yup trees and they are gorgeous!!! So after we left their house we went back to our motel and decided what we wanted to do the next day, so since this trip was totally unplanned we could plan anything we wanted.
The next morning we slept in until 10:00 then we went to this local family restaurant and they served fish. Well our family loves fish so that's what we ordered. Everyone ordered the baked Haddock and I ordered the grilled haddock because I am not one for much breaded things. Oh we waited awhile for it but oh it was so good beats the fish we get around this area. After breakfast we headed up to New York and we were on our way to Watkins Glenn but on the way there dad saw this Cub Cadet dealership that he wanted to stop at so we stopped and he bought a Cub Cadet so we unloaded all our suitcases and loaded the Cub up. We drove the rest of the way up to Corning New York which is about a half hour from Watkins Glenn and we checked into a motel and ate supper and planned the next day.
We got up around 9:00 and ate breakfast at the motel then we headed out to Watkins Glenn it is this beautiful park that has some very gorgeous waterfalls and hiking trails. We had been there before but we decided to go again because we were close and we had enjoyed it so much the last time.
This is a picture of one of the waterfalls and it was worth the 20 min. it took for us to take this picture. We wanted it without any people on it so we just waited until there were no people. This picture I took with my phone which I thought it got pretty good. We only hiked half of the trail because we got tired. And we weren't even going that fast because we kept taking pictures of the falls and ourselves :) but we had good reasons Ruth Ann was taking pictures of me for my prayer card and I took a picture of her for her boyfriend. :)
After we left Watkins Glenn we went over to the boating place across the street and we got on the boat ride!! It is a very beautiful boat ride and we went past US Salt which I think he said is one of the biggest salt plants in the US and there is enough salt in the hole they dig from to feed the world for the next 600 years WOW that's a lot of salt. The boat ride was for an hour and once we got off we went in the gift shop but didn't really find anything then we went to find a place to eat and found this really cute sandwich/ice cream shop and we ate there. After dinner Ruth Ann and I decided to go shopping in the little village right across from the park we found this really cute gift shop so we bought some birthday presents for some people :) then we headed back to the motel and we took naps :) hey it's vacation!!!!!!!!! After the slept a bit we decided to go into Corning and see what we could see. Definitely could tell we weren't in Lancaster County because the shops weren't all that great nor were they that organized.
On Thursday we headed down to Williamsport and we found this place that had a paddle boat and we decided to do that but we were disappointed because it was run off two engines instead of the paddle in the back. So much for false advertising :).
After we were done with that we decided to find a motel and got one right in the city so again Ruth Ann and I decided to go see what the city had to offer as far as shops this town was a lot better as far as that they had a really cute bookstore and another shop that had some really awesome gist I found this plaque made by Willow Tree of a girl hugging a puppy so I decided to get that :) then we decided we had shopped long enough so we went back to our motel. Everyone was hungry se we went into the food section of town to find something to eat and we found an Olive Garden and we ate there it had been awhile since we ate at one and guess what they didn't even have our favorite thing on the menu (our customers will laugh at this because there is a funny story behind why I said that) :) anyways so we found something else that we liked and it turned out to be really good!! I love their salad and breadsticks probably the best. After supper Rachel and I went swimming then we had frozen yogurt for snack :)!!!!
On Friday we were going to go on a train ride that dad had went on awhile ago well it must have been a long time ago cause we found out they scrapped the train in 1997 :) so no train ride for us. We were meeting one of our good friends for dinner at the place we always meet them at and that was Wendy's. So we were there for about two hours and then we headed for home and we were going to stop in Hershey to find a motel but no one had an opening so we decided to drive the whole way home and find a campground and go camping. So there is this campground about 3 miles from our house so we packed up the tent and air beds and went up there while mom and Ruth Ann set up the tent I stayed home and cleaned the dog pen and spent some good quality time with my dogs. It was so refreshing to do something by myself away from the family. That evening we went to Kountry Korner a vey good family restaurant near us and on the way to the campground for supper. When we got there we started a fire and roasted some marshmallows for s'mores!!
Saturday morning we went out for breakfast at the Evergreen Diner and then we went to the store to buy food for Sunday and the rest of that day. When we got back it was really hot so we all except for mom decided to go swimming that was so much fun because I dumped Ruth Ann in the pool twice :) After we went swimming we were hungry so we roasted some hotdogs then dad went home to sleep and the rest of us slept there I slept good until it started to downpour and it dripped on my nose a couple of times :) so we had to go home and take care of the animals anyhow so we went home took care of the animals and then a customer came with a tractor and we unloaded him then we went and ate supper then headed back to the campground and sat around the campfire until it was time to go to bed!!!
AHHHH such a relaxing week! But there is no place like home.
Until next time ~Rose Mary
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