Hammondsport, NY – on Keuka
Lake. It’s just at the “Coolest Small
Town in America”… I’m not kidding… while my family has known this for well over
40 years, when Grandma and Grandpa bought the cottage… and I’ve known it for
over 30 years… now it’s legit cause Budget Travel Magazine said so for 2012…
This is Cozy Cottage… (Yes, most cottages on the lake get names from their owners!) It’s a cute three bedroom, one bathroom place that my family has called home each summer.
and this is Keuka Lake! I
usually call it ‘my Grandma’s lake’… it’s the Y shaped lake in the finger lakes
region of New York – one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been!
Dave and I got up here
about 5am on Sunday morning…Waking up to a breakfast of Mom made Camp Eggs
(will make for you soon!) and taking the kids down to the water and had a full
day of play and fun (those pictures to follow at some point!). Headed into town that afternoon to buy some
supplies and had Dinner with Mom. Hi
Mom!
She made sauce, meatballs
and sausage with spaghetti and garlic bread perfect Sunday dinner for us before
we had an early night due to sheer exhaustion.
Labor Day morning, up at
7am so we could hit the Windmill as early as possible to avoid crowds. The Windmill is a large crafts fair type of
place; it started many years ago with mostly Mennonite farmers selling crafts,
wares, baked goods and the like. It grew
to add many other vendors, a flea market area and little quaint
storefronts. Just up Dave’s alley when
it comes to shopping! It was a nice morning of walking around, but the Windmill
has changed a lot since the last time I was there (oh, about ten years ago)…
it’s very commercial now, not so much hand crafted things, only two stalls of
baked goods… eh, I don’t see myself going back.
Except for maybe the
farmers market area…the local produce – yum!
We picked up some fresh NY corn for dinner, but the highlight of that
trip… the Juniper Grapes (ever hear of Juniper Grapes? Me neither!)
We walked by a stand that was just filled with all different kinds of grapes, and after tasting 4 of them, and really wanting to get back to the lake, Dave and I decided to get the Juniper grape. One bite into this grape was an explosion of flavor in your mouth, a sweet splash of juice that honestly tastes like a mildly sweet dessert wine, with out the alcohol. Ever walk into a winery and have that sweet grape smell? This is exactly what these grapes smell and taste like… Nothing compared to the grapes you get in a grocery store, absolutely zero comparison! The only ‘down’ side to these grapes are the seeds, but honestly – I got over that really quickly in order to get more of that luscious flavor into my mouth! Plus, the seeds are great for spitting at Dave on the dock! We did taste the Concord grape and while that was delicious, for me, they were simply way too sweet. It honestly tasted like putting a spoon full of grape jelly in your mouth. Way too gluttonous… ;)
Off to swim for a bit –
We’re cooking tonight. That’ll be the
next post!
Until Next Time...
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