In the morning, I mowed the lawn. This is not a trivial task at my parent’s house. They own one acre that is surrounded by a split wood fence and has many trees on the lot. The riding mower part takes at least 45 minutes, and usually longer. There is then 30 minutes of hand mowing and another 30 minutes of edging with a weed-whacker. My goal was to beat the rain, which I did by about two hours.

The afternoon entertainment was wine tasting. We got a late start, but boy did we have a good time. At one place, we all got free tastings because I was a card member. We missed our forth (and fifth) winery by nine minutes – they closed at 5PM. After that, we drove down to Hammondsport and sat at the town square park for an hour, after we had done a little shopping, while we waited for the non-drinkers to arrive. When they did, the restaurant still wasn’t ready for us (we arrived 30 minutes before our reservation), so we walked down to the water and back. The food at this Italian restaurant was mostly excellent, though there is better out there somewhere, just not in Hammondsport. This is the best spot in this city. In the evening, we built a fire and had smores.