After a quick breakfast this morning we set out for Corning, New York, to meet up with our dear friends Dot and Nat. 👏

The temperature first thing was 65ºF (18ºC) but reached 80ºF (26ºC) later on. In fact, it’s been a lovely sunny day with a light breeze, so comfortable. 🌞

As one of the roads on the trip was closed, Margaret, our sat-nav, sent us on an alternative route that took us through lots of small towns like Milan, Athens and Ulster. Even though we took an alternative route, it didn’t add anything to our driving time of 2.5 hours.

I was telling Dot how we named every sat-nav we have, Margaret, because in the past, one of Dot’s saying has been “punch it Margaret!” meaning to get a move on. Now we know that Margaret, was the name of Dot’s mother-in-law! So every time we mention Margaret’s name we are giving a shout-out to her husband John’s, mother. 😀

It’s been just great meeting up with Dot and Nat again. Even though it’s been a few years since we’ve all met face to face, it felt as though we’d seen each other yesterday. Such is the way with good friends. 😊

The hotel has put us all on the fifth floor with Dot in an adjoining room to us, so I think it’s party time! 🥳

We decided to go into Corning for dinner and ate at Mooney’s – Home of the Mac ‘n Cheese.

As the name suggests, it’s everything Mac ‘n Cheese. For instance, I wanted the Philly Cheese Steak, so they mix that with Mac ‘n Cheese. May sound strange, but boy was it good! 😋

 

 

It can be ordered as a side or main portion. We all chose the side portions after our waitress told us it would be rather large and my goodness, we were amazed when we saw the size of the meal! It would easily have fed two people comfortably. The starters were all of a decent size too, so there was no way we were going to eat everything.

Needless to say, we came out with leftover boxes and enough food to feed us for the rest of the weekend! We have microwaves in our rooms, so if we need a snack in the middle of the night, it will either be Philly Cheese Steak or Si’s choice, The Stinger (spicy beef)!

Mind you, afterwards, Dot suggested we should go for ice-cream! Funny how there’s always a little room for something sweet! 😂 So, we went to Dippity Do Dahs for homemade ice cream! Silly me, you would think I would have learned by now that portions are always large here, but still ordered two scoops!! Needless to say, I couldn’t finish it. What’s the saying ….. eye’s bigger than my belly! 😂😔

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When we got back to the hotel it was still a lovely evening, 🌞so we were able to sit outside around the fire pit for a drink before heading for bed, ready for a full day tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The forecast is for some rain tomorrow, 🌧️ …………. fingers crossed the weather forecast here is wrong, just like it is in the UK! 🤞

I discovered today, that on Day 7’s post (the one where we lost our car!) I kept referring to the Lucy Rose parking lot ……………… it’s no wonder we couldn’t find our car because it’s real name is the Lake Rose parking lot!! I guess that’s why people kept looking at me strangely when I kept saying the Lucy Rose instead of Lake Rose, but no one corrected me! 😔Dear me, I think I need to lay down in a darkened room with a cool flannel on my head! 🤯

All in all, it’s been a great day and we look forward to another one tomorrow! 😊

Hope to see you then!

As always, thanks for joining us on our adventures!