While I was home, I got a chance to hang out with my sister and her boyfriend. They live about 30 minutes from our parents, in the small rural town of Croghan. It's the kind of town where time has stopped. Old brick buildings and a small train station decorate the main street. It's a town where Tim really does own Tim's market. He and his wife run the store and know everyone who walks in by name, including my sister Ashley and Jeff.
It's a town where you can still find a soda fountain, where a small candy kitchen churns out all your holiday goodies, and a maple syrup museum holds the pride of Upstate NY.
Top left: Wishey's Soda Fountain * Top right: Croghan Candy Kitchen
Bottom left: Maple syrup museum * Bottom right: Ashley and I outside of museum
It really is a cute spot. No bright lights. No traffic jams. Just honest hard working people. But in a small area like this, there are still a few things that make me chuckle. Among the the buildings dating back to the early 1900's is this sign 'Cows are us.' Between that and the one stop shopping experience at 'Stumps' you can't but laugh.
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