NFB

NFB now i bet you wonder what the means or stands ffor...the old truck was refered to as big fella so when you get a new truck it is refered to as the NEW BIG FELLA so that is where the NFB comes from...

lar got it about 2 weeks ago and it has had work done on it already...oh my work you say..the work was to have running boards put on it cause it is higher than the old truck and we both were having fun getting into it ahhaha..(the old one also had running boards on it) also a bed liner put in to help keep scratches of of it...then yesterday it made a trip to syracuse to have the old 5th wheel hitch put in it...a 3 hr job took about 5...good thing we had lisa come down...lisa was off so we asked her if she wanted to come to syracuse to meeet us and we would take her out to lunch..the appointment was for 9am and she got there about 9:15 or so...off we went to do some shopping...we like to go to sam's club while in syracuse as we don't have one here in ithaca and also we like to go to the liquor stotre to get a supply of wine sheaper then here in ithaca..had lunch then on to the christmas tree shop as lisa wanted to go as she had never been in one...by then it was back to the rv dealer to see if it was done..not done so off we went to gander mountain for an hr or so...by then we sent lisa home thinking the truck ought to be done soon...it was about 1/2/ hr later..so we all had a good day with lisa and the hitch is in the truck so we are about ready to take off...ahhahnot yet..deer season has to come and go first..

now for me in the last couple of weeks i have been knee deep in grapes and apples..i have made 4 batches of grape jelly and starting to make apple sauce as i have already dryed some apples...the deer just aren't eating them fast enough...it appears that peanut butter-jelly and applesauce will get us thru the winter...

no hard frost as of yet but it is on it's way (here at 464 anyway)..snow flurries in the air today...so i guess that kinda wraps it up why i haven't blog in awhile...

TRYING PICTURES

ok lets see if they go this morning...lots of water going over the falls..no wonder there was a mud slide down below on the trail...

BUSY-BUSY-BUSY

yesterday was a busy day...started off with stopping at buttermilk state park tpo see the falls..and they our tom and christine admiring them...after we took a tour of ithaca college then headed to cornell where we drove around the campus--then on to the plantations where we took a hike around one of the ponds...walked around the campus listen to the chimes-went to the johnson museum-ithaca falls-where does a person go to lunch in ithaca...where else but the ithaca bakery a good lunch-then on to sapsucker woods and did all that we could there --didn't take a hike as we wanted to get to taughnannock falls and take the hike in to see the falls when the sun would be just right..haha we were surprised the trail was closed due to all the heavy rain we had had and there had been a mud slide and the trail hadn't been cleared yet...so off we went to the top of the falls overlook to see them...another beautiful view of the falls...after which we returned home to leftovers and ended the day with a bon-fire..

tom and christine left this morning around 9am and are heading to the north east to become leaf peepers..christine's plan is to get more stamps some of which i have and she will get more than i have gotten...their goal is to finish up being in all 50 states..

good friends-and a fun time was had by all

ps...for some reason i'm having trouble posting pictures so i will send the posting and try pictures later...

VISITORS

our friends from NO where arrived on monday...from NO where you ask we'll i'll let you know...they are now full timers and haven't picked a state to be from so they are just from the good old USA...or NO where yet...

they brought with them rain and more rain...on monday afternoon we just caught up on all that has been going on in our lives since we last saw each other in wisconsin this spring...of course they home is with them all the time so they can go home even in a wal-mart...

yesterday we took a ride around the lakes cayuga and seneca lake and of course o9ne of our first stops was the women's hall of fame so we could both get our stamps..yep christine is one of us a national park stamp collector...we also worked on a junior ranger badge and did all the requirements and recieved the badges...we stopped at the amich market saunders and lar bought his favorite lunch stuff...ring bologna and parker house rolls..then we headed to sampson state park by then it wasn't raining so we found a dry place and had a picnic lunch...as soon as we got back in the car it started to rain again..

off we headed down seneca lake but first we had to find a winery to stop at cause it was time for some liquid refreshment...hazlit was the choice..after our samples

we landed in watkins glen..found a quilt store for christine to go in and fondle some fabric--she was good and only bought a couple of small patterns (tom says they have to watch the wieght in the rig)--the across the street to the famous brands store wher lar bought some dog walking boots and socks--tom a couple of golf shirts..then it was time to head

for home...i had planned on vension for dinner which we all enjoyed if i must say so...a couple iof games of cribbage--tom and lar won the first one and chris and i won the second

lar and i had a couple of appointments so tom and christine held the fort down..chris was in charge of cooking dinner (spelled good when we walked in the door) and tom put in a sliding rack in their rig (lar had an extra one )..

tomorrow the plan is to take them around ithaca and show the sights...