The final day of vacation and the start of the ride home. But we also wanted to check out Roycroft on the way. So we packed up our stuff, cleaned up our AirBnB, said thank you and goodbye to our hosts and got on the road.
Maura drove as I was a bit hungover from the night before. It’s an hour and forty minutes to get to Roycroft so we had some time to reflect and dissect the trip a bit. We were also on the lookout for any antique stores along the way. …
The plan this day was to rent a boat and go fishing. Most of the places we tried on Seneca lake were all booked up. We finally found a place on lake Keuka. It was Morgan Marine. We were able to rent a Boston Whaler for the afternoon.
First we needed to get a one day permit for fishing. The closest place I could find to do this was Wal-mart. Once we had those and some bait we were off to the lake. …
Day 2 of our Finger Lakes journey started with breakfast at the Captain’s Room. I found it by Googling brunch near me and they seemed to be the least hassle to get into. I didn’t feel like wasting my time in a line when there are better things to do.
The food was pretty good. Mostly standard breakfast fare. The service seemed to be a little off. At first they brought me the wrong plate of food and then they forgot my bacon. I suspect it went on the first plate they brought me and didn’t get transferred. Of course someone’s baby started screaming as well. Otherwise it was quiet place to eat breakfast. …
Yesterday we arrived in Waterloo as part of our Finger Lakes long weekend trip. We’re only here for a couple of days and there are a ton of things to see.
We drove up the scenic route that took us through some really tiny communities. The signs actually called them villages. One of the places we saw was Bradford. From what I could tell it was a blue collar little town. We stopped there to have some lunch at a place that had a decent rating online called Chef’s 117. …