On our way out of town, we decided to skip the plant tour at
Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream. It sounded like a good place to visit, but it would
take too much time. Our drive to Geneva
was long through a lot of smaller roads. And, of course, we found another
turtle. I think we should rename our trip “The Seybold Turtle Rescue”. This
time we found Little Snappy’s big bother in the middle of the road. Apparently, snapping turtles migrate. So I had another stinky snapping turtle in a box
on my lap. This one was bigger and kept thumping around; so I was glad to get
that one out of the car.
When we got to Geneva ,
NY Geneva
is at the northern end of Seneca Lake, the largest of the Finger
Lakes . We walked along Seneca Lake
and walked around downtown. There were a
lot for sale and out of business signs.
The place looked really depressed.
There was a ‘winery’ near the hotel so we went in for a wine
tasting.
The finger lakes are is noted for its wineries. There are
winery tours where you go from winery to winery to sample their wines. Some of
the wineries are just store fronts. You pay $4 or $5 to taste about 7 wines and
then you can buy what you like. Some of the places are actually wineries where
the grape vines are, but you and only visit the tasting room and store front. This
first winery was just a store front.
The next day we drove down to Watkins Glen to Watkins Glen State Park
Afterward, we stopped at Wagner Winery which has wine
tasting and a tour of the winery. We learned about the wine making process,
different varieties of grapes, and barreling. The tour would have been so much
better if the tour guide had not been such a jerk. He was one of those wine
snobs who knows everything. You know the type.
Our second night we stayed on Keuka
Lake in a town called Penn Yan. (The name sounds really exotic,
but came from a combination of Pennsylvania
and Yankee. I know, such a disappointment).
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