The Apples in My Orchard

I grew up in Western New York, but have lived in the Mid-west now for almost 20 years.

These were my first observations:

• Seven lanes of road.
• Crazy drivers who will cut you off before they let you merge.
• Suburban spread into the rural areas.
• From the air Western New York looks like Wisconsin,
• The comfort of recognizing landmarks still there.
• Roads are known by their names, not letters or numbers.
• Fields of cabbages not soybeans, slightly more smelly.
• First stop: Wegmans Supermarket,
• Oh, yeah – you cannot buy wine in the grocery store here!
• New York State Aged Cheddar Cheese – Delicious!
• Best dinner choice: Beef on Weck. Yum! (only in Western New York)
• Lake Ontario is still huge

Home, and not home, all at the same time.