Canandaigua Motel

... we're just gonna take it easy, and prep the RV for the 2nd leg of our trip, driving a direct 10 hour 580 miles route to Virginia beach. Hopefully the weather would show some differences because off the 10 hour distance. We're prepared for the cold that may ensue due to the changing seasons. We got 30 lbs of propane in our tank that should keep us toasty.

The Rochester campus had a lot of nice scenic shots to make, and we ...

... below. Here are some shots of some of the crew. We had poor lightings, and my ****** Sony Cybershot from the 90's with delayed reaction, and choppy video. It's still better than nothing. We're hoping for a better digital video camera for more shots down the road for sponsorships. Josh truly enjoyed his workout, working on his manual's, and line of tricks.

... ETA. He was about an hour away so to kill time we ate (of course), hung out in the shade, checked out her dorm room and met up with her friend, Tasha.

Once Ken arrived it was short work unloading his car with five of us doing it. Alexis stayed on campus, Dave, Emily & Carmen headed to the B&B by bicycle and Ken drove off to his hotel. Emily walked in our room, fell on her pull out bed and ...

... amp; Carmen up. We couldn't figure out what it was but in the morning Tom mentioned that there were lots of turkeys in the orchard and the lightbulb went off over our heads.

Thank you Mary Jane & Tom Hillpot. They put on the backyard light for us and came out to talk to us for a bit in the morning -- we got to meet Jada, their very friendly dog. Mary Jane gave us a wonderful bag of canned goods to take on our trip but our ...

... and counted down to Kris then finished with the whole top 10 on stage. Highlights were definitely Danny singing 'What Hurts the Most' and the final song ('Don't Stop Believing') although both Adam and Kris were excellent as well.

I didn't actually see much of Rochester – the bus station, the hotel and the arena was pretty much it but it was well worth the visit!!

... 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!

... today were products of the countries fascination with my two wheeled friend. After the great tour we had a fantastic lunch at Whals Drive In, great hamburgers and "Root Beer Floats". Even though we had 94 miles into a head wind that was 10 to 15 mph, and we got to climb almost 5,000 feet it was still a wonderful although long day.

Just south of Rochester is one of the Finger Lakes called Conesus Lake. It's not too big, but every year they have a 4th of July celebration on the 3rd called the Ring of Fire. Met up with several friends to enjoy the fireworks and each other's company. I was playing with the cameras high-speed burst setting so if you click through the fireworks pictures fast enough, its like watching one of the old ...

... We made it to Oklahoma, where we did a lot of nothing on the farm of my mother's ex-husband. I think he let me steer his truck while I sat on his lap. A cousin of some degree was swarmed by red ants. At some point we went across the Texas border, probably to shop at an unnecessarily large mall. The drive home was shorter; diversions are less tempting when home lies ahead.
Regular trips to Massachusetts ...

... be doing: (Friday 7:30 am) Leave Rochester for Chicago. Then go straight from Chicago to Shanghai's international airport. (Saturday 2:00 pm) Arrive in Shanghai We'll go to Hangzhou on Sunday on a bus sent by the university there, and we'll take a class there for 3 weeks. Then the plan is to head to Beijing/wherever else we may end up and explore on our own for a week or so. Return to US : ~ June 14... See ya from China!