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| A park right in the Hammondsport business area |
After hiking the 800 stone steps at Watkins Glen, we had lunch and a walking tour of Watkins Glen Village.
In the afternoon we drove to Hammondsport, a tiny picturesque town about a forty five minute west of Watkins Glen.
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| The business area |
Hammondsport, has been named as one of America's Coolest Small Towns by a travel magazine.
I could see why as this is a very, peaceful and charming town.
A small town, Hammondsport has a lot to offer to visitors and its residents alike.
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| Artwork of local artists could be found in many venues in the town |
The main street has a lot of interesting shops, great restaurants, cafes, art shops, a beautiful park, a picture perfect church and a scenic lake!
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| A related piece of artwork displayed in a store window |
Strolling through these shops, we discovered many artwork pieces done by local artists displayed at the various venues in front of or inside the shops, restaurants and on the street.
A free art show for all!
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| A Coffee Art Gallery |
A Coffee Art Gallery
How cool is that?
I wished we had seen this coffee gallery place first! Unfortunately, we stuffed ourselves with some delectable drinks such as Root Beer float, ice cream soda and mocha ice cream coffee at an old fashioned ice cream parlour before we discovered this coffee gallery.
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| The Wine Barrel Shop |
It would have been very cool sipping on our cold drinks while surrounding us with art and admiring the artwork in the coffee shop.
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| By the waterfront at Hammondsport, NY |
We walked by a house with a porch with an elderly couple sitting in the front. We stopped and chatted for a good fifteen minutes. Nice friendly folks!
Immersing ourselves in this tranquil little town and sitting on the waterfront boardwalk, we took advantage of this relaxing environment, and shared our thoughts with others by the water.
We took turn, talked about our families, expressed our gratitude and counted God's blessings in our lives.
What a great opportunity to get to know some members in our cell group better!
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| Dinner at the Union Block Italian Bistro, Hammondsport, NY |
Traveling in a large group, sometimes we had to wait a little while for tables at restaurants.
After waiting for about thirty minutes, the staff at the Union Block Bistro did manage to seat us together and provided us with very friendly and courteous services.
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| Delicious food, great conversations and company! |
We had some great Italian food at the Italian Bistro and everyone enjoyed some delicious food, good conservation and company with our friends.
One of our group members carried with her a step odometer and informed us that we had walked over 15,000 steps at the end of our visit to Watkins Glen!
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| An Italian combination appetizer plate we sampled |
We toasted to a fun day, great food and the exercises we did today!
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| Yum-m-m-m--m-y Food! What a great way to cap a fun day! |
Lillian was so happy that she kept telling Stan what a good job he did.
My husband was delighted at how happy everyone was!
R.T.
Hammondsport
New York State
USA
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