to maine and back

Secret's out. Susan Ada turned 30 last week. It was time. Unavoidable, really. To celebrate, Curt trained for a half marathon with her and then embarked on a trip down Maine's coast in the fall. Really can't think of a better way to usher in this decade. It will probably take a few posts, but we are actually going to attempt to document one of our trips! (and within 48 hrs of arriving home - Meg Robinson be proud!) We started with a drive to Corning, NY on Thursday, Sept 29. Some of our closest friends in Lynchburg are from there and invited us to join them for the Wine Glass (half) Marathon. We arrived on Friday morning so we had time to drive up to the Finger Lakes for the afternoon. It was a gorgeous day and we enjoyed lunch, wine tasting at Red Newt, shopping, and starting our vacation. Here we are with Lake Seneca:

Here is Susan Ada's impression of the Finger Lakes. Look at a map, and it will make more sense. . .

Then, we went to Watkin's Glen. There is a beautiful walk up a gorge that we enjoyed very much. The sounds of the water rushing/crashing through the rock walls were probably our favorite part. Hard to capture in photos, but here is our attempt:

Saturday, we spent the day in Corning. Had a lazy morning with our friends, then went to the Corning Museum of Glass. It was very interesting. Curt and I signed up to blow our own glass pumpkins. Here is Curt in action!

The two small ones are ours!

Sunday was the big day. The race didn't start until 8am so we honestly didn't have to get up too early. However, it was about 40 degrees and raining so that definitely hurt Team Hamilton morale. You can see our previous post about how all that went. Ironically, we have no pictures from this occasion. None. You're just going to have to trust us. We were so cold when we crossed the finish line that we couldn't get in a hot shower fast enough. It's all about priorities people, and we choose to keep all of our toes. That afternoon we said goodbye to our friends and were off to see New England. We made a quick stop in Cooperstown, NY to visit the Ommegang Brewery.

After our tour, we ventured into town because it happens to hold THE Baseball Hall of Fame. We looked at it, but we had to eat dinner and keep on driving. We spent the night at the Buckmaster Inn in Shrewsbury, VT. Once again, too tired to take a picture of our room (it was lovely!), but we grabbed a shot the next morning before we left.

More to follow. . .we promise!