Looks Like A Lovely Beginning to 36 Hours in Buffalo

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Hiking the Pastures

Farms around Sherman

Roadside Wildflowers

Up early, to darkness, a glow off to the east, a beautiful clear morning.  It's 46 degrees out, a clear sky now, as I write, an empty lake except for a heron, a good day for enjoying Buffalo, I think.

Yesterday, we went for another walk on the Overland Trail, this time on a section we had never walked and now we know why.  It began just this side of Sherman, and we headed south through a farmer's field, cows in the distance, cow piles along the path, as well as water and an electrical fence.  We made it as far as Waits Corner road, when a sign said the trail was closed, no reason given.  We ended up walking back to the car, via Waits Hill and #426, so it was a disappointing morning walk.  We did drive around a bit and found a couple of other entrances to the trail, off of Eggleston and  off of Wall Rd, so we will head there next time.

We spent the afternoon relaxing, though we did give the car a good cleaning and washing, both inside and out, getting ready for our big trip.  I spent quite a bit of time researching Buffalo, with the help of our neighbors, the Bergens, who live in the Elmwood section of Buffalo, and had lots of good suggestions.  I have mapped out our 36 hours, starting this morning with the Albright Knox Art Museum, then a walking tour of the Elmwood neighborhood in the afternoon.  We have dinner reservations at Betty's, recommended by our friends, and we then go to the Traff Music Hall tonight for a concert by Papadosia, a band with a student of mine from Reserve.  It was started at Ohio U, in Athens, so it should be fun to see them.

We had pork and potato pancakes for dinner, left over from last night and relaxed, watching the Emmy's, which we had saved from the night before.  I am getting so I can hardly stand watching the talking heads.  They say the same things over and over, no one changes their tune.  If it's Fox, everything Obama does is bad,  If MSNBC, everything Romney does is bad,  And they play the tune of the day over and over,  BAH.