5obvJBdD9Fq5PpqGqirGhuvz-gfgU2eFbIzuE0gn0lu7-sZ-jyJ-55wFTxyKLR9mcIA0Wsm3fUnw-XeMqhh7zTHFOcheQS80so9lbAjnppePTMoy7f9efHH-07A4FPCakKPU2ihDtq8CDr5kTMhJW0bBkZHtM4lmicKwVHtOF8w9V6XX3k2Q/s320/0827.6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCW8VUMazCBMP_rS8ofvXin_nf255ySyXRwalkMpQyhBd3Ckree8GhpiDbGX9Ap7fGQcI33neVx9PRYMa8Y_UMKySM00nH6URxWBTjLVaqzQpsBbGNISo8EV-k-bX-aWVFZehBgJAlKAD1MFkTLalLt7OVAeeCplhEemrP2djuSXXfG5WKBZyqkBlzN8/s913/0828.6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCW8VUMazCBMP_rS8ofvXin_nf255ySyXRwalkMpQyhBd3Ckree8GhpiDbGX9Ap7fGQcI33neVx9PRYMa8Y_UMKySM00nH6URxWBTjLVaqzQpsBbGNISo8EV-k-bX-aWVFZehBgJAlKAD1MFkTLalLt7OVAeeCplhEemrP2djuSXXfG5WKBZyqkBlzN8/s320/0828.6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZX-ylSclsuM_qB41ew5448_3gxRnBf16kd_yv4O7_tw0U6Y1rawdROq4vkE4YWnDwSRZhNplwy0vAKwK19o4Nsd4t72OWn-R79TsOQbjawgmbXJtzfp6eR0mDjU6nHadQdNMGY5TqoWhzkjRx2Dz5s0gFZWByZFu8dLHk6N3RRLjqZTyF2LuUCrdnOTc/s913/828.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZX-ylSclsuM_qB41ew5448_3gxRnBf16kd_yv4O7_tw0U6Y1rawdROq4vkE4YWnDwSRZhNplwy0vAKwK19o4Nsd4t72OWn-R79TsOQbjawgmbXJtzfp6eR0mDjU6nHadQdNMGY5TqoWhzkjRx2Dz5s0gFZWByZFu8dLHk6N3RRLjqZTyF2LuUCrdnOTc/s320/828.5.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We are on the third floor of this very ornate Victorian inn. The objects in the window are just a sample--the entire place is full of china, sculptures, photographs and other items of interest. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Y_fJh-aB08RaCBzYDk0HSZDg_5TiPwfegcihW74vsI6cbyxBhKTHQnP7VIQEentVx1Vw8nUevlBB0xtCcSnmOi3J0Zirb0WWESuz91pwuWn3Rh3GcYbVBPzsUa_cEJUCCM0Ak5IzEH3A5AnTmBE-4GzNHR8CAaRk93T8oOOaKKsD1znoxIV3-7OU3KE/s1217/0826.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Y_fJh-aB08RaCBzYDk0HSZDg_5TiPwfegcihW74vsI6cbyxBhKTHQnP7VIQEentVx1Vw8nUevlBB0xtCcSnmOi3J0Zirb0WWESuz91pwuWn3Rh3GcYbVBPzsUa_cEJUCCM0Ak5IzEH3A5AnTmBE-4GzNHR8CAaRk93T8oOOaKKsD1znoxIV3-7OU3KE/s320/0826.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTmKjQ7Vm7g9-wlV8D95EwDoLoW--dzogDaxUSb6kgq7VNltYqY3W539-x7-LgoFYA_SawRw0UJF8VPwMCX2yXol7hEj2FFQMpDkNpihQOjieWMxpAz0rYFqMXpLbPp77O-gbgXrcwjpcSG4YjRdKPZIvyaCpBuKj_NOqR9IEqZCNV5idade1B0_AgdI/s913/0827.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTmKjQ7Vm7g9-wlV8D95EwDoLoW--dzogDaxUSb6kgq7VNltYqY3W539-x7-LgoFYA_SawRw0UJF8VPwMCX2yXol7hEj2FFQMpDkNpihQOjieWMxpAz0rYFqMXpLbPp77O-gbgXrcwjpcSG4YjRdKPZIvyaCpBuKj_NOqR9IEqZCNV5idade1B0_AgdI/s320/0827.1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Q1n8h2KE1WbuMbz9n78u3GuP0Q9P3VVRwUaHPkq-3y9vX9WVr7ZRiHAxuPFbN-Fg4t0ux2nB049trj95q3dTONLiL-FQ0Lj1_IBTCtUTLApxyA0USHE5zp7z5njdgL_-P_6mOLr_TBodOCYbJBJpXxrzGsE2w3MJpR1sYZNcynrUO9nsnN1WSNHjeQ/s913/0827.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Q1n8h2KE1WbuMbz9n78u3GuP0Q9P3VVRwUaHPkq-3y9vX9WVr7ZRiHAxuPFbN-Fg4t0ux2nB049trj95q3dTONLiL-FQ0Lj1_IBTCtUTLApxyA0USHE5zp7z5njdgL_-P_6mOLr_TBodOCYbJBJpXxrzGsE2w3MJpR1sYZNcynrUO9nsnN1WSNHjeQ/s320/0827.2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWhqk0NkfOfQQOM7ekoBX5qjdRSRhIu8-CSN1suqZdeRGwI8mwR4hAGQzG5njVRh6vP6F7Z2r0RQtDKfPMuXUu7aAIhXXkuAjuwPiB7y5VmhvQqFRDQqRbfIRTHpd-hXCOcxmm8yRwfgqK4x33XjNNuumMDCXNuxVORIY4h_A4BZHFhT3Px2BvQLGdFU/s913/0827.3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWhqk0NkfOfQQOM7ekoBX5qjdRSRhIu8-CSN1suqZdeRGwI8mwR4hAGQzG5njVRh6vP6F7Z2r0RQtDKfPMuXUu7aAIhXXkuAjuwPiB7y5VmhvQqFRDQqRbfIRTHpd-hXCOcxmm8yRwfgqK4x33XjNNuumMDCXNuxVORIY4h_A4BZHFhT3Px2BvQLGdFU/s320/0827.3.