On our way to New York...I think

We stayed in Corning NY last night and left for New Jersey. We refuses to drive in NY so we need to stay as close as we can. 

Not long after we left this morning. we saw a sign for Seneca Lake and I remember there was an Amish Country Store I had seen in a brochure.  So we made a detour. We ended up going a bit out of the way, maybe an hour but we did find the store. It was not as big as advertised. On the brochure it had a picture of the barn and said "Nostalgia, history ,old fashion shopping, you'll find it all on this 220 acre working dairy farm". So we expected the store to be in the large barn but it was in the house. Still a lot to look at and we ended up with a very nice and unusual clock along with some jam, maple syrup and scented mats. 

 That said we are not where we expected to be tonight. We are not even sure we are heading in the right direction because we are in Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains. But that is the way the car told us to go...

So tomorrow if all goes well we will be in or near New York City. We are going to try to get on the Good Morning Show or the Today Show. I have also requested tickets to Rachel Ray Show. 

Lisa  (Glenn's wife) lost her grandmother yesterday. They were very close and the news has been hard on her. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers through this time. 

Love you all!

Additional Pictures

Pictures that go with blog below. 

Plan to be in New York New York tomorrow. (Wednesday)

Norma,Big Mike, Not so big Mike and Chat(friend of family) 







Jessie,Colleen,Steve

Michigan and Niagara Falls

Top-John and Violet (mom&dad)-Kathy,John,Violet,Gary,Carolyn(parents&sisters)
Next-Gary,Mike,Sandy,Jennifer(Son, daughter,and their aunt)


Sunday we hated to leave Carolyn's but it was time to move on. Mom and Dad had the class reunion to attend and we would love to hear how that turned out. If you get a chance tell us all about it.

We headed to "Aunt Sandy's" That is where we meet Jennifer, Mike (daughter and son)and their aunt. We went to Ann Arbor for lunch. All decided we wanted to go somewhere we had never been before and went into an Latin place right in front of where we parked. It was a small  nice place. We all ordered something different from breakfast to who knows what. All I know is my lunch looked like two oversized shrimp but was a pastry stuffed with hamburger. Jennifer ordered a burrito the size of a small dog. Not sure what the others had. As ordered; the food, company and conversation was wonderful. From there we headed back to Sandy's for more visiting. It was wonderful seeing everyone again.

We then headed to Mike's and Norma's (my brother and sister-in-law). Mike didn't get off work until 11:00 pm so Gary, Norma and I watched a good movie and just layed around. Looks like their home may have tuned into an animal rescue. They have their two dogs and 2 peach face love birds that are part of the family. They are also nursing a squirrel that has not even opened its eyes  yet and is feeding from a bottle. The rabbit is also still on the bottle. I understand they will go back into the wild once they are ready. 

Monday we left Mikes for Steve and Colleens. (another brother and sister-in-law.) We visited at their home where Colleen showed us some items she won first and second place ribbons at a fair. She takes photos that look wonderful but my favorites are the rocks she paints as animals. there is one as an elephant and I hope to own it one day (hehe). She always has been talented and is just getting better. Steve is getting pretty involved in the politics with this health care stuff. He seems to be more up on what is going on than anyone else we have talked to. 

We all went to lunch at Cracker Barrel with their grandson Jessie. Again great company and conversation.

We left Steve's to head to Niagara Falls. We made it to London Ont,. before we stopped for a room. We saw the largest meteor fall from the sky! It was a large glowing ball with a long tail behind it. I thought it hit the earth! The news said last night and tonight there would be meteor showers. 

This morning we made it to Niagara Falls. Tons of people. It is really built up on the Canada side. We walked the walk by the falls then went into the Heresy store and headed out. We were there a few hours. The falls are still as beautiful as ever.

We are now about 3 hours from New York, NY. The drive through upper NY was beautiful. We had been told it was nice up here and that is true.  A mountainous drive. 

So we are in the room eating pizza and trying to catch up this blog. I will try not to go so long without posting. So much is happening everyday and I don't want to leave anything out.

 

Pot luck at Carolyn and Keith

Sheba,Randall (Carolyn's and Keith's dogs- "ridge backs")


Jason,Kim (nephew & girlfriend)

                                                                                                                   
Front row left to right: Samantha Whittaker(niece) Carolyn Whittaker(sister)Sybil Lidster(aunt)Pearl Simons (aunt) Violet McFadder(mom) Kathy Miller (sister) Dale Lidster(uncle)

Second row left to right: Margot Daugherty(cousin)Ella Henning(cousin)Norma Rimbold(cousin)Cora Lauff(aunt)Viola Lidster(aunt)Jennifer Cuik (daughter)Marcy Banks(aunt)Jean Hess (cousin)Floyd Lidster(uncle) Karen McFadden(wonderful loving wife)

Last row: Eugene Lidster(cousin) Anne Lidster (cousin) Jeanine Panter (niece) Glenn Panter (nephew) Keith Whittaker(brother-in-law) John McFadden(dad) Darren Cuik (son-in-law) Gary ( wonderful loving husband and star of the show)

We had the best day yesterday. All of Gary's family came over here to Carolyn's for a pot luck. His parents are in from Florida, so we were able to visit them twice on this vacation. Keith (Carolyn's husband) started a bomb fire in the back yard so we all hung out there. We were looking for some so-mores but didn't have what was needed for it or at least we didn't think we did. Samantha (Carolyn's granddaughter) improvised with oreo cookies and peanut butter. 

We had great food and conversation. Today Gary's mother has a class reunion to go to with his dad. Sisters Kathy and Carolyn are going shopping while they are there. We are going to meet son Mike for lunch and maybe his Aunt Sandy. I need to contact my family to set up times to visit them. I haven't done that yet.