Brother Jeff came by again for a ride today, and brought his traveling companion’s granddaughter with him, so I ended up taking both of them for a ride, Jeff first, then Kendra. All told I was out almost four hours, even though it was only about 5.25 miles. Once we put the horses away, we headed over to the cottage for more food, with Jeff grilling everything he had bought on his arrival and hadn’t eaten yet. We pigged out on that, and afterward it wasn’t long before people were nodding off. We left about 6:00, and were so tired we could barely move the rest of the evening. Ordinarily we would be preparing for our departure tomorrow, but we’re both too tired to move! At least we don’t have to do any cooking or cleaning tonight!
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Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 – East Bay Picnic and Brother Jeff’s Birthday Ride
August 15, 2015 By Leave a Comment
After breakfast, brother Jeff walked down, and we saddled up the horses and took a nice little tour around the farm. They apparently had a Trail Challenge a few weeks ago, so the trails had been freshly managed and fairly well marked, though it was more circling the perimeter of fields and orchards than it actually was in the woods, though the section that was in the woods was very nice. We even had a little creek crossing, which made for a nice change, and we had to sample an apple as we passed through the orchard, of course! A very nice ride, no drama, very pleasant. Got back in enough time to get ready and head out to the annual East Bay picnic, though we had to take a detour to my brothers’ friends cottage to drop off the cake, and stop at the Big M in Wolcott to pick up a few other things, plus some wine at the liquor store, before finally arriving at the picnic just before 4:00. Spent most of the time with family and friends, and pigging out on more food than a human should be capable of eating at one sitting (including steamed clams, which I haven’t had since the last time we were in NY four years ago), before heading back over to the friends house on the lake. There we looked for the ISS (International space station) flyover (which the neighbors on both sides enjoyed as well) and for meteors showering, as they have the perfect location to view that particular celestial event. Got home around ten, tired from a very busy week, and it’s not over yet!
Friday, Aug. 14, 2015 – More Reunions with Family and Friends
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Slept late after the late night last night, so we didn’t get the ride in that brother Jeff wanted to go on, which we postponed until tomorrow. Headed out around noon to meet the cousins at Barry’s Old School and had a delightful lunch with them, as well as daughters and granddaughters. After several hours, they left and we hung around another hour before heading out to Proiretti’s Italian restaurant just a mile or so away, where my brothers had arranged for some old friends to meet us. We enjoyed visiting for another couple of hours before heading back to Sodus, stopping at Wegmans to pick up a birthday cake for brother Jeff for tomorrow.
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015 – Family Day
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Finally had a day with the family, sort of, though a number of friends of my brothers were also invited. We grilled white hots and sausages, I went kayaking all the way out the inlet and back again, got Lola swimming a bit, had a meal, and ended up playing Euchre, winning two out of three with friend Pat as my partner. Shut it down around midnight, tired from the long day.
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015 – Rest Day
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Thought we would be spending the day with the family, but at the last minute, Jeff decided to take our niece and his friends over to Niagara Falls, as they had never been. This would allow him to pickup our final brother at the airport after his flight arrives at 11:00 tonight on their way back. This gave us another day to rest and relax, which suits us just fine!
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 – Van Repair and Shopping Day
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Had to set the alarm for early this morning, as we had an appointment at Ferrel’s garage to get the air condition on the van done. Apparently when they did the body work in Tennessee, they didn’t tighten down a bent transmission cooler, and it’s been banging on the new air condenser for the last few months, until it finally punched a hole in it. We took both vehicles so that we could do some running around while the van was being fixed, and we were fortunate that the weather had cleared up so the hay wouldn’t get wet. After dropping off the van we headed out to IHOP for breakfast, then Walmart to do some shopping, then we decided to head out to the place we’re planning on having lunch with a couple of our cousins on Friday, Barry’s Old School Irish Pub in downtown Webster. Turned out to be quite a nice place, with some outdoor seating, though a bit crowded on the inside, but lot of great Irish beer on tap, which I know will make my brothers happy. Just had a beer there while looking at the menu, and confirmed with the owner that we would be coming on Friday. Headed back to the shop just as they were working up the bill, got that paid and headed back to Sodus, just as my brother and his friends was leaving to go somewhere, so no family get together tonight!
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015 – Lunch with Brother Glenn
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As we approach our family reunion week, the kin are assembling. Brother Glenn decided to come up in his motor home with his daughter, and take in the big Watkins Glen Race this weekend. They arrived last night, so today we decided to have lunch down at Matt’s Place, because the traffic in town was bound to be bad. In fact, he had taken a trip into town to shop and discovered just how bad it was. Anyway, they met us there and we had a nice lunch together before they headed back to the race and we headed back to camp. We had planned on riding today, but of course that changed with the lunch plans, so we just hung around the rest of the day, doing a bit of laundry before settling down for the night.
