We drove as far as Rochester New York, did a little shopping, a little eating, and a bit of sightseeing.
The weather wasn't all that great and we had a shower or two. We usually just take the I90 to wherever our destination is, but my husband decided he would like to take Route 104 which was a more scenic route through the countryside. It was a good choice for the scenery and the slower pace.
Our first stop was at a little Inn called The Garland House in Brockport. It was a quaint older home converted to a small restaurant and pub, inside it was decorated with vines and garland swags, nice but could use updating. The food was good, staff were friendly and the patrons chatted with us about where to go, points of interest,shopping, and lodging. Good way to spend a hour.
The rest of the day we did a little shopping, hubby got his new hiking boots, and I got a pair running shoes plus a protective case for my Iphone (half the Canadian price).
By 5oclock we were tired and found a hotel, had dinner and settled in for the night..
Sunday, we awakened bright and early..had a king size bed but it was hard so neither of us slept well, enjoyed a good breakfast and headed out to find a few places we sourced in hotel flyers.
We found a wonderful store called Craft Antique Co-op, there is over 200 shops filled with local artisans, antiques, and treasures. We were in our element and browsed the shops looking for anything and nothing. My hubby found a reprint edition of Gone With The Wind 1954 WOW...
I love that book and the movie of course, I have the collectors edition from about twenty years ago and now to see this copy I was ecstatic, he made my day..
I did get a few small older cookbooks, I will try to frame them and hang them in my kitchen. I saw this done in a magazine and liked it.
Hubby also picked up an old Mathematics book written in 1877, he found it to be unique and enjoyed thumbing through it.
We don't collect old books, but our meager purchases delighted us and as we are moving closer to retirement age, we have a new rule... if something comes in...something must go out...
We just remind ourselves that we can't clutter a motor home...
Our next stop was a store called Liberty Hollow, there was more of the same and we browsed the shops picked up a plaque for my niece and started towards home.
We enjoyed a light lunch and then my husband used a GPS to navigate us home, programmed it to avoid toll highways... only problem all the borders have tolls into Canada... oops! we were headed on a wild goose chase half around the US, but not in the direction of home.
Finally after an illegal U-turn and a hour out of our way we were going in the right direction and made it home before dark..
