Perfect beer to cruise down the Erie Canal on a hot day? Ruby Red.

Erie Canal at Pittsford, NY.

Hot day! Ice cream stop at Pittsford Farms Dairy. 🍦 We stopped here in 2018 and wanted to return. Great place.

Arrays of knobs and dials are mesmerizing. Even old ones. At Rochester Museum & Science Center.

The kids are sleeping on an actual air mattress tonight, fulfilling the origin story of Airbnb! 😊

Updated COVID-19 graphs from today’s New York Times. The case count in Florida is pretty stunning. Minnesota is doing well. The best news is the continued low death rate.

Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 11, Tuesday

Weather: Good weather, pretty hot. Started raining after we got settled in Rochester. Hot and humid in the evening.

  • 7:45a: Depart Treehouse.
  • 8:00a: Dunkin’ Donuts! 🍩
  • Drive to Rochester, NY.
  • 10:31a: Enter New York. Goodbye Vermont. πŸ‘‹
  • 11:45a: Lunch at DomAdi’s Deli in Amsterdam, NY.
  • 3:40: Arrive in Rochester, NY. Get settled in Downtown Rochester Retreat.
  • Walk to Vern’s for an amazing Italian dinner and drinks outside.

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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 10, Monday

Weather: Nice, clear day. A bit hot in the afternoon with temps nearly 90 Β°F.

  • 9:09a: Depart Treehouse.
  • 9:22a: Enter New Hampshire!
  • 9:45a: 1h 15m wait for table at Polly’s Pancake Parlor. Switch up plans.
  • 9:50a: Worst coffee ever at REDACTED. 😀
  • 10:40a: Flume Gorge hike. Amazing! Wow! 🀩
  • 12:00p: Return to Polly’s Pancake Parlor after calling ahead this time!
  • 12:30p: Seated at Polly’s.
  • 1:00p: Pancakes!
  • Check out downtown Littleton, NH and shopping.
  • Found ourselves a bit without a plan in the late afternoon. Mazie suggested we park along the River and Tyler and her could jump around the rocks. Tammy suggested I get a coffee so I get an iced coffee, sparkling water, and a bottle of water. Dehydrated! We had a nice hour or so with our feet in the water and the kids playing.
  • At the end of our tranquil River cool down time the kids were getting out and Mazie fell into a bit of water. Nothing huge, but it happened to have a pocket of baby leeches! When she stood up we though she had algae on her legs, but they were actually baby leeches and she justifiably FREAKED OUT! We spent the next bunch of time clearing centimeter long baby leeches off her legs and calming her down. Whew!
  • Delightful dinner at Schilling Beer Co.

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Delicious β€œshort pours” at Schilling Beer Co. tonight. Combover, Hopfenweisse, and Moonship on Blackberry. 🍺