GUBITZ EAST COAST TRAVELS 2026!

Final Fun #1: Friday's 4pm flight to Chicago's Midway Airport arriving at 5, a 4 hour layover providing enough time for dinner, followed by a 9pm flight to San Diego arriving at 11:30pm then an Uber to Coronado and boom, in the house Friday night at midnight to enjoy the patriotic 250th weekend events, ie. Parades, fireworks etc., with Kevin, CJ, her dad, Dave, and 3 of our grandkids. Pretty sweet and straightforward? Nope! The Buffalo flight was delayed for 3 hours due to weather. No problem given we had a long wait at Midway anyway. Many folks were stressed, we relaxed.  Their 9pm Midway flight kept announcing weather delays as well until we finally boarded at 11:30pm. Lightning was all around and the radar map showed continued storms, but they sounded encouraging and loaded us on the plane, set out for the tarmac and we sat for an hour. Yep, they announced air traffic had put a hold on flights taking off and so we taxied back to the gate and deplaned. Not to worry, the confi...

Conneaut is a very patriotic town. In fact, it holds the largest national re-creation of the D-Day invasion to secure victory for the Allies. It's always fitting to fly the Stars and Stripes. Bill and Pat must have felt we weren't gaining vacation weight fast enough, so our last breakfast was also epic: monkey bread, bagels and lox and delicious coffee.  And just outside their patio door, protected by flags they placed, was a nest of 4 killdear(sp?) eggs. The mother and father switched off to protect the babies 24x7. When a risk approached, they made as though their wing was lame and stumbled away into the grass to distract and reroute the potential attacker. Amazing!  At last, and yet too soon, we had to say goodbye to our California neighbors of 15 years. We love you guys!  Heading to the airport in Buffalo we passed the brand new Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium.  We were not to be distracted however, since...

Our 588th month, with few plans and high hopes we were not disappointed! Pat and Bill are amazing hosts and chefs and this "monkey bread" for breakfast was delicious.  Talking and planning about the day we decided to have a cultural experience and visit the maritime museum with great memorabilia from the War of 1812. We found out that Governor Shapiro was in town to commemorate the return of the Niagara, a ship significant to that war against the British. And that was causing huge crowds in downtown Erie. We pivoted and ended up at the horse races. Who would have guessed?  There were 8 races, and we won the 1st 3 races. Momentum was sky high. The next 5 races were not quite as successful. Nonetheless we had great fun... and betting $2 on a race, we weren't at risk of losing the nest egg. We even got to place money on a horse named Gideon and he won!  We then headed to yet another church/school  building that had been turned into a ...

The day started with a relaxing coffee and stroll to the harbor before heading out to evaluate the Local Wine Country.  Two Fun Facts: 1. The longest interstate in the US is not I 80, which goes from San Francisco to New York and covers 2900 miles.  It's actually I 90, from Boston to Seattle and spans 3100 miles. And wouldn't you know that I 90 runs right through Conneaut,  Ohio.  But that's not all. 2. The longest road in the US goes even further than I 90! It's US Route 20 at a whopping 3,365 miles from Boston to Newport, Oregon. And, it also runs right through Conneaut. Crazy but true!  Hope you enjoyed the Fun Fact "detour", now back to the Blog!  There were some great sights on the way, from a nice water tower, a covered bridge, great blue heron and quiet creeks.  Our first Winery was Laurentia, a Napa quality venue with early Lo...