In which we find the PA Dutch mother lode ...
We were at the northern entrance to Seneca Lake and our plan had been to venture out on to the lake today and go to the Bellhurst Castle winery for a tasting and lunch but the weather did not cooperate. The wind was blowing straight from the south (the lake is orientated north/south) gusting to 25 mph or more. The wind and kite surfers where having the best day ever, but it wasn’t conducive to boating. The waves were big and we were not going to go out on the lake.
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Melanie for some reason got up to take pictures of the sunrise!
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| Sunrise reflected on the clouds. |
We got out our bikes and rode along the bike path that skirts the lake on the northern end. We were only a few miles from Geneva, NY and rode over for a visit. They have totally redone the water front and it is very pretty.
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| A fun sign with the distance to all the other cities/towns named Geneva! |
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| A perfect day for kite surfing! |
We rode our bikes to the end of the bike trail and turned around heading back to the boat. Rick, as usual, was a bit stressed about getting off the dock with the strong wind blowing and then even more stressed about getting under the low bridge THAT WE’VE ALREADY BEEN UNDER! He seemed to think that the strong wind could blow the water up the lake thus raising the level such that we would be unable to get under the bridge. Melanie drove, Rick monitored and we made it under the bridge without any problems. Rick just needs to chill the heck out!
We cruised the short distance on the Cayuga-Seneca canal back to Seneca Falls. There is rain and wind in the forecast for the next couple of days so we’ve decided to stay at least two days here and wait for the weather to improve.
We wanted to get to a grocery store to replenish our food supply and found a brochure for a local Farmers Market type grocery store within bike riding distance. We got out the bikes (yes, twice in one day) and headed off to Sauders Store and upon arrival found one of the most wonderful food retail stores we’ve ever visited. Turns out Sauders is a Mennonite country store with an unbelievable offering of fresh vegetables, meats and homemade prepared foods. It is impossible to truly convey how amazing the offering is and we wandered the aisles filling our small shopping cart with way more than we needed. We couldn’t help ourselves! There were all kinds of people shopping there including many Amish folk and many of the employees were Amish too.
We finished our shopping and cycled back to the boat with our bounty. We were only sad that we don’t live closer to this wonderful store!
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