Camp, Part 2

Several weeks ago I told you about our first New York camp experience. This past Sunday, we visited a different camp.

When our friend Kelly heard that my mother would be visiting us, she kindly suggested that we all spend a day at her Uncle Bob's camp. When we agreed that it was a fun idea, she called her uncle and made the arrangements. Sunday we drove down to Genegantslet Lake in Chenango County (with a lot of food for the day) and we finally caught a break from the heat - the temperatures were almost back to average for a summer NY day.

Genegantslet Lake is a pretty little lake:


Uncle Bob has a lovely house and dock:




That is my mother in the left of the photo, enjoying the breeze off the lake. Aidan and Ryan enjoyed swimming, and James took the canoe out to do some fishing:


The engine in Uncle Bob's boat was not working so a friend of his came by to give us a ride around the lake, and he let Aidan take a turn at the wheel:


A lot of relaxing and enjoying the view took place:


After dinner, we packed up and drove back north. Uncle Bob was a kind and gracious host, my mother got to enjoy a very typical New York experience, and it was a beautiful day at the lake:

Open Farm Day 2011

One of the many things we like about living in New York is our close proximity to many farms and delicious farm products. Nearby Madison County hosted Open Farm Day 2011 today, when 40 farms are open for visitation. We had a great time visiting five of those days, despite the still steamy weather.

We first went to Ingallside Meadows Farm in Canastota, where we found the flowers to be particularly gorgeous:



At BMR Acres, also in Canastota, I was quite taken with this handsome chicken:


We stopped by Henry Family Canaserega Farm in Chittenango and enjoyed talking with one of the farmers about good methods for growing tomatoes. We also admired the cute calves and the portable chicken coop:




In Cazenovia, we first when to Brick Farm where I was immediately drawn to the goats:


Meadowood Farms in Cazenovia is a beautiful farm and the source of our favorite sheep's milk cheese:



Here come the sheep:


We ended the afternoon at lovely Meadows Farm, also in Cazenovia, where they specialize in delicious Kobe beef (and they gave us samples - yum). Here is James and Aidan with two members of the Wagyu herd:


Aidan enjoyed meeting some of the other residents: