Instead of going directly to Sodus, we made a quick side trip to the village of Sodus Point, which is surrounded on three sides by water, that of Lake Ontario and Sodus Bay. It is obviously a town that depends heavily on summer tourists, since many businesses (and even a church) displayed signs that read "Closed for the season". We drove to the lighthouse, which is actually the second lighthouse at that spot.
We enjoyed walking around the grounds and seeing the gorgeous views of Lake Ontario:
It was a beautiful day with the temperature in the 50s, but the wind coming off the lake was quite brisk. We walked down to the shore and Aidan happily picked through the rocks, shells and beach glass:
Don't ask me what kind of dance he was doing when this photo was snapped!
We then drove on to the town of Sodus and visited the Heluva Good! Country Store, which is located across the street from the processing facility. We sampled four or five different cheeses, and left with a bag of goodies: dips, cheeses, crackers and a specialty mustard.
Today we drove out to Critz Farms in Cazenovia. During the maple syrup production, they offer an all you can eat country breakfast on the weekends. While we didn't go hungry, let's just say that we can now cross that item off our "to do" list! But it is a lovely setting, and Aidan quickly made friends with Sydney, one of the Australian shepherds:
We also saw goats and llams:
We rode in a wagon down to the sugar bush. The weather has been so warm during the past week that maple syrup production has stalled; the people at Critz Farms were cleaning their boiler today rather than using it to boil sap.
Another fun weekend, made even better by Syracuse University's victory over Gonzaga and advancement to the Sweet Sixteen!
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