What I did On my Summer Vacation - Travel

Last but not least.  We did get a bit of travel in this summer.  We knew going in that there wasn't going to be a "big trip" this year but we had some fun with some little ones.

Had some fun with several fireworks displays - Fourth of July, at a ball park and Labor Day!

Great Celtic Festival right here in Mayville!

Had a trip to beautiful downtown Newark NJ!

Found out that an old college friend was playing over in North East so we went to check his band out.  Rachel got the chance to play with the Celtic Hooligans.  That's her with our friend Murph!

We are very lucky to have a wonderful local micro-brewery.  There was a fund raising event for the local Arts Council radio station with music, brews and barbecue.  Also a chance to talk with a variety of great people.

I love baseball and three of the Pittsburgh Pirates farm clubs play teams in our area.  So we caught the Indianapolis squad in Buffalo (left), plus the Altoona Curve in Erie and the State College Spikes in Jamestown.  Three very nice stadiums and a good time at all three games.

Buffalo has a thriving and excellent theater community.  After all these years I FINALLY got up to see Shakespeare in the Park.  An all female cast of "MacBeth" that was actually quite excellent.  Rachel had a friend in the show and we saw several folks we know there!  Definitely make that a more regular part of our summers.



















We also took a couple days and went up to Niagara on the Lake in Ontario.  Didn't get a chance to check out the Shaw Festival (also a future plan) but wandered around did some shopping, checked out the local wineries and just relaxed.  It was a wonderful couple days.