Sunday, we head east to Taughannock Falls near Finger Lakes in NY.
We made a stop for a wine tasting at Knapp winery. One of many wineries along Lake Cayuga. Cool. Nice vibe. Nice people. Helped the local economy by buying a couple bottles of wine to go. That’s called a “Win Win” (which BTW is one of my favorite sleeper movies starring Paul Giamatti).
We got to Taughannock Falls and just started walking the North Rim trail which led to the South Rim trail which led to another trail that went up a mostly dry river bed and dead ended at the bottom of the falls. After back tracking we needed to finish the rest of the North rim trail to get back to our car. All in all an unexpected 6.8 miles.
Our stay for the night is at a place called New Park Venue and Suites near Ithaca. It has a very “Twin Peaks” vibe to it. Maybe we’ll get lucky and see Kyle MacLachlan tonight!
Monday, we headed to Middlebury VT where a lot of my Stapleton ancestors lived for at least a generation.
We are staying at the annex behind the Middlebury Inn. I’ll only show the Inn as the Annex is a bit underwhelming. When we walked into our room, Beth initial reaction was “Oh boy”.
I will show you our state of the art phone.
Tuesday, we took a walk to see a few buildings that are still standing that were once owned by a distant ancestor of mine , John Sargent.
He first owned The Logan House on 2 Park St.
What was once a hotel is now split between two shops of which one is a cannabis shop.
The other hotel he owned was called the Sargent House on Court St. This looks more like a boarding house now.
Middlebury is a tiny town in Vermont which can be walked very quickly.
This ends my history tour for today. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER…
Wednesday we headed to Newburyport MA coastal town. Off and on rain today on our drive. Walked a little bit around town as we did our laundry in a local laundromat. Parking is tough here but we got one of the 3 free spots at our Hygge House accommodation. It is centrally located which is great for us.
It was good to go out to dinner with Beth at a dog friendly tavern. Macy was well behaved. She likes a sidewalk cafe.
Thursday morning spent exploring the northern end of Plum Island which is ten minute drive from Newburyport. Sleepy ocean front community. It seems to be slightly off peak season here so the crowds are not too bad.
I highly recommend visiting Newburyport for a couple days. Very relaxing and dog friendly as well.
Friday, we head down to Framingham MA to see the status of our new home. Inside seems to be finishing with painting and there is outside grading still to do. Tentative closing date is now Sept 11 but we’ll see.
Saturday we head to Jersey to see my mom and brother. The road trip officially ends. Now we just need to work on getting through the closing, moving, etc. and hope Sept 11 closing actually happens.