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- 6/30/2024, Sunday - Walked around Buffalo, NY
On this (abnormally chilly) Sunday Funday our friend Siobhan showed us all around the cool places in Buffalo, and we had a fantastic time!
- 6/25/2024, Tuesday - Evangola State Park in New York
This was the start of a trip our friends, Mark and Annette, had planned to celebrate their wedding anniversary, and we were happy to be along for the ride. We had driven all day the previous day to reach Evangola State Park in Upstate New York, so this morning we started off with a hike to explore the park.
- 7/7/2024, Sunday - Biked to Niagara Falls
After having caught up on work we decided to do an epic bicycle ride all the way from Buffalo to Niagara Falls and back. (Cara had been to Niagara Falls back in 8th grade, but Eric had never been before.) We took a nice network of trails that are all part of the 518-mile long Great Lakes Seaway Trail that follows along the St. Lawrence Seaway. The journey is described in more detail below, but the following Relive video gives a great summary of our nearly 53-mile ride: We stopped at a nice taqueria for dinner on the way home, so we did not make it home before dark. We sure made the most of the day, though, and had a fantastic time doing it!
- 6/28/2024, Friday - Explored Upstate New York
Before our friends headed back to Indiana, we hung out and poked around in the area with them. We found a few yard sales, then walked around the town of Seneca Falls.
- 6/27/2024, Thursday - Explored Watkins Glen and Buttermilk Falls State Parks in New York
Our car had given us a little issue to deal with, so we dropped it off at a Toyota dealership in Ithaca, New York, then headed over to Watkins Glen to hike in that state park. After picking up our car we had dinner at Silo Food Truck in Ithaca, then headed back to our last night of camping at Cayuga Lake State Park.
- 6/26/2024, Wednesday - Cayuga Lake Wine Cruise
Our main goal this day was to get on a boat that would take us to lunch and three different wineries on Cayuga Lake - woohoo! Love the rare days like this!
- 6/23/2024, Sunday - Family Gathering in Evansville, Indiana
On a lovely Sunday afternoon all the family that had come in for the Haubstadt Sommerfest celebrations, and all the family that lives in the area gathered at Eric's cousin's house. He and his wife have an amazing garage party zone overlooking a small lake, absolutely perfect for hosting an event like this. Everyone had a blast!
- 6/22/2024 - Saturday - Sommerfest Parade then Uncle's celebration
The Haubstadt parade is a big deal. The whole town comes out and sets up along the parade route. Anybody can just show up and be in the parade. We are convinced that people just call themselves queen of something and go in the parade. Is there such a thing as a candy cane queen? Usually it is hot, so both the watchers and participants are armed with water weapons. There is so much candy thrown out that the kids get tired of picking it up. Below are some videos that show what goes on at the Haubstadt parade
- 6/21/2024 - Friday - Went to French Lick, Indiana
Friday the family met up in French Lick. That is about a 1 hour drive away. French Lick was at it's peak before the automobile......in the hay day of the railroads. There were direct tracks into French Lick from Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, etc. In those days French Lick aspired to be better than any of the spas in the world. Once the Automobile came, French Lick fell on hard times. You can learn more about French Lick at www.FrenchLickGetaway.com
- 6/19/2024 - Wednesday - Bike ride in the Indiana countryside
During the day we tried to catch up on work. It was a nice day, so we decided to do a bike ride through the area that Eric grew up in. It was a very interesting ride. Ironically we ended up getting chased for a mile by a dog very similar to the one that Eric had as a kid. In the country, people often let their dogs run free. Eric had 2 dogs and he would talk about how large organized bike rides would go by his house growing up. The first people peaked the dogs interest and they would run down to the road. Then more and more bikes would be coming and soon the dogs had surrounded a biker and they would stop. Now everybody is stopping and Eric would have to go down to the road and reassure the riders that the dogs wouldn't bite. They were from the city and no dogs are loose, so they would be annoyed. Well the exact same thing happened to us on this ride. The dog didn't seem like it was going to bite, but it was running 25 miles an hour within biting range of the bike and barking like crazy. It was pretty funny.
- 6/18/2024 - Tuesday - Arrived in Haubstadt
Eric grew up in Haubstadt, which is a small town in southern Indiana. Each year Haubstadt puts on a big 3 day festival and a lot of people who grew up in the area come back. It is always a fun time. This year Eric's uncles flew in which added to the excitement. Unfortunately, one of the old cats died and Jake decided to have a celebration of Life.
- 6/16/2024 - Sunday - Biking to see the USA Olympic trials
Everybody was busy, but it was a really beautiful day. The day before we had biked past the USA Olympic Trials and there was a lot going on. We decided to go back and stop and check it out.