Marc- Cornell University was our first stop in the continuing trek to check out schools.
Steph- In sum, Cornell has a nice campus in rural New York state, with many beautiful dated stone buildings, lots of greenery, quads, the Catskill Mountains and Cayuga Lake for a breathtaking scenery, and deep gorges seemingly like small canyons. Speaking of which, I had a quite morbid experience at this college at first, since I kept cracking jokes to Sara about people jumping off gorges. Anyways, we had a funny tour guide who kept pointing out the signs for his a Capella group written in chalk all over the pavement everywhere we went on campus, and who, I quote, said, “I think I wrote a pretty good essay...” during the Q&A session, which had Sara and me cracking up for a good fifteen minutes. He was hilarious! Also, I loved how the first thing you see when you arrive on campus are the horse stables, which consequently made me think of Wyoming, one of the many places I want to end up.
Marc- Lucy III awaited us on her mooring in Clayton. The boat was in surprisingly good shape after our month long hiatus on shore. I half expected it to have been taken over by the spiders that infest everything. Yes they can fly or rather let themselves be carried by the winds. There were a few webs above deck but none below in the cabins. We arrived in time to enjoy a swim in French Bay (somewhat weedy) and take in a colorful sunset.
We met the Humphrey family, Paul, Cathy and Mary-Helen, and their dog Henry, for breakfast Sunday morning. We had just tied up at the long Town Pier when they arrived. Bella's was not busy and we found excellent seating in the shade along the riverbank. The food was superb although it did take some time to arrive. Right outside the restaurant was the finish Line for a local triathlon. We enjoyed hearing cheers as the runners came in and got on their bikes. I am not sure where the swimming took place. We eventually did all board the Lucy III, even Henry, for a three-hour-tour. Unlike the trip aboard the Minnow, the weather did not get rough, and we did not get stranded on some island. There were plenty of islands to go around if we were in need of one however. They don't call this part of the St. Lawrence River the 1000 Islands for nothing. The Captain took the guests just over the line to the Canadian side for a look before anchoring off of Grindstone for a mid-day swim stop. Henry enjoyed sitting on everyone's laps during the return trip. The last stop was at Clayton's Hershey's Ice Cream Shop. This port actually has two excellent ice cream shops.
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