Traveling Blogs

  Originally, we had booked a 4 day trip to Burlington, VT in October 2020.  Well, given that we live in New York, that clearly wasn't happening due to COVID restrictions, and we rebooked for Lake Placid instead and had an awesome time (go back 12 blogs to read about that trip😸) Fast forward to March 2022 and we decided to book a trip for fall "Leaf-Peeper" season in Burlington.  The price of our hotel had quadrupled...and we could get a much better deal by going Nov. 1 instead of October.  We booked-fully understanding that it was "Stick Season" (only sticks on the trees) when many businesses close down so that they can rest before Ski Season.  We also knew that there was a good chance of snow in November-we chose to just book and see what happened. What happened was glorious, perfect weather.  Tuesday was a bit cloudy (day of arrival), but the rest of the days were blue sky, sun, and high 60's to 70's.  The weather did influence how we did our trip-bu

  Aurora is a cute little village located along the shores of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes Region of New York.  About 2 weeks prior we planned a fun day here.  At the time of planning the weather was supposed to be rainy.  Somehow we totally lucked out and it was a really nice, sunny, warm day in October! Our plan was to begin with lunch at a local tavern called Fargo Bar and Grill (yup, Wells Fargo) built in 1834.  As we approached to walk in, we saw a sign that they were doing take-out only for the week due to a lack of employees.  Grrr....this is a college town, interesting that they can't get workers.  3 out of 4 of us had eaten here before. Across the street, was the Inns of Aurora, formerly known as Aurora Inn.  We knew they had a restaurant, and assumed that it would not be open for lunch.  To our surprise it was open!   The restaurant is called 1833 Kitchen & Bar .  Upscale, gorgeous interior, but we chose to eat outdoors on the veranda.  It was a wonderful lunch of