On Monday we went back to Cooperstown, and then to Fly Creek cider mill. It’s the wrong time of year to press cider, but Fly Creek has all kinds of apple relishes and fudge and enough samples to be lunch if you want. It rained, of course, because it has rained practically every day we’ve been on tour.
On Monday night we sang at Church of the Resurrection in Fairport, NY. Brian Panosian’s sister, Kathy (I hope I’m spelling that right) is on staff there. They have hosted us once before, when the older Panosian kids were in God’s Light. Cara will age out before we come up here again, probably, but I’m sure we’ll keep coming here anyway because they’re always great hosts. Even though school isn’t out up here yet, they had a full house on a Monday night, and managed to rustle up enough people to host the entire choir in their homes. They’ve been a very enthusiastic audience both times we’ve stopped there, which makes the performances a lot of fun. The services have gone well so far.
Yesterday we made the trip from Fairport to Niagara Falls. Mercifully, the sun came out about the time that we got within sight of the Canadian border. We had no problem crossing the border.
When we got to the falls we made a quick lunch stop, then did the tour under the falls and the boat-ride (formerly known as the Maid of the Mist, but recently renamed to something I’ve forgotten). We had one more group activity planned but Kim elected to put that off until today as we were starting to fade a bit. We’re staying at the Marriott Gateway to the Falls, which overlooks the falls. As in, when you look out the window of our rooms, you’re overlooking the falls. I got up early this morning to watch the sunrise over the falls, which is probably the highlight of my trip so far.
The ladies stocking the breakfast stuff at the Hampton Inn on Monday morning wanted us to sing for them before we left, and so did the folks at Fly Creek, and of course they sang at the falls last night too. In other words, we’ve had about as many impromptu performances as we have had scheduled ones.
Last night I met two young ladies at the falls from a Reformed church in Kalamazoo, MI. They were really impressed with the choir and wanted to get us to come to their church. I think we have a stop for the next time we come up this way.
Today we head up to Hamilton, Ontario.