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Getting Away
Oct. 12th, 2015 12:57 amToday was a beautiful Fall day. I told the crew that today would not be a work day, and that I would be taking the day off, ...and all future Sundays, whether they like it or not, ~after all, I AM retired. In spite of my protests, Mark, Josh and John all decided to work, without my support and supervision. I left Syracuse in a bad mood around noon, stopping at a store in Liverpool to pick up stuff for lunch. I got kimmelweck rolls, onion cheese, chicken roll and a bottle of water. I had brought a container of cut-up fresh pineapple with me from home. (This is my idea of a self-indulgent, but relatively healthy road-trip lunch.)
I headed off to the north west, tentatively toward Lake Ontario. The leaves were still only starting to change color, but it was nice just to be out of the city for a while. I stopped at Chimney Bluffs to have lunch on the lake and then did a little hiking. My back was bothering me, so I kept the hike short. I decided to play a little game that I enjoy: pick a road that I don't know and try to get back home without using a map, just using the position of the sun to navigate. I got thoroughly lost on the back country roads of Savannah and Montezuma, before I wound up on relatively familiar turf. I steered my way toward Whiskey Hollow Road where there is a spring with AWESOME GOOD water. I had not been there for over a year. I dumped out what was left of my store-bought water and refilled the bottle with fresh, cold spring water. I wish I had more empty bottles with me. I finished off that spring water before I even got home.
I got back home just before dark to deal with crew-members wanting to be paid. At least I got to enjoy the country scenery, and escape from Syracuse and my crew for an afternoon.
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Chimney Bluffs on Lake Ontario. This is a favorite spot of mine.
( Click Here for 6 more pictures )
I headed off to the north west, tentatively toward Lake Ontario. The leaves were still only starting to change color, but it was nice just to be out of the city for a while. I stopped at Chimney Bluffs to have lunch on the lake and then did a little hiking. My back was bothering me, so I kept the hike short. I decided to play a little game that I enjoy: pick a road that I don't know and try to get back home without using a map, just using the position of the sun to navigate. I got thoroughly lost on the back country roads of Savannah and Montezuma, before I wound up on relatively familiar turf. I steered my way toward Whiskey Hollow Road where there is a spring with AWESOME GOOD water. I had not been there for over a year. I dumped out what was left of my store-bought water and refilled the bottle with fresh, cold spring water. I wish I had more empty bottles with me. I finished off that spring water before I even got home.
I got back home just before dark to deal with crew-members wanting to be paid. At least I got to enjoy the country scenery, and escape from Syracuse and my crew for an afternoon.
1.
Chimney Bluffs on Lake Ontario. This is a favorite spot of mine.
( Click Here for 6 more pictures )
