Holiday Inn Syracuse Farrell Rd. & I-90

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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Well, the first day of our East Coast trip was deja vu all over again. The last time we made this trek was in about 1969, and we had won the use of an Open Road conversion camper from the Chevy Plant. We drove from Cleveland to Western New York in the driving rain, and arrived with everything we owned soaking wet. It was not quite as bad this time, but it did rain most of the way. We drove to Erie on I-90, then took I-86 along the southern end of New York ...

... of great wines, great weather, great company and beautiful fall leaves.


Things that I still wanna do...
kodak museum
glass museum
amish store/restuarant
harvest fest
halloween - done
thanksgiving
read all 14 books of the Oz collection (did you know that the author, L. Frank Baum, was born in upstate NY?) - didnt get past two, too boring
Plan christmas decorations

Saturday October 31st
I just got to ...

31 hours at the fair
11hrs sunday rainy - briana - got sick
6hrs monday hot - gma
6hrs wednesday cruisier - mandy and nathan hamm - got burnt
4hrs friday night switchfoot
4 hrs Saturday night Boyz II Men

highlights:
jeff dunham
bobby flay
switchfoot
corn on the cob
1 dollar baked potato with everything
sand sculpture
funell cakes
dippin ...

... chocolate, chips, and alcohol! I was told in the shuttle that a managers happy hour was from 530-730, luckily for me, I arrived at about 5 o'clock, which gave me plenty of time to get settles, freshen up, and then I made my way downstairs for happy hour and ordered myself a cranberry and vodka... and then another. 
 I was sitting alone at a table, seated for two. I had my journal and was writing, so I tried not to look so lonely. However, the ...

... the blow-out) and also when he and the Lion did their little gig together. At one point, Otto even came over and danced with the PSU cheerleaders. Definitely reminded me of the old days, and the younger folks finally got what I was talking about. At half-time, they had a ceremony honoring Ernie Davis and had members of the cast of "The Express" and some players from that time period. Jesse laughed at me when I said ...

... the state fair was in town. It took about six stops before we got the last room at The Holiday Inn. We took Maxane and three of her friends out to dinner and then headed back to the hotel exhausted but with the trip nearly over amazed at how far we had traveled and the many places and sites we had visited.

... their guacamole is thick, and their plain old chicken quesadillas are amazing. This may have been the first time I managed to get a real table there, seeing as how the restaurant area is usually too full. Doc's Little Gem Diner - Back in the day, you would almost always find my friends and I here the morning after a big party, and this weekend was no different. Doc's food is cheap, bountiful, greasy and served with bottomless coffee. SU Men ...