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Dickens Christmas, Skaneateles NY

If you have never visited Skaneateles NY during December, make it a plan to do it next year!!!! Each December the small village transforms itself to Victorian London. Residents of the village dress up as characters from A Christmas Carol and interact with all of the visitors. Father Christmas is there for photo opportunities (and he looks amazing!!!!) They have scheduled events like story time for the children and singing carols at the gazebo by the lake. All of the shops are open and ready for you to support their small businesses. Skaneateles also has several great restaurants for you to stop in and take a break from shopping.

We headed over to The Sherwood Inn for lunch. Decorated so beautifully for the holidays, The Sherwood Inn was a wonderful place to go to get out of the cold, have an awesome lunch and relax in a cozy atmosphere. Joe and I each had the beef on weck sandwich. Originating in Buffalo NY, the sandwich consists of thinly sliced roast beef on a Kummelweck roll. The roll is topped with Kosher salt and caraway seeds. It comes with horseradish and an au jus on the side. They were delicious! I also enjoyed a boozy eggnog made with 1911 bourbon.

It was a very cold and windy day when we visited so after doing some shopping and our favorite pet boutique Lucky Dogs (had to get our 2 labs some new toys) we stopped in at The Vermont Green Mountain Specialty Co for some really great coffee and a cookie. They also have some amazing looking chocolates but we didn’t get any this time.

The Dickens Christmas kicks off every year the day after Thanksgiving and runs every weekend ending on Christmas Eve.

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The Flat Rocks, Oswego NY

This rainy afternoon, we decided to take a short drive to visit The Flat Rocks located in Oswego NY. If you do not know where to look for them, you would never know where they are. Also called Sheldon Beach Park, the Flat Rocks are located on W 6th Ave (not to be confused with W 6th St) all the way down, at the dead end. The Oswego Power Plant is on one side and SUNY Oswego is on the other. Fishing is allowed but swimming is not. You can get out on the rocks and walk but be careful as the rocks are slippery. Most of the ice had melted as we have had a little December thaw so we were able to get out there and walk around. The limestone rocks that go out into Lake Ontario are absolutely stunning. We definitely needed hats and ear muffs as the wind was really whipping.

After, we headed to Riverwalk Coffee Roasters where we had the best Egg Nog Lattes I have ever had! So delicious!!! We also enjoyed some yummy muffins and were able to sit back and relax in a friendly and warm atmosphere.

Before we left Oswego, we stopped for lunch at Whacko Gringo. We each had some tacos; fish and pollo ascada and they were awesome! Each came with Spanish rice and black beans. The service was great and the food fantastic. The portions were very generous and the prices were very reasonable. We will definitely be back in the warm weather when we can sit outside.

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Welcome!!!! So glad you’re here😊

We are The Burghers; Joe & Heather. We live in beautiful CNY and enjoy taking day trips around New York State. We are excited to share with you some of the places we have been to; hikes we have went on and cute towns with delicious spots to eat. We will also show you some of the products we love and some amazing things that we have found along our travels.

Let’s go!!!!!!!!!