Start of the Trip Recap: Thursday and Friday

Let's be honest, I don't know how many posts it will take me to sum up! But let's time-travel back to last Thursday and set off for the airport.

I had to pull over to get a photo of the near-full moon.

Still visible at the airport:

Parked the car, shuttle to the terminal, go through security. Check out the lack of lines!

Because it was my birthday, I got my free drink from Starbucks, and they kindly gave me a cup of ice as well.

I got out my knitting and settled in to wait.

I was very amused by the coincidence of these two comics running on a day I was flying! Pearls Before Swine and Frazz are two favorites.

(Amusingly, another one ran today:

Everyone does that!)

Anyway, back to the trip. I was flying Delta, and didn't realize at first that the flight map would let me zoom in. This is quite an overview!

The seats on the plane were so damned narrow (and I do know that I am a large person, but whew) that knitting was off the table, and even reading turned out to be uncomfortable as I had to hold the book up and keep my elbows tucked in the whole time. So I went with a movie instead.

Somehow this movie came out 41 years ago; I felt very old. I wanted to watch something I was familiar with, so the inevitable interruptions wouldn't be as annoying, which worked out fine. I was able to laugh at the timing of this:

It's an enjoyable movie even now, and it passed the flight time to NY nicely. Soon enough, we were going in for landing.

I had a long layover (by design) (not 5 hours, but not 45 minutes either), with enough time for a non-rushed lunch a decent walk away (still within the terminal, of course), and even a delicious cookie in a laid-back seat in the sun.

They look like dentist chairs, but were decently comfortable for putting the feet up and relaxing.

While I was eating, my gate was changed to be even nearer to where I was, which was a pleasant surprise. The plane to Syracuse was smaller, the seats just as narrow but with more legroom, and the flight shorter. Finally got there, and picked up my rental car, which turned out to be a Chevy Equinox. A bit bigger than what I'm used to, but not impossibly so. Even though I was eager to get on the road, I spent a little time in the garage, figuring out where all the most important controls were. And then more time trying to figure out how to get out of the garage! That thing was a maze of poor signage. 

Finally I got on the road: the delays had taken me past the worst of rush hour, which is good because unfamiliar car on unfamiliar roads with roadwork in the dark was challenging enough. Made it to my aunt's safely, which is what counts.

We didn't have to rush anywhere on Friday: I had told my aunt that I was at her disposal for whatever shopping she wanted to do. After a stop at the bank for her, the next stop was for me, at a yarn store! She always buys me some yarn for my birthday, and we went to the Yarn Cupboard in Jamesville, where I had a fine time looking at things (they're not huge but had a really nice selection) and settled on this:

We had lunch at a little looks-like-nothing place nearby, called Robbie T's Pizza*, which was really good! I had a chicken bacon ranch wrap, and it was delicious. 
*I'm not surprised it doesn't have a website, they didn't even take credit cards! Bring cash, it's worth it.

Thus fortified, we were off to the big stop for the day: Wegmans! If you're not familiar with the chain, they are a grocery store that is so much more. It was a madhouse, but we took our time (we were probably there an hour and a half) and got everything she wanted. 

There was SU orange everywhere:

Would you try this? I'm slightly intrigued but maybe more repulsed.

Beautiful flowers to pass by.

And I chose a cheesecake for my "birthday cake"! Topped with cherry pie filling. Yum.

That was served after dinner of course, which my aunt made and was delicious as well!

That's enough for one day: next up is the Apple Festival, aka the reason why I went when I did. Ahhhh.