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We'll be comfortable here; I have my own room with a door and we share a bathroom. There is a walled in garden outside, and stairs inside.... many flights of stairs!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-53828397474783508072023-09-12T10:36:00.003-04:002023-09-12T10:36:54.044-04:00San Juan Islands: day 6. August 25, 2023<p>We had a leisurely breakfast this morning and then all met at the Friday Harbor float plane dock. We took a group photo at the dock. Anne was not there, as she had left early to drive the van and trailer back to Seattle.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9U9mea_-7bGX31vhLFEVeVbp7GbY5BVqe5dh1sTGr3mTyvM4k9_BEFGzzJDEUBz8ME5fabNdWrY1BpWiPVn7-gYNhGkzeQh7NCGrgGMqd9_1xycssvVjsOQ_WD6tGdpcqRwvAYsgMKlB3I5rsqqVOo_DtZub4h24xAqgRw0fhN7qKaMbHbAoJDkGiJoQ/s607/qj0VQRFg.1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="607" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9U9mea_-7bGX31vhLFEVeVbp7GbY5BVqe5dh1sTGr3mTyvM4k9_BEFGzzJDEUBz8ME5fabNdWrY1BpWiPVn7-gYNhGkzeQh7NCGrgGMqd9_1xycssvVjsOQ_WD6tGdpcqRwvAYsgMKlB3I5rsqqVOo_DtZub4h24xAqgRw0fhN7qKaMbHbAoJDkGiJoQ/s320/qj0VQRFg.1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Here we are, left to right: me, Bob, Karen, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Charley (in front), Bill, Lynn, Jocelyn, Andy and Dianne. It was just the right size of group for this trip!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9D8ab5SisUAcC_OBICBxD2dz6FC8Jf18k1SVIR_C2eBve_FK1b-ogVF9YkSQz2SFh8FHWI9jlboeP6GRI2pCsmPGYvUypwlKNCGVXE2bZ_nN6sUiz_HF0BweGE-Do0R5_f5Wkcz2CvO9b2ABfgoUkMQJHYCoCrtVRiV2vZgw466QSDCdC-6BEKw0lggE/s913/0825.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9D8ab5SisUAcC_OBICBxD2dz6FC8Jf18k1SVIR_C2eBve_FK1b-ogVF9YkSQz2SFh8FHWI9jlboeP6GRI2pCsmPGYvUypwlKNCGVXE2bZ_nN6sUiz_HF0BweGE-Do0R5_f5Wkcz2CvO9b2ABfgoUkMQJHYCoCrtVRiV2vZgw466QSDCdC-6BEKw0lggE/s320/0825.1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkETh7CyGQcbtPiLQ9_ltwb-bGBWjlMamPkzYBBSHJt6Q3RGpBP9muost42_wvPEBELhEpmcjW0_LkQLqLGI9O5KF62mOPlM7QfoKUS3IIB-gM8UQpT4ms7LbTp6mPZgEhlng6-5caZFJI6GKUyMwuP_CC8UWYsRKZfskzdS9lAVC5MSRUxWQc-oBPBE/s1217/0825.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkETh7CyGQcbtPiLQ9_ltwb-bGBWjlMamPkzYBBSHJt6Q3RGpBP9muost42_wvPEBELhEpmcjW0_LkQLqLGI9O5KF62mOPlM7QfoKUS3IIB-gM8UQpT4ms7LbTp6mPZgEhlng6-5caZFJI6GKUyMwuP_CC8UWYsRKZfskzdS9lAVC5MSRUxWQc-oBPBE/s320/0825.2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />We walked out to the dock and a ferry came into port as we were waiting for our plane. This is the same type of ferry we've been on for our island crossings this week. Finally our plane came in. The pilot checked our names off his list and we enplaned--I got to be "co-pilot", that is, I sat in the front seat but didn't get to do anything.