Splendid Day

Mansfield, Pennsylvania

41 48.632 N 077 04.728 W

Yesterday turned out to be lots of fun. We left Booneville after breakfast. Thanks much to Cheryl and Vicky for a fun evening! We drove on the scenic route to Rome, Cazenovia, Deruyter, Homer, Cortland, Seneca, and Watkins Glen to Corning. We saw parts of New York that we have never been to. It was very pretty.

Our goal was the Corning Glass Museum. That was great fun. The artistic glass was beyond imagination in beauty and creativity. The demonstrations were great. We even got to watch a glass blowing course in progress. The teacher is said to be the worlds best glass blower from Venice. We didn't want to leave, there was more stuff to see the we had time for. (P.s. even though we lived in that region, I've never been to Corning before.)

I think that glass blowing would be a marvelous hobby. I (we) could even get training at Corning Glass Works. Alas, we made our choice to live on a sailboat. No way to put a kiln on board!!! Oh well, next life.

We ended the day at Ives Run Campground in Pennsylvania. It is located on a lake surrounded by lovely mountains. Never of us have been in this part of Pennsylvania before. It is beautiful.

Lots of pictures from Corning --- later.

By the way, on this trip we managed to drive by the house in Medford, Mass where I lived at the age of 5. We also drove past, or near, the house in Homer, NY where Libby lived at the age of 3. Very cool.