Peripatetic weekend

Finn with his cookie cake.

As Carey put it on the drive home, we had a busy, busy weekend! Saturday morning we drove to Mexico, N.Y., over in Oswego County  to celebrate the graduation of Finn Taylor, the grandson of one of Carey's cousins. He's off to Oswego State for a fine arts/film degree. Vickie and Larry and the Santillanes clan made the 30-minute trip from Syracuse as well, so it was a mini family reunion in a very large backyard with a cooling tent and lots of rotisserie chickens and salads. 

From Mexico, we drove over to Ellisburg and planted a couple more flowers on Carey's Dad's grave. Gone now more than 25.5 years. Hard to believe. Thanks to the green thumbs and love of his former spouse and girls, his resting place is the most beautiful among the thousands of others in the rural cemetery. 

After Ellisburg it was about 20 minutes to Rodman where we picked up my folks and headed to Henderson Harbor to dine at Carbone's Waterside Restaurant. 1.5 stars, would not recommend, but the Lake Ontario views were nice.

Overnighted in Rodman and drove Sunday morning in two cars to Lowville, for breakfast at Jeb's (3 stars, would recommend, and would return for a major sporting event -- the bar setup looked awesome). Checked out The Gallery of the Blue Frog down the street, where Dad has half a dozen oil paintings for sale. Carey didn't buy any, opting instead for some watercolors to encourage Greta's new-ish painting habit.

From Lowville, Mom and Dad headed in to South Lake for a few days while Carey and I continued to Boonville on Route 12, where we rode the Black River Feeder Canal towards Forestport. It's the same double track Greta and I rode in May 2024, but a new section of it. Super green and filled with wildflowers. 

Life is good.