Day Trip

This summer we are taking a number of Day Trips to see some interesting places in New York, or Pennsylvania.  Today we enjoyed a good trip to Le Roy, New York.   We had lunch in a lovely restaurant in a railroad depot converted to a restaurant, which served very delicious food.

 After that, we visited the Le Roy House, an historic home filled with many wonderful artifacts and incredible paintings of the people who had lived there. A number of them were at least five feet tall.

We went to Le Roy primarily to visit the Jello museum. Jello was invented/discovered in Le Roy, New York, thus the museum located in that obscure location.  It was certainly a fascinating story of Americana.   Jello is deeply ingrained in our culture.  Visitors vote on their favorite flavor.  The guide said most people's favorite is a red color (strawberry, cherry, raspberry).  We both voted for orange.  Certain states have certain favorites.   There was jello trivia, recipes, photographs, a CD on a loop with advertisements, and lots of pictures of spokesman Bill Cosby.  Question:  What U.S. President typically has black cherry jello on Thanksgiving?  Answer:  Bill Clinton

We also visited the museum in the basement, where Gerry discovered that Le Roy is also a place which used to manufacture plows.  He is a plow historian and was delighted to make that find.

It was a very lovely small town. For a few years in the 1800's,  there was a women's seminary,  the first one in the United States.   I do wonder why there would be a need,  since it would be another hundred years before the ordination of women.

Lovely day trip.  We have some others planned.