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkBNEtOIaPlkT_bp-4er_Bjt9r1e7DgryqkyyFthKENlie3qeg0ch_6N_vt0qcyqAaeg8hErr7XnTOk_WEvEunSCWhokLRUYujbFGD9IjNdZ_YDBDSCMYQYErTaQfspypKlKukNAZMH_JNPTMWbEoMToqDV9uaNbzxykO0T4cMKPBOIzBnTOKfa3R82k/s1217/825.3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkBNEtOIaPlkT_bp-4er_Bjt9r1e7DgryqkyyFthKENlie3qeg0ch_6N_vt0qcyqAaeg8hErr7XnTOk_WEvEunSCWhokLRUYujbFGD9IjNdZ_YDBDSCMYQYErTaQfspypKlKukNAZMH_JNPTMWbEoMToqDV9uaNbzxykO0T4cMKPBOIzBnTOKfa3R82k/s320/825.3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VjaPPo7tuX9AFHXs_LRjZ_Ba6TwnSSE7jQ5PFf_tkesd1d4AUxsyVptqD3hAS_kw1uRDYhNNulco5HrHBAjJwbBgWi9qjTwu4-FMQHjiVUvaeC-fpdsOvZ8mboLb4kx-yHRZmJ8ysAAfqDey1ObsiO8z-M5o9p26XE_pW4V7SYIxxrW4_uphoSsyO0M/s1217/0825.6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Dianne and I chose the airport hotel--we had already made our reservation months ago. We fly out tomorrow for the next leg of our west coast adventure.</div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-42279432932091431082023-09-12T10:09:00.000-04:002023-09-12T10:09:16.059-04:00San Juan Islands: day 5. August 24, 2023<p>Today we bicycled all around san Juan Island. Our first stop was at a sculpture garden. It was quite large and some of the sculptures were for sale.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGUhXrLZnTwXmLbbq5WjWR6Ms_4eIcppCqIJqPWZ0g4cKjw3igkWF8rpRYMR7reou004SQDnDmKunHe8GD36MEc69qrmGwNyBVKfThLuN7EIiqzm79zR2QC2DKRPi2v5xr97OsORqbWlB3wkYWfHfJskyMqFqVMNUpNZKkio82L6COTu8gHsRVLkjR3A/s913/0824.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGUhXrLZnTwXmLbbq5WjWR6Ms_4eIcppCqIJqPWZ0g4cKjw3igkWF8rpRYMR7reou004SQDnDmKunHe8GD36MEc69qrmGwNyBVKfThLuN7EIiqzm79zR2QC2DKRPi2v5xr97OsORqbWlB3wkYWfHfJskyMqFqVMNUpNZKkio82L6COTu8gHsRVLkjR3A/s320/0824.1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElUZFPMQuvmUvsLvaC0PxFaxq64fzel31To41X8jettl479F_lAZGvC6Rg4Ho25yCh1IrWcXMG7HF0zhGvGRtCZb6ZUpFvMqUZCOPaxkbpeL_fZanmfTvCN2XjGuAXbOA_ub75_AKDG5pXZXLAXPfetWkc_Dk5YFFql0gPbAOoUJpZbUSmYnFjCtL6cM/s1217/24.4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00zzGtDuJpNoiOLSHUK4D4O04SvJ6LS_Sr_AiPvf1LWIExFhEG1U4z8OtYtH_RNHzp5CV_vWR4lWBASTsBviFM7mfZUkakQlPcfR6YXTCjzlPEAkSQUzSlVjEJdhQTfCKYGDgXJRt0rHIV7ihqLQVsoUJrHbUZ1XzZ-mu0qoDqMXu34nxFZ-ilQYCq8A/s320/0824.7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Our lunch stop was in Lime Kiln State Park. It's incredible how beautiful everything is here! I finally took photos of most of our group at our lunch stop. Bill and Lynn were not there, as they took a wrong turn and when we all figured out what happened they did not want to climb the big hill to get back to us.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6pYuXkoxkCqJo_b7B_tdlwzWDF7cs4bfnQfJU-PStv-9s38udb3Y68fForOuzh6caAYs6sVEUZZF-bcK9XFPrsbYdleun9HFTBfIcSpzEyKFfosfLMFzKyCcH_yhuHrbkP4mRrLSImpLJ-RJ3VNlPEOd8-3sIzx77tiTSQ7EJ-dctWbyCRcxkMlOCmk/s1217/0824.17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6pYuXkoxkCqJo_b7B_tdlwzWDF7cs4bfnQfJU-PStv-9s38udb3Y68fForOuzh6caAYs6sVEUZZF-bcK9XFPrsbYdleun9HFTBfIcSpzEyKFfosfLMFzKyCcH_yhuHrbkP4mRrLSImpLJ-RJ3VNlPEOd8-3sIzx77tiTSQ7EJ-dctWbyCRcxkMlOCmk/s320/0824.17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuf9DJ3hW7wfhE2Ncr1et7X3s5G7YD0cCN59GWqosCI3h4FvaRXL0dK1Cn5GD4KZGOjcyiwkur8nHHDl3I9Hwl-GO91pIXy26mwvEbLa1I5G4S2s-CDQ4IfkjCPkaUbDV3H8ZsPgGN6WNzvYHQzegbE814o6od7Okj88a2-D9ZyxhMPx_a841DG2GW23o/s913/0824.21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">After lunch I hiked over to the lighthouse, also within the park. There was a sign for whale watching, leading right to our lunch stop. We did not see any whales.