How many miles have I traveled? I honestly do not know. Perhaps tomorrow I'll remember to check the odometer. I do know that Felix hit his milestone 75,000 mile mark today somewhere along the route. At this point I'm over photographing such events.
I woke up too early (hence my hello goodbye post this morning.) Made the Rise and Shine and had the interesting experience of parallel parking my car into the lineup. (Yesterday, I had the opposite experience of having to get myself out of the rally line to hop ahead with the group leaving for Canada.) Call it a full circle experience.
In any event - the day began with full plate of BACON! I love Buffalo - how can you not love a city that loves meat. And how can you not love a breakfast that isn't a burrito or a sandwich? Sorry, no photos of the bacon plate.
The first stop on today's route was LeRoy, NY - the birthplace of JELL-O brand gelatin dessert. What an amazing welcome the town gave us! I felt like I was driving a parade. Literally the whole way folks were sitting along the road waving at us, taking photographs and making videos. It was very heartwarming. The JELL-O Museum was quite fun and educational. And I scored a box of my favorite flavor GREEN (lime).
From the museum, we set off with the Philadelphia MINI car club on a very nice over the hills drive... which turned into a fail when we lost our friends in the last car. Not lost in the permanent sense but lost in the "can't find group, please come save us" - so Todd and DB in the F-56 and Frenchie and I in Felix formed a search party. The lost party was found conveniently located in the parking lot of Wegmans in Corning.
Those of you familiar with my Paris escapades know I'm a sucker for giant food emporiums - Wegmans fit that bill and then some.
After a refueling of the motorers and a little shopping in Wegmans, we headed off for a brief stop at the Corning Museum of Glass
After the backtracking adventure our merry band decided to skip the Steel Stacks evening for a quiet evening of cocktails, followed by a robust Italian meal. Alex Sitbon of the White Roof Radio crew gets major points for his dining selections. I don't know how he does it - the man has some extraterrestrial skills at finding excellent food. Maybe it's a French thing?
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