We actually had several hours yesterday when it didn't rain while we were driving from Rochester to Ashland - hallelujah! Of course, the rain came back later in the evening and looks like it is going to stay for a while.
Had a good visit with Tim and Kathy in Rochester. We went to the Public Market on Saturday morning - great farmer's market with lots of produce, people and flowers. Fun place to visit - it's just too bad we couldn't take advantage of all the fresh vegetables. In the afternoon, we all went to a birthday celebration for a local brew house which Tim and Kathy like - it was their second anniversary and in the lives of local brew houses/pubs, that's got to seem like a lifetime. It's a testament to their good beer and they brewed several IPA's just for the occasion. That's the beauty of a small brewery - they can make the beers they like!
On Sunday, we went out to Kathy's parents' home in Brockport and Sunday dinner. It was more like Thanksgiving with all the food - turkey with all the trimmings and cherry pie for dessert. Luckily, Sunday was one of those days which didn't have rain and it was a nice cool afternoon - good food and sunshine, what a great combination.
Got an early start on Monday and took the New York Thruway over to the Albany area and then took some non-interstate roads through upstate NY, Vermont and New Hampshire. It's a neat drive because you travel through the Mohawk River Valley for most of the trip. There's a lot of history in that area because of the river and the Erie Canal. Manufacturing and farming was helped along by the easy access to water for both power and transportation.
When we crossed the mountains in Vermont (at least they call them mountains - I keep kidding Tom III that our living room floor is at a higher elevation than the tallest mountain in Vermont), some of the ravages from Hurricane Irene are still visible, but the roads have all been repaired and the homes rebuilt. On US 4, we crossed over Quechee Gorge which is Vermont’s deepest gorge, formed by glacial activity approximately 13,000 years ago. We stopped and walked across the bridge and looked down at the Ottauquechee River, flowing 165 feet below. Good change of pace from sitting in the car!
Arrived at Mary Ann and Stuart's around 5 - in time to have a glass of wine and play some golf. They live on a golf course, so we were able to walk out the front door, take a couple of clubs, and play three holes before dinner. No one else was on the course and we ended up at their back door - good to get the clubs out of the trunk. At least several of them got some fresh air on this trip. As we finished up, guess what - the rain came back and it's still here this morning as I write this.
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