Saturday Road Trip

Twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, we try to get to the Ithaca Farm Market. We have wonderful farm markets locally, but the one in Ithaca is a favorite. I never tire of taking photos there, and all of the photos at the market were taken with my 50mm lens for my 52/50 Project. I’d be curious to know which one you’d choose for this week.

I loved the slogan the Sticks and Stones Farm has chosen.

The Six Circles Farm had one of the loveliest displays of their produce. I love these baskets.

These plum-filled scones were delicious! This is my favorite bakery at the market. Their bread is simply lovely—and tasty!

I left the market with a peck of Roma tomatoes (from which I made roasted tomato sauce to freeze), peaches and plums for my first galette (on today’s agenda), candy-cane beets (roasted but not yet eaten), some cute pumpkins for a fall display, and a scone, of course.

When we left the market we headed for the Cornell campus. I had two items I wanted to buy from the Cornell store, but alas, it doesn’t open until noon on Saturdays. On our way up the hill, I got this shot of the Uris Library Tower with my iPhone which I’ll use for the Scavenger Hunt (I have an earlier one, but this one has more meaning.)

We decided to walk to College Town, a lucky choice since I found what I wanted in the first store I tried. On our way, we passed the Law School, and I loved the name of their cafe.

We drove up the east side of Cayuga Lake to Auroa for lunch. We’d never been to the Fargo, but the reviews on Yelp gave it high marks. We would concur. Lunch was delicious. Tracy had New England Clam Chowder, and I had a chicken/cranberry salad sandwich.

Our destination on this side of the lake was the Heart and Hand Winery. We’d read about it this summer in Summer in a Glass, a lovely book about the Finger Lake wineries. The owner spent much time trying to find just the right composition of soil (limestone) on which to grow his Reisling grapes. Although the wines we tasted were lovely, we’ll have to wait another year before the single vineyard wines are produced.

On the way home, we stopped at Sauders, a wonderful Amish market where we picked up some meat, cheese, and a big pumpkin for the porch, and the Waterloo Outlets where Tracy picked up some new sneakers, and I got a jar of facial cream. Then we headed home to roast all those tomatoes. A lovely day on the road.