Aug 5th, Sunday – Home Is Where We Park It, Climbing Bines Brewery

This morning we awoke to a comfortable temperature and clear blue skies.  Since we didn’t need to leave until around 11 am, we were in no big hurry to get up and get moving.   So we just sort of took our time and did what we needed to do at a leisurely pace.

First things first, breakfast which as always was just great.  Chocolate chip pancakes, juice, sausage, real Vermont Maple Syrup, and of course a cup of coffee.  Now with our tummies full we could turn our attention to packing up and moving on.

Our destination was just a hop, skip and a jump away.  Up across the top of Seneca Lake and down to Climbing Bines Brewery.  Remember yesterday our GPS took us on a really weird route to Seneca Lake?  That was the GPS in the car.  Today our GPS in Graybeard which has our length, height, width and weight entered saved our bacon.   It took us around two low bridges, one at 12′ 6″ and the other at 11’9″.  Our height is 13′.  Grateful for that to be sure.

On the road and just about 45 minutes later we were making the turn into the driveway.

So this is our new home for the night.  A large grass field next to a pond.  We were able to

get ourselves level, turn the fridge on, and since the temperature was in the 90’s we got the generator running and then turned on the AC.  It took a few hours to cool Graybeard down but, as of now, we are comfortable and just waiting for the sun to finally go down.

This is our view looking up toward the brewery and the tasting room and the event hall.

Once we got things squared away we then went up to the tasting room at the brewery.

 

Once in the tasting room we spotted what we had come for – a variety of beers to taste.

We also discovered that today was Taco Sunday and the taco truck was outside.  I really like their sign, especially the bottom that says Jesus is Lord.

After tasting several beers, we got a taco the size of a dinner plate and a taco salad, purchased two beers and went outside to the picnic area for lunch.

Outside you had a beautiful view of Seneca Lake and the hop fields for the brewery.

A couple of beers later ,and our tummies full of delicious taco meat, we headed home.  We were laughing as we walked home that at least no one could arrest us for DWI!  All we had to do was stumble down the hill to our home sweet home.

Arriving home I remembered that the NASCAR race was being run at Watkins Glenn – could we get that channel?  Oh yes, we could and we enjoyed the race to the end.  In fact we get a lot of over the air channels.  Go figure.

So this is our home for the evening.  Safe, secure, comfortable, and with a great view.  Tomorrow we’ll move a bit further south, this time to a winery.  But for now we’re happy and content as could be where we are.  Thank you Lord for watching over us again.

Thanks once again for joining us today.  We had an absolutely fantastic day and we hope you did too.  We give thanks every day for the way the good Lord provides for us and the world around us that He created for us to enjoy.  Who could ask for anything more.  In closing something 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