Lake Effect Snow . . . . like no other.

And this my friends is what you get with Lake Effect Snow, an ungodly amount in a short time. We have equipment and know what to do and how to be prepared but this is still just a huge amount. Stay in stay warm and stay safe.
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Weekend wanderings

Where did your weekend take you?   What is their about the weekend?  We look forward to it all week, we savor Friday because we know that on Saturday we can take it a little slower, fit in a nap, linger over coffee, Tea, the paper and maybe catch up on a few long overdue chores.  Although I will be the first to say that the chores are not high on my list, it does feel great to get something of significance accomplished. It seems that our weekends are always jam packed but now and then we can have a day at home or a long leisurely Morning.  this weekend we went out Saturday night to check on a sailboat and afterward we went to see the sunset and it was spectacular.  Sunday we walked a new stretch of trail that has been up graded to a multiuse trail.  There were many Turtle nests on the edges, lots of wildflowers and berries growing on the waysides. A very beautiful stretch of trail.  Fresh Blueberry muffins, homemade Pizza and Blueberry Buckle among the many treats to cross our palates.  Home projects were wide ranging.

Where have I been . . .#2?

30 Mile Point Light House
at Golden Hill State park

Last weekend we rented and stayed in this Lighthouse. We had the second floor to ourselves. The first floor is a museum. Being winter the park was virtually deserted aside from a dog walker each morning. We took a long snow shoe/ x-country ski Saturday and played board games, read, worked on art, took a nap watched the lake, and the weather. Sat. afternoon there was a good snowstorm dropping about 6 inches quite rapidly. The lighthouse is perched on the northern most point of the southern shore of Lake Ontario. It is 30 miles from the mouth of the Niagara river where it meets Lake Ontario. There is a sandy Shoal just out from this light hose and 5 known shipwrecks the most famous was HMS Ontario sunk in a blizzard on Halloween losing 88 souls and 15,000 in US Army Payroll, gold and silver coins. The light house was built in 1875 and house a keep and his family as well as assistant Lighthouse keeper and his family. The light could shine out 18 miles. Decommissioned in 1958 NYS developed it into a park in 1984. Sunsets and Sunrises are fabulous from here. The light house is haunted and we had fun reading the journals from over the years of people staying there and adventures they had. It was pretty quiet on our watch though. It was a wonderful break and fun family time, we can't wait to go back , most likely in the spring in a tent but it is still a lovely place to camp so near the lake and its beauty.