Saturday, August 22, 2015

Road Trip!! Heading to Buffalo

We started our annual road trip to Buffalo, New York for the Baker and Winegar family reunions.
Andy had decided to drive along with us.  It was fun, just like the old days when he was little.
At least he did not keep asking if we were there yet!
First stop was to visit with our friends Jane and Hiliary in Lansing, Michigan.
Since we had seen them last, they had bought a new home, not far from their old one.
It was so good to see them and catch up.
It was Jane's birthday that day, so we celebrated and had a great time.

Andy is a dyed in the wool Michigan University fan.
He wanted to take a ride around the campus and get in the grove for football season.
This is Bo Schembechler.  Andy was in his glory.


The maze and blue
Have to say we had a great time in the "M Den" store, picking up a few Christmas presents.

Our goal for that days travel was to Cleveland to spend the night.

Only got one row from Ohio.  Stopped in Mentor, Ohio and picked up this cute fish row.
It is called "Fishy" and was at Quilts & Sew Forth.

You never know what you will see in quilt shop bathrooms.
I love this version of a crazy quilt.
Controlled and the stitching is beautiful.

Love this mini quilt too.  

We did "have" to stop at a brewery to taste the local brews.
Some of these are so good.
You just get a small sampling.
Some are pretty good, some, not so much.

Tried the brews at a second brewery.
This place was interesting as it really had been a train station at one time.
Some are small factories, some take over  great old buildings and rehabilitate them.
You just never know where you may find on.

Have a wonderful day.
Mary

2 comments:

Needled Mom said...

It looks like an interesting and fun journey.

Leslie Schmidt said...

My husband and I take brewery and quilt shop trips. We went to the U.P. of Michigan in July to visit his alma mater (Michigan Tech.) Then we wound our way down through Wisconsin,to Appleton and then Waukesha, stopping at any quilt shops we could find and a few breweries, too. It was fun for both of us.