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggl8wQNld0eiDGbca1imCl05Dp7XMjSHbbHe-ZurkEVUY9q2-Vfgk_d2iRupzkwISodFVdxmu-g0PKU8sUkfLyCaCEixXq6J_NyrIi5xxt--bhFN195Qbqkt8pd_Nn6WOPVMnyOV_F1ne2825ElrX6bpoygKwpxIuqx1Y0WgOvwhhFxgnA2Guho_RdLjs/s913/0824.18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggl8wQNld0eiDGbca1imCl05Dp7XMjSHbbHe-ZurkEVUY9q2-Vfgk_d2iRupzkwISodFVdxmu-g0PKU8sUkfLyCaCEixXq6J_NyrIi5xxt--bhFN195Qbqkt8pd_Nn6WOPVMnyOV_F1ne2825ElrX6bpoygKwpxIuqx1Y0WgOvwhhFxgnA2Guho_RdLjs/s320/0824.18.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO_0BGBsnlnw8_WFzc_pmt_0VO_JsjKOFG8CnHed3IJ9eZkkbZs3T54ZLmJVQ6n-JASbx_gYRs-LHMSvcHSrzhB3yz-PH0YYhAfUdBcSgOoy2FZq9zlgE4k_AWXhQzGZciQ1Kg4RR1VvC7SyV6WljEDsvupIErJd934XC4lQ0n6b0S669YAP1Dl_aj_M/s913/0824.32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO_0BGBsnlnw8_WFzc_pmt_0VO_JsjKOFG8CnHed3IJ9eZkkbZs3T54ZLmJVQ6n-JASbx_gYRs-LHMSvcHSrzhB3yz-PH0YYhAfUdBcSgOoy2FZq9zlgE4k_AWXhQzGZciQ1Kg4RR1VvC7SyV6WljEDsvupIErJd934XC4lQ0n6b0S669YAP1Dl_aj_M/s320/0824.32.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />The next stop on our cycling tour was the Pelindaba Lavender Farm. I never knew so many products could be made from lavender!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGwsKq1va7Hg5iVIQwkbSdo5FL4alFyCvqC5mC8kdnp-Z6L8eYoYevq4X8Sz5T2gBw0cV-Gev1TZCPEm0Mj9qFOcrGY6OVqS_uI5Xx6y-f4ddWM3PIuhhUXQ73WppHZ-b7KORESUvF_X7EBR_K3Lb3Z_DOXxeg_l7QIQ9x_D20ud7m8zR-BegBJJCqxk/s913/0824.34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGwsKq1va7Hg5iVIQwkbSdo5FL4alFyCvqC5mC8kdnp-Z6L8eYoYevq4X8Sz5T2gBw0cV-Gev1TZCPEm0Mj9qFOcrGY6OVqS_uI5Xx6y-f4ddWM3PIuhhUXQ73WppHZ-b7KORESUvF_X7EBR_K3Lb3Z_DOXxeg_l7QIQ9x_D20ud7m8zR-BegBJJCqxk/s320/0824.34.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicloYY4TflPbh2vT87QgL1uC6skFJbc3Desz-gIrOQAGNaYDWDDhaHFUTkECmJtKR6a3LGNzIwNdDSFKGI_7W8vDJIZx_drvG9D3NV2UPFUargtQ55Dv1XlpPQcmaJRQ3_pFYI1-cAH82TIjhUTMTpiRJ1BPtbz1c3jAMCuC1rp8YrOyP6kXRhWeFsCn4/s913/0824.38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicloYY4TflPbh2vT87QgL1uC6skFJbc3Desz-gIrOQAGNaYDWDDhaHFUTkECmJtKR6a3LGNzIwNdDSFKGI_7W8vDJIZx_drvG9D3NV2UPFUargtQ55Dv1XlpPQcmaJRQ3_pFYI1-cAH82TIjhUTMTpiRJ1BPtbz1c3jAMCuC1rp8YrOyP6kXRhWeFsCn4/s320/0824.38.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJp3Nd_nXygrW_qdJX6AnXlag-q_ZZoiH90CRi31UYif_KjlZNREKhqtxL5PqAsoExXEZzwbEZMF9a-1oRlOWdffSLH1HDNau0B_AD76c7RoBJm1YjzCepP9Greu1AWqsfQJsUsq9sClAiP5QWBeq-1TfROIuFxEIXjIY6LhVxT8VKtTTdLUPjkPBtZgA/s913/0824.39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJp3Nd_nXygrW_qdJX6AnXlag-q_ZZoiH90CRi31UYif_KjlZNREKhqtxL5PqAsoExXEZzwbEZMF9a-1oRlOWdffSLH1HDNau0B_AD76c7RoBJm1YjzCepP9Greu1AWqsfQJsUsq9sClAiP5QWBeq-1TfROIuFxEIXjIY6LhVxT8VKtTTdLUPjkPBtZgA/s320/0824.39.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlj16ioKXm_Agi5dVcJJK-3ETNUQyuWmmN-nt14lF6-PtTOy0pw07jFtvB7ZQFmkKL8gPWsIWdu6YCPiKmvd3lgwVFFQr3G2bZcyYc1YFH02A-pWO3SfbEK8XUyU32S3L8wg9QtAtuOte3B27eTlar8hHYtsryyx2VidHS6zstZYnl7dzLU0AjK--snR4/s913/0824.40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlj16ioKXm_Agi5dVcJJK-3ETNUQyuWmmN-nt14lF6-PtTOy0pw07jFtvB7ZQFmkKL8gPWsIWdu6YCPiKmvd3lgwVFFQr3G2bZcyYc1YFH02A-pWO3SfbEK8XUyU32S3L8wg9QtAtuOte3B27eTlar8hHYtsryyx2VidHS6zstZYnl7dzLU0AjK--snR4/s320/0824.40.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmscU463wXmGJfnpC3dB64bFEMkMOHSOZkUL776DqK3yE0jm4_1nxrGodts-hD65QmnW_vqws1sMoxufW8rHvn9IEyZzXR9BxyuP4CZeR5lpmwS4oBxW8n5kS2biAHX6XlkCBd2pDy4zWuruPNW0pY9qlEMgLrDECfGLaGOOcXXWuRtR6i-MbYtmd5RU/s913/0824.