Time To Head South...

We were up early Saturday morning July 27th.  Most everything was already packed in the car so we were able to pack up, check out and be on the road by 8:00 AM.  The first leg of the trip was to make our way to our old home town of Elmira, where we would have our breakfast and pick up a dozen coffee sticks from Light's Bakery.  Light's Bakery has been in Elmira forever!!  And their coffee sticks have been our favorite since the 1970's!  This took us down through Cortland and Ithaca ( where I lived for a few years after high school, teaching dancing).  Love the area, especially Cayuga Lake in Ithaca where we used to go to  Tremane Park to go fishing at the southern end of the lake.   A few pictures from the trip.... and of the lake from Route 13 in Ithaca.

It was almost noon when we finally made it to Light's Bakery.  We did not stop all the way there, so we decided to have breakfast/lunch, while we were there. Eggs and Bacon and Toast.  Got our dozen coffee sticks and headed for Columbia Crossroads, PA to spend the weekend with friends.

 Of course, Rich could not wait........and ate two of the goodies before we got to PA.  We spent Saturday and Sunday with Dieter and Helen.  They have a nice home in an absolutely beautiful location. (Not sure I want that long driveway in the winter!).  We always like sitting on the porch, which covers both the front and side of the house.  Evenings and early morning you can often see the deer.  I didn't get a picture, but did see three of them in the front yard, Sunday morning.   And when we sit on the side of the house, where Helen has all her bird feeders, we watch the Finch and the Hummingbirds.   Saturday we had garlic pizza and gin and tonics!  Sunday we drove into Sayre, PA to Beamans for dinner.  Dieter and Helen are good friends with the Beamans - so yes.... we got excellent service.  Really nice menu......we all had something different... Beef Tips w/Rice for Rich, Shrip Scampi for Dieter, Country Fried Steak for me..... and Chicken and Biscuits for Helen ( which looked awesome).  Everything was excellent.

We said our good-by's and were on our way home about 7:30 AM on Monday.