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| Carolyn and Steve on Steve's Sailboat |
When we returned from the Upstate New York Rambling tour,
Carolyn’s niece Karen and her son Billy joined us at the cottage on Silver
Lake. During the time we were together,
Hank enjoyed fishing with Billy while Carolyn enjoyed reconnecting with her
niece. On Thursday we rode 74 miles from
Silver Lake to Ridgeway, Ontario to visit Hank’s fraternity brother Steve and
his wife Karen. The ride went very
smoothly, even through Buffalo and the border crossing, and we arrived just in
time to join them on the race committee boat for the evening sailboat
races. Friday we kicked back and
relaxed. Saturday we went for a sail on
Steve’s 35 foot sailboat. The wind was
quite strong, with 3 foot waves and some rain.
Sunday Hank went out again with Steve, Karen and some friends while
Carolyn stayed at their home and relaxed. The wind was again strong but the skies were
clear with no rain.
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| Hank at the Helm of Steve's Sailboat |
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| Corn Fields in Upstate NY |
Monday Steve and
Karen had a barbeque with five other couples.
Most were from Buffalo with second homes in Ontario. Some of the conversation focused on border
crossing issues and Canadian regulations regarding US citizens residing in
Canada. Tuesday we left Ridgeway for
Silver Lake, spending the night in Batavia.
Silver Lake is about 800 ft. higher than Lake Erie and we felt the
additional climbing on the return trip was more than we wanted to attempt in
one day.
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| Fresh Picked Blueberries |
Wednesday we arrived back at
Silver Lake before lunch. Friday we went
to a nearby blueberry farm and picked 8 quarts of blueberries. Over the next few days we enjoyed fresh blueberries, blueberry pancakes and two blueberry pies which Hank made.
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| C47 |
Saturday we visited the National Warplane
Museum in Geneseo. The plane shown in the
picture to the right is a C47. This plane was the lead aircraft of the 37th
Troop Carrier Group and dropped 17 paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne
Division near St. Mere Eglise in Normandy on D-day. The museum is planning to fly the plane to
Europe for a reenactment of the jump on the 70th anniversary of the
D-day invasion.
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| Carolyn's Brother Fred (on far right) in Choral Group |
Sunday we attended the
Pioneer Picnic and listened to Carolyn’s brother Fred sing in a barbershop
choral group.
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| Farm Near Silver Lake |
Monday we went for a 40 mile
training ride around the lake in preparation for our departure on Friday for
points east, ending in Boston.
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| Hank and Carolyn with Fred and Priscilla |
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