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmscU463wXmGJfnpC3dB64bFEMkMOHSOZkUL776DqK3yE0jm4_1nxrGodts-hD65QmnW_vqws1sMoxufW8rHvn9IEyZzXR9BxyuP4CZeR5lpmwS4oBxW8n5kS2biAHX6XlkCBd2pDy4zWuruPNW0pY9qlEMgLrDECfGLaGOOcXXWuRtR6i-MbYtmd5RU/s320/0824.41.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Dianne chose not to ride today, and she missed the very best day! We played a couple of games of Scrabble when I got back to the room, and then we all walked out to dinner at the Coho Restaurant. It was an interesting meal--very few choices but all were delicious. The food has been excellent on this trip!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-84500989267416226732023-09-11T21:52:00.004-04:002023-09-17T19:14:37.880-04:00San Juan Islands: day 4. August 23, 2023We walked to breakfast this morning and then were picked up in front of the hotel by a San Juan Kayak Expedition van. Our guide for the kayaking trip was Jury. He was very pleasant, and we put Dianne in the kayak with him because she was leery of going at all. We had on-shore paddling instructions and kayak fitting and then we paddled out into Puget Sound. The water was quite calm. We saw water birds and seals, but unfortunately no orcas. 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There was a hiking path around the island; many of us hiked it, but I was out there on my own. 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I would like to come back and kayak all around these islands. One day on the water was not enough for me!</div></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-83206707483150545542023-09-11T21:36:00.004-04:002023-09-12T09:57:50.750-04:00San Juan Islands: day 3. August 22, 2023<p>Today's plan was to take the ferry to Orcas Island and ride there, on the largest and most mountainous of the San Juan Islands, and then hike up Mount Constitution. HOWEVER, things changed. The ferry ran aground on Orcas Island and is be out of service. We made new plans.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtLCCbF3Tl6CCRjls3wdepRRGa1G2Js4Z2HqT5hN0MYNcvOxq0k7guPv7staIe0HGpe_RaU8rP22gEjMSOzcz3J-Cb7BQO-6X4mdBE73gYe3sKLutpp6FSP8ERCUlW2CyDSo_dg6TQEMet0bdb4YangtXt_fCkoghuMF3Jzm-KZp1L9vHI6MlZ0Sqb2Q/s1217/0822.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtLCCbF3Tl6CCRjls3wdepRRGa1G2Js4Z2HqT5hN0MYNcvOxq0k7guPv7staIe0HGpe_RaU8rP22gEjMSOzcz3J-Cb7BQO-6X4mdBE73gYe3sKLutpp6FSP8ERCUlW2CyDSo_dg6TQEMet0bdb4YangtXt_fCkoghuMF3Jzm-KZp1L9vHI6MlZ0Sqb2Q/s320/0822.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfl0B3dm53-fxlTMeEgFz1tHylk5GbyK4F38HcJIan-c40T9N539hPHY-8qqNQeSNqcwJlFDooGgwMLuIgNM0lqlh4f1Pikiw9Rfp16gWpRH8qTd_Ivb5SLBM5NRWk040izFjygFQtKzvBXDKkPm133qe3Ciwfd59PTJBCu6emfZT_2EXuLAW0vWoI7U/s1217/0822.2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfl0B3dm53-fxlTMeEgFz1tHylk5GbyK4F38HcJIan-c40T9N539hPHY-8qqNQeSNqcwJlFDooGgwMLuIgNM0lqlh4f1Pikiw9Rfp16gWpRH8qTd_Ivb5SLBM5NRWk040izFjygFQtKzvBXDKkPm133qe3Ciwfd59PTJBCu6emfZT_2EXuLAW0vWoI7U/s320/0822.2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>We got in the van and took the ferry to San Juan Island instead. We drove to English Camp and hiked up to the location of the actual camp. The housing there was built on levels--the higher the rank of the soldiers the higher up the mountain his quarters. I'm not sure what happened to the