Finding our way around.....

Today's first stop was the local Visitor Information point, which had yet to re-open for the season. A sign on the door directed us to an alternative venue in Downtown Cortland. With GPS primed we headed for our new goal. On arrival, we initially found our way into the County Court Building....another 'first' for us, but as usual everyone was really friendly and helpful. We were referred to the adjacent Chamber of Commerce Building where we got to meet some really helpful guys, including Jim Dempsey (Director of Convention & Visitor Bureau). We headed-out to nearby Ithaca and meandered around its shops....Pat visited her first US hairdresser, which was a big success!!

Being hot and sunny, we dropped into a very pleasant Italian eatery for lunch (and a chance to re-acquaint myself with an old pal from 'Cleveland')

We took another stroll about this laid-back university town and were particularly taken by some interesting shops in a small mall...we particularly enjoyed our encounter with 'Tom Kozlowski', the owner of an emporium selling a fabulous range of hats and drums! (Tom plays drums a little, but also facilitates marriages between drums and drummers!)

Next we headed for the nature centre 'Lime Hollow', but this was closed so we set-off back to Cortland where we saw a neat car outside a cocktail bar (with the plate 'Final Run'!) and had a really great dinner at Fabio's..... where Pat tackled a steamed lobster!!

As for the day's music link, I have to confess to having been influenced by a wave of nostalgia through continuous exposure to Channel "50's on 5"....but hey, I've always liked this record!!