We drove through the rain to get to The Chautauqua Institute this morning, but it has since cleared. It’s been 12 years since we’ve been here, and I’d forgotten how much I love this place. If there have been big changes here, none of them are visible. We came here several years in a row with Sarah and Matt and as we walked around this afternoon, so many memories came flooding back: shuffleboard at the Sports Club, Ampitheater concerts and church services, trips to the book store, ice cream cones on Bestor Plaza, bike rides around the secure and beautiful grounds. Sadly, I don’t think we have any photographs from those trips. What were we thinking?
Our room at the Carey Cottage is wonderful and has access to a long porch on the second floor just above the WiFi connection in the lobby so we have WiFi in our room! Thus a blog entry from vacation. Have a wonderful Fourth!