American Camp, but the English Camp became a State Park. The English gardens have been restored, and there are placards telling of the conflict ( the Pig War) and the people who lived here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAax20_QJS7mz6w5A1x6_ZbT94yyXVel3r6Uxfz-eHVBahrPr1DlbXYXJsOhSH1Fs5hDPrUWYyhKdz1aRgx_0q8Jp1wpCvcpAZG1WlPPoCsydc8ht72Y-N_22bi8uxj3Lnckbf_Uoub97d5x8K67IJMwMAj_aK9F-yG1zKf8AZ9VvMDEQKsI-7h8qDX8/s913/0822.4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAax20_QJS7mz6w5A1x6_ZbT94yyXVel3r6Uxfz-eHVBahrPr1DlbXYXJsOhSH1Fs5hDPrUWYyhKdz1aRgx_0q8Jp1wpCvcpAZG1WlPPoCsydc8ht72Y-N_22bi8uxj3Lnckbf_Uoub97d5x8K67IJMwMAj_aK9F-yG1zKf8AZ9VvMDEQKsI-7h8qDX8/s320/0822.4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Our guides: Anne and Charley</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the way back down the mountain, I stopped at a small cemetery. There were only six graves there, but they were well documented. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1FYS3Ntdto3TrTq1_UTAvup6yVm8yu4V8MtDRml2Z6j18JmqmkMrmhp_SGsC_LWVkJ7qKQ0mjgWoxPZoS_y4AFGwKd4N22tWhblNwdDq5RifaB_S-hGKR3Jx13vUIlTXVTXZ2DYAlgJjuMN-MlXg_AMIgNmPIYgDpY3Ewsfb3NIoYd3FZ1Cct6ACmmw/s1217/0822.20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1FYS3Ntdto3TrTq1_UTAvup6yVm8yu4V8MtDRml2Z6j18JmqmkMrmhp_SGsC_LWVkJ7qKQ0mjgWoxPZoS_y4AFGwKd4N22tWhblNwdDq5RifaB_S-hGKR3Jx13vUIlTXVTXZ2DYAlgJjuMN-MlXg_AMIgNmPIYgDpY3Ewsfb3NIoYd3FZ1Cct6ACmmw/s320/0822.20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNFcbXK9OG6OzFUBAE3Q2-jJ1Rk3fFCBcIn9Pn4PeceiS1MoZVd4bT2qJjhmWtuP53VGpKgZ_p6MutgA4ZtUbMQ7oXqyo5X-ofMU8sYl1hl4TWaQQDhypRIHAZzuGwiuPeNVqEAM3Pd_ON7mMEOCphsobBVjOKa-DE_zXuSwYXCKZPA0U_iNe1TuyklY/s1217/0822.21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNFcbXK9OG6OzFUBAE3Q2-jJ1Rk3fFCBcIn9Pn4PeceiS1MoZVd4bT2qJjhmWtuP53VGpKgZ_p6MutgA4ZtUbMQ7oXqyo5X-ofMU8sYl1hl4TWaQQDhypRIHAZzuGwiuPeNVqEAM3Pd_ON7mMEOCphsobBVjOKa-DE_zXuSwYXCKZPA0U_iNe1TuyklY/s320/0822.21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There was a placard at the cemetery telling about the efforts to revive Garry Oak trees, which are nearly extinct. there were several Garry Oaks there for us to see.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQT55tKSIZJPXEVex7Kwzoq3BC1fxQua-qIPQAXnrgcJo_zMpdnmbH8eBl2II-4FP2sIMD3BBoBGe2u27Az7uys33G7Aw5-wVtOH81rgjc5arz9Q-v6t5KaQ7kfkhzyOh3H24JEAt81MjMWULlmJSdoqT80fWDFVGVDItT2V3HUVJ1ug9SMZusxgA7u7g/s1177/0822.23.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1177" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQT55tKSIZJPXEVex7Kwzoq3BC1fxQua-qIPQAXnrgcJo_zMpdnmbH8eBl2II-4FP2sIMD3BBoBGe2u27Az7uys33G7Aw5-wVtOH81rgjc5arz9Q-v6t5KaQ7kfkhzyOh3H24JEAt81MjMWULlmJSdoqT80fWDFVGVDItT2V3HUVJ1ug9SMZusxgA7u7g/s320/0822.23.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIyb2WZERvoVIwZPFZL0hIsuA9mxiOZC7qz7jORxUQxdmfWXcCAg5OXIM6H9QLZD-56znkRgShRB_2O1swwd4f4H3cscxt4Z0dngBWUEHp2ZBxCcDAj3zNejEmTa4PnPOmD_QJkgKY6Wlyfrqqht52-a97rLXAZ50E6HOqHtATQGJDC0mtr0t7bjKZnE/s913/0822.25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIyb2WZERvoVIwZPFZL0hIsuA9mxiOZC7qz7jORxUQxdmfWXcCAg5OXIM6H9QLZD-56znkRgShRB_2O1swwd4f4H3cscxt4Z0dngBWUEHp2ZBxCcDAj3zNejEmTa4PnPOmD_QJkgKY6Wlyfrqqht52-a97rLXAZ50E6HOqHtATQGJDC0mtr0t7bjKZnE/s320/0822.25.