Home Again and Looking Back at the Past Two Weeks

Little Slugger Ready for her First Softball Game

Hollywood Tom

The Basketball and Soccer Star

Setting the Table

The Virtues of  Wine

Relaxing with Dot

CLAIRE'S HOUSE AND POOL!

Look Mom, Vegetable  ear rings

Yesterday, was an easy drive, about ten hours and we stayed in a Englewood Hampton Inn, just west of Dayton, 600 miles on the dot, with 350 more to go today to the lake.  Total drive: 950 miles.  It was a beautiful day for a drive, blue skies with amazing clouds off in the distance, like floating ships but we couldn't help but think about the snow storm that was hitting Chautauqua.  From what I can tell, the storm was not as bad as they thought though they did get a few inches of snow, depending where you were.  In the Post Journal, I read that some snowmobilers said it was the best snow of the year, about 7 inches of packed snow, and were out for three hours.  But most of the snow should be gone or melted, at least on the roads, when we get back today.

Getting Ready for Guests

Mother and Daughter at Kite Festival

We ended up going out for dinner to the Buckhorn Tavern, about five minutes from our inn.  It's a local place, off the beaten path, so we sat at the bar though we didn't get to meet anyone other than the bar maid.  Evie got a pork tenderloin sandwich and I got the Pub Special, prime rib on toast with onion rings. Both were quite good, though we wish it were more crowded but that's what you get if you don't go to a chain on the main drag.  This place was just off the beaten path enough to not attract tourists.  We then stopped at Meijers, the local grocery store, to pick up a few things for tomorrow's dinner at the lake, so we don't have to worry about it when we get home.  We were back at our room by 8:30 and spent the evening, like always, reading, watching TV, with Evie playing Words with Friends.

We both are looking forward to getting home; we just hope the roads are decent, not icy or snow covered.