Using our Passport America discount we stayed for a week at Tumble Hill Campground in the tiny town of Cohocton, in the southern part of the state. It was a pretty and wooded campground, with a very steep gravel road into the park. We were surprised to learn once we were set up that there was a problem with their well and we wouldn't have much water for the time we were there. Thank goodness Paul had filled or tanks before we came in, and using bottled water we did fine.
Our first day out was to Elmira, NY the summer residence of Mark Twain and locale where he wrote many of his novels. We were originally planning to visit an Art Museum there but after learning about Mark Twain's connection to the town we spent the afternoon at the cemetery and the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College. At the end of the afternoon we still had time to visit the local history museum with more Mark Twain displays.
At the cemetery we found his gravesite and family plot, such beautiful inscriptions on the headstones.
Then back to the college campus to see the original study where he had often worked
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
Friday we planned a trip north to Canandigua to see the Sonnenburg Gardens.
A shorter day's outing was to Stony Brook State Park to climb through the gorge. Waterfalls everywhere and steep climbs to the top. We took the ridge route back to the park, a nice warm day and perfect couple of hours hiking.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10
It was a beautiful and warm day, perfect for a ride to see some countryside with no real destination in mind. After winding around we came to the town of Hammondsport. The signs that caught our attention were for the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum of aviation. Glenn Curtiss began his career as a builder of bicycles and then motorcycles, and eventually went into designing aircraft.
A little different focus for the day on Monday. Foster had woken us up during the night several times with a sad crying sound and unable to walk. We couldn't figure out what was wrong so by 10 we called a vet and made an appointment for the afternoon. After checking him out, the Dr. said she couldn't find anything wrong with him and suggested that he'd pulled a muscle or injured a shoulder but that with time it would probably heal. Thank goodness she was correct! We paid the $40 vet bill (that was amazing price for the whole visit) and took him home. He favored the leg and limped a bit, but in a few days he was back to himself. Im sure going up and down 5 steps into and out of the motorhome doesn't help.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12
We were up really early Tuesday morning to move out of the park and take the Motorhome in for a repair of the continuing problem with the exhaust manifold. The repair we'd tried weeks before had not fixed the problem, the horrible sound had returned. Paul found a small truck repair shop right near our campground and the man had agreed to take a look at the problem. That morning it was pouring rain, I took Foster in the car and went to the little town of Dansville about 25 miles north, Paul stayed with the RV. I spent the morning at the local coffee house and then at the library checking in with PK every couple of hours. By 3:00 the motorhome was fixed!!!! Paul was soooooo excited that the mechanic was willing to keep working and figured out a solution for it. I drove down and we met up and we moved to a new campground a little further south, at the Lake Demmon Recreation Area. A mucky day to move and the park wasn't much to look at but, we had full hook ups and a well running RV. We were happy!!!
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13
Corning Museum of Glass and the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, NY
A beautiful day and a pretty ride back road drive an hour and a half south to Corning, NY to tour the Musuem of Glass, amazing!!! Even stopped in the town of Bath for their Farmer's Market.
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