August 1, Wednesday, The Transformation of Graybeard, Finished for Now

We awoke this morning to blue skies, warm temperatures, and sunshine.  Nice way to begin the day.  Bonus, Marti let me sleep to 7 am before he began dancing and prancing and wanting to go out.  Thanks buddy for waiting until I was up.

Simple breakfast this morning.  An English Muffin and a hard boiled egg.  Some mornings you just want to go simple.  This was one of those mornings.  No complaints from me.  I enjoyed every bite of both.

Regarding the day itself, we had planned to go up to Auburn to do some shopping for needed supplies but you know what they say the best laid plans of mice and men sometimes go astray.  All of a sudden it was noon time and we decided it really was too late to go.  Tomorrow, as they say. tomorrow is only a day away, so tomorrow we’ll get out early so that we can get back home at a reasonable afternoon hour.

As for the transformation of Graybeard we are done for now.  We went out to a local hardware store and purchased some L brackets and now the shelves are up.  As you can see, they are up against the wall, between the two cabinets and help to keep the table clear of odds and ends.

This brings us to an end of the ongoing transformation of Graybeard for now, just for now.  We’ve been here for two weeks and that has allowed us to do all that we’ve done in terms of upgrades.  However, we’re not going to be stationary and in a place where we can receive packages for at least another couple of weeks.  Hopefully, at that time we’ll know what color of blinds we want and be able to order and receive them.  Once we have them we’ll begin to remove the various valances and shades in order to install the new blinds.

So where are we going from here?  Here is a sneak peek.  We leave here Sunday and will be moving to two Harvest Host Locations.  On Sunday, we are going to The Climbing Bines

Craft Ale Company.  Climbing Bines Craft Ale Company is one of New York State’s first farm breweries.  They specialize in small batch, hand-crafted ales brewed on site with the freshest estate-grown hops and barley harvested just a few miles down the road.   Of course, a tour and taste testing session will be in order!

The following day, Monday, we’re going to move a bit south to the Pleasant Valley Wine Company.  This winery is the oldest winery in the Finger Lakes region. Established in

1860, the winery proudly displays the designation U.S. Bonded Winery No. 1 and has eight remarkable stone buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  We plan on taking a self-guided tour through the Winery Visitor Center which includes historic exhibits, winemaking displays, a working model of the B&H Railroad and a unique Theatre-in-a-Wine-Tank.

From there we move to Pennsylvania where we’ll first stop at State Line Camping Center

for a needed repair to Graybeard.   Then we’ll leave there and spend about 9 days at the

Ives Run COE park.   Stayed tuned and we’ll keep you up to date on all our travels over the week or so.

So I’m sitting here trying to wrap my head around the fact that it is already August 1.  Summer is winding down.  Soon enough, we’ll be back in Florida where we’ll be doing our first workcamping gig, the first 3 months of 2019 at Dade Battlefield in Bushnell.  Where has the year gone?  It’s been a hoot for us.  Traveling, going places we’ve never gone before, visiting states we’ve never been in before, making new friends and all the time doing it the best way possible – traveling along, side by side, singing our song.

OK, time to call it a wrap.  Day is done and night is here.  Thanks again for joining us today.  Hope you also had a great day.  Now, before I go as always a thought for each of us to ponder:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before