At lunch today, we got off the Thruway to see something of the Finger Lakes. We first stopped at Seneca Falls, but weren't too impressed. Its downtown looked kind of tired, although we did watch a film of the towns involvement in the women's suffrage movement, which I thought was very informative and important, especially for the family of a womens doctor. However, I'm afraid it was both 'boring' and 'uncool.' I had hoped to see more kitschy capitalization of the movie "It's a Wonderful Life," which Frank Capra was supposed to have based on Seneca Falls. Maybe July is the wrong time to be looking for such things? We did have a nice picnic on the shore of Cayuga Lake, after stopping at a roadside produce stand. Ryo and Stephen enjoyed gorging on the hot banana peppers we bought, and I had some really great local blueberries. Andrew and Faith enjoyed making themselves sick by spinning on the parks tire swing.
A little further down Route 20, we found one thing that everybody liked - a Sunday afternoon polo match in Skaneateles, NY. As usual, our favorite place in the Finger Lakes was also probably the most expensive town in the area. We drove by many old and new million dollar homes on the way out to the polo field from downtown Skaneateles. However, when we got there, the elderly lady at the entrance to the field only charged us $2.00 for parking and we pulled up right next to the announcer's shed at what would be the 50 yard line, if the polo field were marked like a football field. Stephen and Andrew liked comparing the game to soccer, while Faith thought the horses were cute. Ryo and I enjoyed lazing on our blanket and hearing the announcer describe the rules and history of polo. We all enjoyed the novel experience of doing something brand new together.
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