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Below you can see Andy on the path from the cemetery back to the main trail. The entire trail was very well maintained. It was a real joy to hike it. After we were all back at the van we went to our lodgings for the next 3 nights: Earthbox Inn.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXq_WlIwUmee6IAKMh__XsV0TiVqF0GyKoucR28_bqPIQ0HQD22tIGyLjCKyDO0eOtUWtdyeYs8OBc9T-nAa9AHxOhmTZgPD94NhxnxU7qHpOg2HAh8WP_IqjkwH4yOrQZrFs7QSasBF-Qmsxc0e23lA9dqa201ysJESRnRnwTtZKOLiT6FaMmFpKkkcY/s913/0822.27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXq_WlIwUmee6IAKMh__XsV0TiVqF0GyKoucR28_bqPIQ0HQD22tIGyLjCKyDO0eOtUWtdyeYs8OBc9T-nAa9AHxOhmTZgPD94NhxnxU7qHpOg2HAh8WP_IqjkwH4yOrQZrFs7QSasBF-Qmsxc0e23lA9dqa201ysJESRnRnwTtZKOLiT6FaMmFpKkkcY/s320/0822.27.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612398234262976485.post-30552286264235487892023-09-11T15:02:00.004-04:002023-09-12T09:56:32.677-04:00San Juan Islands: day 2. August 21, 2023<p>Lopez Island is reported to be the flattest of the San Juan Islands, but it is not very flat! It is also the most rural of this islands, low population and little traffic. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCX8YGinDd09idZvCoaHUrun-Sxibwp53R3sbYvtNw6jbVn-SMVGfxcaOWJC4OlXDCYw8RRS6Se6-Nzj9tSuDGAmX2D0fHV-atRIO0XX0m-7amf3KFqCgcqzshOlYnB1BdRryZ15e6A01gnyCbP70v6nRwFwmQNTcAFP_pWDxhAqkghSDlEfbspkRvYSM/s913/0821.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCX8YGinDd09idZvCoaHUrun-Sxibwp53R3sbYvtNw6jbVn-SMVGfxcaOWJC4OlXDCYw8RRS6Se6-Nzj9tSuDGAmX2D0fHV-atRIO0XX0m-7amf3KFqCgcqzshOlYnB1BdRryZ15e6A01gnyCbP70v6nRwFwmQNTcAFP_pWDxhAqkghSDlEfbspkRvYSM/s320/0821.1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first point of interest on this beautiful ride was Shark Reef, where this photo was taken. I am getting to know some of the people on this tour. Jocelyn took my photo. She is riding with her dad, Andy. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyiTEzz0NhuW2DNJ06WqmRpHqM1IMkWTaLgjwdrrhnS2FVryd67wwHxrKvPW0MJInXgSRolRyl4LLb1OGIQags8UgoCM7VoMJ4q6Pd_mmmgnCF47bbEOksXtY7wW2egCj4mu5La7mSp7RoQxBtMrDsdrS9pzuvZZNTSBURzVcHveDcHyX_mkIvnGKtGcs/s1217/0821.4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyiTEzz0NhuW2DNJ06WqmRpHqM1IMkWTaLgjwdrrhnS2FVryd67wwHxrKvPW0MJInXgSRolRyl4LLb1OGIQags8UgoCM7VoMJ4q6Pd_mmmgnCF47bbEOksXtY7wW2egCj4mu5La7mSp7RoQxBtMrDsdrS9pzuvZZNTSBURzVcHveDcHyX_mkIvnGKtGcs/s320/0821.4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The next stop on today's ride was Agate Beach Park. There was a map posted there and I took a photo of it in case I needed it (and I did!). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauVqGVBYwt_9vOVmjsJB72xN1D35JgC5QLHkS1sjqEBZZ4MbgR2B8lSEATDiaSWLv3PSvHTx3OqzDtgYBV7l0V8A-sdYTiHrom29wxE_XEOHfD9a0FU8zwMmoTk6vZPEXvGbzuQQWlR361cMkI_Q4ZfrubVcaIArOIz6MH0hOTIMf4ce0YxAJbWFt3tg/s913/0821.10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauVqGVBYwt_9vOVmjsJB72xN1D35JgC5QLHkS1sjqEBZZ4MbgR2B8lSEATDiaSWLv3PSvHTx3OqzDtgYBV7l0V8A-sdYTiHrom29wxE_XEOHfD9a0FU8zwMmoTk6vZPEXvGbzuQQWlR361cMkI_Q4ZfrubVcaIArOIz6MH0hOTIMf4ce0YxAJbWFt3tg/s320/0821.10.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBsx-cGLG_O5PfF-alLURoqW58Z9XJqGX0lGKEGVaPtmhV10LV1TWmFexJIbvker9kmmujE2DF60shSlQbYa2PQrHIq6ZUnCCt5yqyWOCTBAadtuoH_VPvl1aT2EyedqfK0O3I56siMkXNW57Aq5JRIDQw5Orn953zpBR5FG4eb15ZDyatjion_rOGc0/s913/0821.11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBsx-cGLG_O5PfF-alLURoqW58Z9XJqGX0lGKEGVaPtmhV10LV1TWmFexJIbvker9kmmujE2DF60shSlQbYa2PQrHIq6ZUnCCt5yqyWOCTBAadtuoH_VPvl1aT2EyedqfK0O3I56siMkXNW57Aq5JRIDQw5Orn953zpBR5FG4eb15ZDyatjion_rOGc0/s320/0821.11.