Father's Day
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Had a very nice Father's Day yesterday, beginning with a wonderful brunch at the Stonecat Café. Perfect weather, three guys playing some blues, and an excellent meal.
We stopped at Overlook Coffee in Burdett on the way, so Caitie could get coffee up to her fancy LA standards. I missed the turn into the parking lot, so I parked in the back and it was a fortuitous mistake because I'd never seen the falls the shop is named for! There they were, right behind the place! Very cool.
We came home from brunch and there was a little skid-steer up behind the house in the new driveway. So Ken Carson had been by to drop that off.
We napped a bit after brunch and later in the afternoon headed down into Montour Falls, which Caitie hadn't seen yet. We visited the falls and then stopped into Jerlando's for some garlic knots. From there we went up to Havana Glen Falls, which is a county park with a waterfall and an easy hike.
It was pretty crowded since it was such a beautiful day and on a weekend, so we didn't stay very long. Mitzi read about another, lesser-known, falls nearby, Deckertown Falls, so we went looking for that.
We found them, and that's where this shot was taken. There's not a well maintained trail, and it was a bit wet, muddy and slippery. We hiked up to get a better view, but decided discretion was the better part of valor. My knees can push me up the trail, but they can be tricky coming down.
From there we headed back home and right after I parked the Mav in the new driveway, I heard a loud diesel laboring up the hill. I looked down the hill and saw a dump truck hauling an excavator and knew I had to move the Mav. Ken was bringing the other piece of equipment he needed.
Mitzi had been talking with our neighbor, Lisa, earlier in the morning and she mentioned she'd like to meet Caitie, so we went next door and said hello. Caitie told Lisa how much she loved cows and after we left, Lisa went up into the pasture and called their small herd down. Back over to Lisa's and Caitie got some closeup time with their cows. She loved it. I put a few pics up at Flickr.
When Caitie was here last year, we watched Season 1 of Only Murders in the Building because she doesn't get Hulu. So we started watching Season 2 on Saturday night, and continued last night. It felt serendipitous because I hadn't noticed how much Season 2 was focused on father and child relationships. It took getting hit over the head with Father's Day to see it!
We have two more episodes to go tonight.
Anyway, it was an excellent Father's Day. Lisa and Ray enjoyed meeting Caitie and her fascination with cows earned up some more goodwill with the neighbors. Rain all day today. Caitie wants to bake cookies and Mitzi has some ideas about museums. We'll see what unfolds.
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