a story in pictures

ok. let's do a little catching up - day two we were still in alma, ny - dave's hometown. we went into wellsville, ny to meet dave's old friend aaron and his wife valerie for lunch. they came back home with us and we all set the tissu up in the front tree. lessons were given. fun was had:



someone's escaped pet bunny comes visiting most days:




Day three after much eating with dave's dad, we head to ithaca, ny. in ithaca we camp at Treman Park, which happens to have one of the coolest of the ithaca waterfalls. we did a hike to the falls:



more treman:




our time in ithaca was excellent, but too short - had exceptional pizza and woodchuck cider (yum!) at the Nines, got a nighttime walking tour of cornell.... next morning went on the treman hike, checked out the ithaca commons and then headed to aunt murna and uncle tom's cabin in ilion, ny:



ok. day four - after much food and drink, we head out the next morning. first stop is two towns over - little falls, ny. mr tart boulders along the erie canal:




we drive all the way to PA to my mom's house. blueberry waffles rule. so does homemade ziti. Day Five is the 4th of July. there is a BBQ to be had - family, plus two of my oldest friends Carrie Nelson and Lisa Walker. we were all in brownies together. Mom hosts BBQ. it rained. a lot. corn and grilled things were yummy. and we set up the tissu in mom's backyard:




yay - tree tissu!




dave learns tissu in mom's backyard!




Day Six - we head over to dad's house, grab some lunch and go to the house I grew up in down on the river. dave with the riding cock (down at my old house):




this is the scary spider infested outhouse in my old house's backyard:



we go back up to dad's house and get a pottery lesson - but that will have to be for next time....

ok. that's all for now! night night. tomorrow morning we head north!