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I picked up a couple of very small rocks to bring home. It was a beautiful spot to take a break!</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWEedpU634-NpH2XD7CgGhEAkP3sIwhCBlNhBG3w9opbk4yGX_TuijXC8cpTXOu-NSY0kPydv9DXqV1IqWFb53FxYQvSv3C3e_G8aUX0fTIP-mPeGO-A0ujutyDqUpNBlouqL74J_f_2qNFiaD8PZ7-uFkcSIClDlxMeJokdyppdoh9bmmyHzwTcdsYA/s1217/0821.12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWEedpU634-NpH2XD7CgGhEAkP3sIwhCBlNhBG3w9opbk4yGX_TuijXC8cpTXOu-NSY0kPydv9DXqV1IqWFb53FxYQvSv3C3e_G8aUX0fTIP-mPeGO-A0ujutyDqUpNBlouqL74J_f_2qNFiaD8PZ7-uFkcSIClDlxMeJokdyppdoh9bmmyHzwTcdsYA/s320/0821.12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSj7SRQ1WHChZs5qU0alS4_2j72NlodVKOVxSsykH8YK_IntfG1BOradnHVlQU8987GgtHERvG-n4Up-Z7LSapMkgg8A8vjm282OasWWKGg2lQFIeYbXvxc-O25lR-cV7mZCvD85dFVhDwBncPYtpXymiEV9i7nmLwimWShJNEXhVbMPmTMY2Q7i87Go/s1217/0821.8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSj7SRQ1WHChZs5qU0alS4_2j72NlodVKOVxSsykH8YK_IntfG1BOradnHVlQU8987GgtHERvG-n4Up-Z7LSapMkgg8A8vjm282OasWWKGg2lQFIeYbXvxc-O25lR-cV7mZCvD85dFVhDwBncPYtpXymiEV9i7nmLwimWShJNEXhVbMPmTMY2Q7i87Go/s320/0821.8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Next stop was lunch, prepared by our guide Charley. It was along the roadside in a delightfully deserted area. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSqj3-ZXyi_fVGh4NmheiySn72lsg1GSLrDmTZ0CBBVqVhgOzUzm8JWwqILqMsNlkLECGuPfTWVRa26Rvs9r5oUgNT7JgNsYqpreQ_xjv5h2JKMwVD5kcrmCc37vwwD3NM8dgQvwNOr8c1UKywYsJOtoLDWnXAUapJxgo1Kc-GSLHLVLlouP62YKFK1o/s2048/IMG_6486.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSqj3-ZXyi_fVGh4NmheiySn72lsg1GSLrDmTZ0CBBVqVhgOzUzm8JWwqILqMsNlkLECGuPfTWVRa26Rvs9r5oUgNT7JgNsYqpreQ_xjv5h2JKMwVD5kcrmCc37vwwD3NM8dgQvwNOr8c1UKywYsJOtoLDWnXAUapJxgo1Kc-GSLHLVLlouP62YKFK1o/s320/IMG_6486.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRT7NViuIK9oGg1es1hdCzzoZG_I93ZN0wcFxAPdXV76ShVT7g8cwM2IdP-E5Gr1sLzyNywwDseAhSLfR8gWuRsUr4gM-c3h0tp_8tkZoSdmL0tlZb6A_zsZhFOAt1R943QEyyeo-MF_cgTs9ArGf_7Ontg0xNCK6oMKaPEWxeZIeU16OxXwsdQlrQNbo/s1217/0821.15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRT7NViuIK9oGg1es1hdCzzoZG_I93ZN0wcFxAPdXV76ShVT7g8cwM2IdP-E5Gr1sLzyNywwDseAhSLfR8gWuRsUr4gM-c3h0tp_8tkZoSdmL0tlZb6A_zsZhFOAt1R943QEyyeo-MF_cgTs9ArGf_7Ontg0xNCK6oMKaPEWxeZIeU16OxXwsdQlrQNbo/s320/0821.15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>All of the bikes were equipped with Wahoo Navigators into which each day's route was loaded. After lunch my Wahoo started beeping at me, indicating I took a wrong turn; I turned around and went back and somehow lost the program. At that point there were no other cyclists from our group in sight. I had a lovely ride, and there was indeed very little traffic. I found my way back to the Inn after 41 miles; I only rode 4 extra miles. When I arrived I tried calling Dianne or Charley, who were in the van by that time, to tell them I was back at the inn in case they were out looking for me. There was no cellular service, but we eventually all made it back.</p>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013829516738406426noreply@blogger.com0