June 17: It was another nice day. First we did a little RV work. The picture of Jenny reminds me of a scene from The Wizard of Oz.
Shortly after noon we drove about 20 minutes to Niagara-on-the-Lake again, parked at a winery and got on our bikes for a ride around the town. The 12-mile loop included stops at Butler’s Barracks and Fort George, which are both national historical sites. These military locations date back to the early 1800s, and the Barracks site was used as a training facility as recently as the 1960s. Now they’re both nicely kept parks. We brought a picnic lunch and enjoyed it at Fort George. The route back included a scenic trail between the Niagara River Parkway and the Niagara River.
We had a tour and a tasting at the Trius Winery where we parked, and then an early dinner at a brew pub called Silversmith Brewing Company. Good stuff!
June 18: We headed to Buffalo, NY today, starting with Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House. I’ll let you read up on the history of this 14,000 sqft house, but it is magnificent and extremely well restored. Our group tour guide really knew his stuff.
After gyros at a Greek restaurant, we went to the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. It was disappointing that the Pollock and Krasner exhibits had already left for their next showing at MOMA in Manhattan, but we did see the Yayio Kusama exhibit. She’s the “polka dot woman” who also does mirrored infinity rooms.
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