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We had a nice, quiet, chilled out day. So relaxed, in fact, that I completely forgot that we had any plans, but finally realised we were going to Scott's parents (pre-Thanksgiving) when he had his coat and shoes on and I was still in my PJ’s.

Had my first taste of pumpkin pie and spent the evening chatting about all the Thanksgiving food preparations and what to expect tomorrow.

Waffles for breakfast again! Today we went for a walk up to a really pretty waterfall and had lunch by the lake in Ithaca, sandwiches with ham, cheese, pickles, salami and mustard (which I made btw). Then a little drive up to Scott's parents place with a detour around his home town, was cool to see the farm where he grew up.

Met Scott’s family and had fish and chips for dinner, just like home! Quiet evening in front of Fox News and making plans for the next week.

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... homes, especially on the lake, are immense, and gorgeous. We ate at a seafood place on the water in downtown, and the food, unfortunately was ordinary.

I did write my blog tonight, but the Internet connection at the hotel was not working, and there was nobody there to fix it. We went 10 miles in either direction looking for a hot spot, but on Sunday night we got nowhere.

All-in-all, it was a better day than you would have expected in the rain

... englais?" I just answered 'oui' and kept moving.
One exhibit was selling hot mulled wine spiced that brought back memories of Luxembourg, we didnt buy it though cause we didnt need anymore wine.

The goats milk vendor made me like goats milk, I'mm gonna have to get some, it tastes like cream cheese. www.sidehillacres.bizland.com
www.sp iedies.com - good gluten free sauces and rubs
www.merrittestatewinery.com - good ice wine 15%RS "Bella Ice"

... br>canine stunt show
bear show
wakeboard show
german street performer
the procrastinators- drummers
huge
fudge flipping
cheese sculpting
birds of prey - golden eagle, bald eagle, eagle owls, barn owls and snowy owl
kettle corn
make it yourself soup


There is no better education in american culture than the fair midway at night. Carny's and Hicks ...

I sent a bunch of pictures to my Facebook account late last night. Hopefully Jade can upload them to Travelpod today.

Our thoughts are with Bernie for a speedy recovery.

Thanks for all the comments. This connection on the blog really keeps our spirits up.

Pookie has started working on our actual mileage. Day 1 was updated to show we went 40 miles. More to come, we ...

... talon-ted'.

Yesterday afternoon we started eating PB, Fluff, blueberry and Cheerio sandwiches. They are wonderful.

The weather forecast on the radar is strong thunderstorms so we're glad we're in a hotel. And the forecast for TOMORROW is showers in the morning thunderstorms in the afternoon and again at night. Headwinds. Finally it's supposed to cool off on Saturday, with some showers in the afternoon, so we're hoping to get there in the afternoon.

... that I don't even remember what I want to do.
I just spent 5 hours in Borders cafe reading until they kicked me out at 10pm. It was bliss. Carousel Mall aint too bad. The store that I like include... Charlotte Russe, Forever New, Aeropostale, New York and Co. and Express. Of course, I would enjoy them alot more if I could actually afford to buy stuff from them!

I also got so inspired to be creative all of a sudden. There is a reason why they call it a creative ...

... time into -- and it was red! This bike looks like its been run over a few times and maybe even squished between two cars, but someone had lovingly put on brand new brakes and lines and there was new tape on the handlebars. Dave has been teaching me all about working on bikes this summer. We gave it a tune-up, did all kinds of wheel and tire work and just before leaving on this trip we replaced the pedals because one of them was ...