Quoting Michael Loo to All on 07-25-19 03:51 <=-

Google has a very straightforward way to get there. What it and
we didn't realize is that there is a detour for Melvin Hill road,
taking us many miles out of our way, another detour for NY-88,
taking us miles out of our way in the other direction, and a
third detour for NY-31, which takes us to the wrong side of the
Erie Canal, which isn't so much fun, as even with eyesight I
wouldn't have recognized the neighborhood. We were wandering
seemingly aimlessly down Detour NY-31 (I kept saying, this isn't
31, and Bonnie kept pointing to the signs that said 31, and I
kept saying, no, it isn't and pointing to the orange DETOUR
signs, which was about all I could see anyway. So we pulled over
in near desperation, and I looked left and there was the Whitbeck
Road bridge, so we were not lost after all. A couple minutes and
we were home, The 50 minute trip had taken twice that.

Whew...! How nice of the bridge to just be there when you needed it...

We had tons of food with us, much of which had no shelf life in the
car, so we loaded up the Fords' freezer whether they liked it or not.

How picnic-like... (G)

Our plan was to take them out for a local color lunch, and their
plan had been to take us out for a local color lunch, but I
overruled all that and made stuff out of what we had.

After all, there was such an abundant supply of it... :)

The Fords were nonplussed but gracious, saying that they
would not turn down an opportunity to have my cooking.

Burt had called me to see if I thought you'd enjoy their Thai place in
Egypt (I think it is), and I thought probably... but I also know that
Burt does enjoy and appreciate your cooking... ;)

Burt has stooped a bit and is a little plumper than he was,
his height settling into girth more or less, and Shirley is
as lovely as ever, perky despite her recent travails. I
hope they last a good long time more, enough to have them
attend at least one more picnic.

We'll just have to continue to schedule picnics close enough to them..

ttyl neb

... To eat is human; to digest divine.

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