After breakfast at The
Fine Thread B & B, we drove 40 minutes to corning, Hew York. Since this was
on our Itinerary, we actually went into the Corning Glass Museum. My friend,
the travel guide, already had Day 2 planned out. We had reservations to take
part in a 30 minute glass making session, where we both chose to make sun
catchers. The sun catchers would be heated, cooled, and shipped to us later.
The glass making session was actually fun.
I did enjoy touring the
museum and seeing all the different types of blown glass, glass ware, and
objects on display. There was a special exhibit for Rene Lalique. His work was
absolutely exquisite. I found a glass pane make by Dale Chihuly, which was
different from his other works that I have seen, and even more beautiful. We
also found a stained glass panel on display called Orphee aux Feuillages or
Orpheus in Foliage designed by Jean Cocteau. This was totally breath-taking and
we had to take a number of pictures of it. We ate lunch at the Museum Café and
it was a perfect ending for our tour.
The drive to
Cooperstown was another 3 hours. We found our motel, Lake-n-Pines next to
Glimmerglass Lake (Otsega Lake). This lake was part of the setting for James
Fenimore Cooper’s novels. Our motel rooms were great and overlooked the lake. I
finally felt connected to the work because the motel had Wi-Fi, and that made
the world a better place for me. That night, we had tickets for a Haunted House
Tour at the Hyde House, a 50-room mansion. The house was recently featured on
the TV series, Ghost Hunters. Most of the people actually said that they saw
and heard things in the house, but I am a skeptic, and just chuckled when I
heard them mention sounds and having orbs in their photos.
We ate a late dinner in
Cooperstown, and the meal was worthy of another clean plate award. While we
were eating, another group from our ghost tour was there and they showed us a
picture that they took with an odd orb in it. I assumed it was supposed to be a
ghost. It was an interesting shot and when I looked at my photos…everyone said
that there were small dots in it, which were orbs. My thought was that the next
time, I should make sure that I wiped off my camera lens of lint and dust.
All in all, it was
another full day, strange sounds, orbs and all. I am definitely looking forward
to Day 3.
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