Hector

Tillie is back on the road again! and running like a top I might add even though we heard the comment more than once as we passed through parking lots - "Look, there goes Little Miss Sunshine".

Cherries are ripe here in NY and Hector is where it's at if you want to pick your own. The orchards had only been open three days when we got there. Even so, we stopped at three before we found one that still had sour cherries - guess we're not the only folks in NY who like them. These were semi-dwarf trees so no climbing was needed (John was relieved) and we ended up with 20 pounds off a couple of trees in not too much time. Since we were literally right across the road from the Red Newt Bistro and Winery we discovered when we went to Watkins Glen, we of course had to "reward" ourselves with another GREAT lunch - that woman sure knows how to cook!!! - even the fruity wine seems to taste better on a hot summer day.

When we left home we left with intentions of going to the Cortland Repertory Theater and camping overnight. But even being packed in Happy Ice (it's made in Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester & Buffalo & John now thinks it's the best ice on earth because it's clear unlike the ice our ice maker makes that John now thinks looks too frosty - fussy, fussy) the cherries seemed too ripe to spend the night in Tillie (plus there were thunder storms all around and the closest campground to the theater is the Empire Haven Nudist Park - sometimes there is such a thing as too much entertainment...)