Wine country

Western New York State is Wine Country. If my kids were a bit older, we could do winery tours and tastings, but it's not really what a 7YO boy is most interested in. Although we did briefly go up the hill to Bully Hill Vineyard for the view and to check out their rather fun gift shop. Bully Hill is not really your typical vineyard, though...

Instead of wine touring, we did things more interesting to children, such as - sleeping out in the screen porch (this was an activity I remember fondly from my own childhood visits, and actually, it was fine, though a little harder on my back than I remember from childhood. My cousin and I made sure we grownups got some padding underneath us...)





Here's two sleeping beauties still tucked in, in the morning. We slept out a second night as well, but unfortunately, it rained very hard in the night (which was fine, until the wind picked up and it started going sideways) so some of us moved inside.



There was also some swimming at the public beach in Hammondsport (on Keuka Lake).



Here's the view from Bully Hill (above) and some great doors on what used to be the Great Western Wine Company buildings.







They are really lovely, and sit right along the roadside, so every time you drive into Hammondsport you see them... Gorgeous.