“As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being redirected to something better.” – Steve Maraboli
Happy New Year…here’s to hoping 2021 is an easier year than the last one has been. We’ll begin the new year as full time liveaboards…first time since we started cruising ten years ago. No one can predict what adventures the new year will bring, but we look forward to them all.
“Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.” –Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Covid 19 may have changed the way we did a few things in the past 9 months, but it didn’t stop us from enjoying another wonderful year. We spent less time with friends, but much more time with our family. That trend started in January when Kyle and his family came to Texas for a week. We spent four of those nights with our whole family in a beautiful home in Dripping Spring. It was a great place for us to visit, reconnect with each other and watch the cousins play.
Covid 19 changed a lot of things about the year and our summer in the Finger Lakes, but it didn’t stop us from enjoying picnics at wineries. We have a lot of favorite places to go, like Long Point State Park, Sheldrake Winery and Boundary Breaks Vineyard, but this summer we also had a chance to check out a few new places.
“Autumn paints in colors that summer has never seen.” –Unknown
Fall in the northeast means pumpkin patches, corn mazes, apples of all kinds and leaves that change from green to beautiful shades of red, orange and yellow. It’s a great place to be when the summer slips into fall.
Interlaken, NY
“Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing.” –Unknown
The theme to our summer has been family…lots of time with family. Our last mini vacation with our son and his family was at a cute house on Cayuga Lake. This house was located near Sheldrake Point, about halfway up the lake. It was the perfect place to relax, play and enjoy the view. We had time to visit Sheldrake Point Winery, the Finger Lake Cider House, Long Point State Park and Stewart Park. We also had lots of time to play in and around the water, ride on Tiny Pearl, paint rocks, play games and eat lots of great food.
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“Quit your job, buy a ticket, get a tan, fall in love, never return.” –Unknown
We haven’t taken the time to explore many new places this year, but the weather has cooled off a little and we decided to check out Carpenter Falls. It’s located along the southwest end of Skaneateles Lake. Carpenter Falls is a ninety foot waterfall that has carved a notch out of the rock and plunges into a deep round pool, which makes a great swimming hole on a hot summer day. There was plenty of water in the pool for a swim, but the waterfall was only a trickle since we haven’t had much rain this summer.
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Penn Yan, NY
“My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” -Michael Imperioli
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park
It was finally Cora’s turn to spend individual time on The Pearl. We were all excited about this special time and it was wonderful. She was so much fun and so entertaining. We loved getting to spend one on one time with her. This kind of time with our grands…is what life is all about. The weather was very windy while she was onboard, so we didn’t get to spend time on the Tiny Pearl. We couldn’t be out on the water, but we had plenty to keep us busy.
“Teach them to boat when they are little and they will have a lifetime of adventures!” -Author Unknown
The main reason we spend our summers in upstate New York is to be close to our son and his family in PA. Spending time with our family is the most important thing in our life at this moment. We love to explore new places, but we love our family more. We’re blessed to be able to spend half the year with Eric and his family in Texas and the other half with Kyle and his family. The bonus is we get to stay away from the extreme weather in both places.
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