mini golf, donuts, and pumpkins

Today my husband and I, along with our two youngest kids did several fun activities. I had won a certificate for mini golf at Adventure Landing on Sheridan Drive (www.adventurelanding.com) at a fundraiser I attended a couple months ago. They are actually open year-round for mini-golf (provided the course isn't covered with snow). We decided since it was fairly nice today (a bit cold, but not too bad) that we would use it before the snow flies! We had fun, although as usual, I came in last place.

While we were there my husband noticed that Paula's Donuts (www.paulasdonuts.com ) was just down the street, so naturally we had to go to get some coffee and hot chocolate to warm up after playing mini golf. Of course, we had to get some donuts with our beverages.

Our last stop was to get our Halloween pumpkins at Niagara County Produce (www.niagaraproduce.com) on Transit Road at Millersport Hwy. They had quite a few pumpkins left, although they were either huge or tiny.

Article about LeRoy barn quilts

My article about the barn quilts of Leroy, NY is in the travel section of today's Buffalo News;

http://www.buffalonews.com/life-arts/one-tank-trips/quilts-commemorate-200-years-for-leroy-20141023

Lunch at the library

My daughter's morning class wasn't meeting today and we needed to go to the downtown library to get some books she needed for a research paper. We finished our book gathering and research about noon, so we decided to have lunch at Fables Café, which is located in the library. I had a roast beef sandwich (not a beef on weck, but still good) which came with a salad. My daughter had their soup duet special, two bowls of soup, she chose buffalo chicken wing soups and Italian wedding, which also came with a salad. Yummy!

Day trip to Batavia

My daughter had a day off from school today, so we decided to take a little day trip to Batavia. Our main destination was Roxy's Music store (www.roxys.com ) 228 West Main Street). I have inherited a couple of accordions and I wanted someone to look at them to see if they were in good condition, since my daughter and youngest son want to learn to play them. Roxy's is a very nice music store specializing in accordions, as well as drums, guitars, pianos and more. They also seemed to have a large selection of sheet music.

 

We had lunch at Alex's Place, which is known for their ribs. The ribs were very good and served with extra BBQ sauce and a side of coleslaw and fries. The other items on the menu looked good too. (Alex's Place, 8322 Park Road, Batavia, www.alexsribs.com )

Of course no trip to Batavia would be complete without a stop at Oliver's Candies. I got some items for Sweetest Day for my family (It's this coming Saturday). They also had a large selection of candies for Halloween, as well as sponge candy, boxed chocolates, gift baskets and more. They even have an ice cream parlor. (Oliver's Candies, 211 West Main, Batavia, www.oliverscandies.com )

Article about Ridgeway Ontario in today's Buffalo News travel section

Here is a link to my article about Ridgeway Ontario in today's Buffalo News travel section.

http://www.buffalonews.com/life-arts/one-tank-trips/ridgeway-is-a-smaller-less-crowded-version-of-niagara-on-the-lake-20141012

Article about Ellicottville and Olean in October WNY Family Magazine

Here's a link to my article in the October issue of Western New York Family Magazine about Olean and Ellicottville, great places to take a fall day trip to.

http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=226725&p=22&utm_source=Digital+Edition+-+October+2014&utm_campaign=Digital+Edition+-+10%2F14&utm_medium=email