Ramada Inn Airport And Conference Center Ithaca

... I was hoping to get a chance to meet Baby Poland, but alas, I will have to wait until we return for a visit! <br><br>And so ends this chapter in our families life and we are off to a new adventure. Thanks to all of the amazing friends we have made during our time here, we will all leave a piece of our hearts here!

... the way. Saturday was a gorgeous day at the Lake; evidently those have been few and far between this summer. The 6 girls shopped at the Windmill and rode the jetskis, swam and went for a boat ride. The 3 sisters relaxed and partook of adult beverages!

... of them and wanted to take my own photos and then we were back on the state road again for just a few minutes. We than made a turn at Kelly's Corner Road which took us through cornfields and on dirt roads. We had to keep a close eye on the turns because one wrong turn and we would be back in the movie Deliverance. A downpour caught us and turned the car into a little mudball from the dirt roads. However, google maps delivered ...

... Returned to our mudpit of a campsite. We got mud all in our flip-flops as soon as we stepped out of Minnie. GROSS. <br>- Our lantern, full of brand new batteries, promptly quit working as soon as we turned it on. Where was our second lantern? Oh, it was in the camping tub. Underneath our clothes tubs. Underneath a bungee-corded tarp on the picnic table in the rain. So we had to use Minnie&#8217;s lights. <br>- Had ...

Our first evening of driving was a breeze! We made great time from Downers Grove to Grand Rapids. Saw some cute little pigmy type donkeys in the field. We stayed at Deanna's house on a lake. Deanna is Laura's sister and her home is beautiful. Enjoyed a glass of wine on the deck and watched the sun go down. <br><br> The next morning began our official road trip and the longest ...

... pics.). Not only that but I dad had taken the bull by the horns and dove deep into ecological awareness. He led a workshop at our local church to raise the issue of global warming and what we can do about it in our local community. It was a grand success and generated interest and involvement that might continue. We also went to a weekend workshop together with the renowned deep ecologist Joanna Macy, a truly phenomenal human ...

Drove out to Ithaca today to attend the graduate fair at Cornell. I am really beginning to enjoy my "tour" of the Ivys...All I need now is a visit to Harvard and Brown and I think I have visited them all! Today was an especially long day - the fair at Cornell this morning, the drive back to Syracuse for that evening fair and then dropping the rental car off ...

... to tables filled with the people we had met at the ceremony. Fran and Paul made the food this time and it was even better than the ones previous. We finally got our first taste of their homemade berry smoothies and chocolate chip pancakes. After we finished our meal it was time to leave unfortunately. Sage and Grandma Pat told us that they felt like we were part of their family, gave us a hug and told us to come back soon. I know I will.

Sunday morning and poor Lindsay was not only suffering from her crazily swollen insect bites but she now has a nasty cold. (she reminds me she did do some work indoors though, putting dried tomatoes into jars and chopping more for the dehydrator) Chrys was also feeling ropey so it was down to the men of the house to continue getting the days work done. So Bill showed me where he chops his logs. Chopping logs, this was fantastic, I felt very manly ...

... French St Emillon grape) and a pretty fine Gewürztraminer. We tasted about five wineries. Tasting fees are much better than California, $2 - $3, the operations are a lot less commercialised, and the wines are surprisingly good. Better I felt than the Californian whites. We had a party of four, one of Lance's colleagues, a law lecturer from Brazil called Anna joined us too. A great time. Finished up for dinner at Dario's Heuriger on the shores of Lake Seneca. Dario is Viennese ...