Day 2 in Goshen

August 27th, 2011

Today we managed to sleep in a bit, but were still pretty tired after having a restless sleep. Goshen has a lot of trains going through town, and they feel it necessary to blow their whistle at every single road crossing, keeps you up a lot.

After waking up, having a shower, and eating some breakfast, we met up with Laurel and her husband Paul who took us to Lake Winona. This is a beautiful little community on the edge of a large lake, where fishing and boating are prevalent.

Each of the shops we visited are situated in separate houses, where people still live in the upstairs portion. All the architecture is very old style with the large porches and intricate wood detailing along their eaves.

We started by visiting a wood carver who makes kitchen utensils all out of soft maple wood (from CANADA! YAY!) the same Maples that make maple syrup, next stop was another wood carver who made jewelry and bowls and such, beautiful stuff but a little pricey. Our final stop was a small shop that makes home made soaps and hand creams. Very unique fragrances, very delightful. Grabbed a few bottles of hand cream that smell like grapefruit for Dad and a small bar of Vanilla Bean soap for ourselves.

We walked along the sidewalk, admiring the waterway canal that runs through the town.

We stopped for lunch in a nice restaurant called Cerulean. Here they specialize in coffees, but their food is a Japanese/Western influence. We all ordered Bento Boxes (lunch boxes) with different entree's and you get to choose 3 different sides. Kim had Beef Sukiyaki (sauteed beef) on rice, with broccolini salad, cold asian noodles and edamame beans, along with a traditional order of Ebi Nigiri (prawn sushi). Mauvereen had Salmon with Basil Soy sauce on rice, with broccolini salad, Mandarin oranges with almonds and Sticky Rice. Very good food. The broccolini salad has a white sauce, with almonds and dried cranberries, Asian noodles had a soy sauce reduction with peanuts and green onion.

We then took a few pictures, and hopped back in the car to go back to town.

Paul took us on a short detour to a small place called "The Chief". This place only opens in the summer, making home made ice cream and cool treats. It was named after the local highschool mascots "the Redskins". Very VERY good ice cream.

Now back at Ruth's, had a lovely dinner of tortilla soup, with fresh veggies and fruit, and about to head out for a nice evening walking around the neighourhood.

Will post again tomorrow :)